Show COST I OF ci DEliVERY DEM IS 8 PER CENT TOP OF PRICES Secretary Red Redfield field Believes Great Economies Possible in This Direction Washington ton Dec Dee 13 Some Some I Idea ea of ot the extent to which expenses of lo local lo- lo cal al distribution of oC commodities enter euter into the cost of or living JIving was given hen in fn A report on a preliminary survey sur of ot tho the subject h by the census bureau showing show show- hi ing that in Washington D C. C tho time cost of delivery er Is about 8 per cent of oC re retail retail retail re- re tail prices The bureaus bureau's In estI investigation covered four classes of ot commodities rise commodities coal wood milk and department store storo merchandise mer mer- chandise Secretary Redfield of ot the commerce department to whom the report was submitted believes that inthis In Inthis th this Is single Dingle phase of cost great economIes economies mies roles are po possible and mud that a detailed wryer survey will focus the tho attention of or consumers con- con sumers upon the thc advisability o of eliminating elim duplication to reduce this clement clement element cle ele- ment of or cost of living lI |