Show J Hides Decline But Shoes to to I Stay High HighBy By fly N V NE NT V EW YORK Jan 2 Hide Hide prices have dropped from 25 to 40 per cent according to toan toan toan an Omaha dispatch received here today but the cost of shoes will be unaffected d until next winter Jt was stated by an officer officer officer of of- of the Central Leather company He said The liThe average citizen fails to grasp the tha delay necessary before a reduction in hides is reflected in the price of shoes in the shop window It takes many month of tanning and preparation before before be be- before fore hides are arc ready to be turned into shoes Shoes now being manufactured are all based on the excessively high prices paid some months ago for hides and not o on today's market price |