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Show The New York World, having re-! duced its own price from four to threo centa, now insists that all other tradesmen should knock down the articles they supply in like proportion. propor-tion. It shows indeed that considerable consider-able strides have been made downward down-ward in various branches of business, In ready-made clothing most articles of home manufacture have been reduced re-duced from 10 to 25 per cent, within the past three years. Imported goods aland at about the old figures. Somo of the hotels and reatanrauta of New York aro bringing their prices down to the ability of the public to pay, and these find their business proportionately pro-portionately increased. Dry goals retailers re-tailers are also marking down their goods to correspond with wholesale rates, and the tendency is still downward. down-ward. Hard pan has not yet been reached. |