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Show Dun & Co. report a material reduction reduc-tion in their Index number since March 1st. That Is, their reckoning shows a reduction In the cost of living. Ill confirmation of this Is a report from the Department of Commerce and Labor showing a decline for the May-just May-just past compared with May of last year, Tho .Department shakes the wholesale quotations in New York, for the most pari. Articles which show an Increase are wheat, corn, oats, cotton, wool, coffee, sugar, India rubber and petroleum. Those which show a decline de-cline are family beef, mess pork, lard, rice, tea, coke, leather, raw silk, tallow, tal-low, and hemp. But farm articles In general keep up their price well, and on the average are higher than a year ago. |