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Show COSTS MORE TO DIE t i THAN TO LIVE, IS :j: I COMMITTEE'S OPINION V t -h By Associated Press. r ClfJCAGO, April 1G. While ! the cost of living is now ac- v r knpwledgcdly high, the cost of r 4 dj'ing is now, and always has v J boon, exorbitantly high, accord- f r ing to conclusions reached at a r r ' conference at tho City club. v !- Accordingly, a committee was v f appointed to look into tho sub- v .iect. and secure estimates on fu- v nerals and other expenses at- -r -r tached to tho different .burial v customs iri vogue in Chicago. -J I- Harry E. Smoot. chairman of the I- committee, said yesterday that v I- its purpose was to find out if v j some form of legislation could ! h not be devised to protect against J public extortion. |