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Show FAVORABLE SIGNS. Tic-tail men; prizes have taken a fall in Chicago. Pork is principally affected, af-fected, owing to the cutting off of exports ex-ports ncd the increased supply of hogs, h'aenn, formerly seibng at sixty cents a pound, has been cut to forty. eight cents: pork roast from forty to thirty-five, thirty-five, and lard is down to thirty cents, as compared to thirty-seven cents last week. Sliced ham may now bo had at forty cents a pnaul in the Windy city. Lat week it sold at fifty cents. The action is highly commendable of a number of Chicago hotel proprietors proprie-tors who have voluntarily reduced their rates in an effort to bring down the 'o?t of living. Thcro does not apiear to to an ulterior motive in this step, mu Jj as people are f" r"- i:'l ; - j On of the b:,-.-ft bo!:, in Ci'-.-S-- I I .'iit'I the r-'jp.te :o tree of ehr hit U:-o t:l-l to tvpa.-" !r rce:-; ;,t ! J'1.''- old kith r-r:cr- . Cr'i: : 'n r:' ! y a 'i'l, t:eu mt.'jru tn a :.'--I'-:: 1 Ws to ! !'!'' prr printer r.i fLi.-, plv p" : !!"!;. lt.Ht "M.e i-Ar i...3 ja ;!!-. r l ' ily ci;'t:i;g ra'es r ,,3 to &n.v high cat of !r :::g. ' ' I In 'his ho-el the 'I'M rooms fcav j been cut to " and tiie ro"':::: to : 2. The most ei:r,.-n.-iv," t'jite !ti . hou. $27, has ben rt-'i't'-a to V''. i The reductions very from fifty ecu's to a room or soite. In food the price has baen cut ver-r near to the cost of service. The table d'hote luncheon has gone down from T to seventy-five, cents and 'he minimum min-imum price ou tin a la carte ne au from 3 enry-f ive cnts to forty-fiv e con's, j Oys'ers have b"en cut from forty cents to twenty-five cents and ever; entree han been reduced at least ten cents. |