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Show FlilL! expense FOB FHffi Salt Lake Increase Is Two Per Cent, According to U. S. Labor Bureau. Rpneial to Tho Tribuno. WASHrXGTON, I'ec. 25. According to reports received by the bureau of labor statistics of the United Slates department depart-ment of labor from retail dealers in fifty eilies, the average family expenditure lor food increased in all but two of these cities In New Orleans and Louisville the decrease was less than five-tenths of one per cent. In Newark. Peoria and A nsh-ington nsh-ington the increase was less than live-tenths live-tenths of one per '-cut. , , , Bai'unore. Buffalo. Cleveland. Columbus Colum-bus 'Milwaukee, Omaha. Philadelphia. Portland Ore.; Seattle and Springfield increased in-creased ' one per cent eacn. Boston. Pridaeport. Chicnu'o. Denver. Detroit. I-all River Jacksonville. Kansas City, .Man-cheater. .Man-cheater. Minneapolis. New Haven. Xor-fe'k Xor-fe'k Pittsburgh, piovidenee. Richmond. t I.on'l St.' Paul. Sail Lake City and Si ranion increased two per cent each. I Rochester. San Franelsco. Los Ansel.--. rlauta. Charleston, l-ittle Roc.;, cmein-j r.ati. Indianapolis and P'.ttte '.nereasr-d three rer cent each. 1'innin.e.ham. Fori.- lard Me.: Houston. Memphis and Xew York i'n -rease.l tour pel' Cent each. Pallas Pal-las increased rive per cent and Mobile seven per cent. . , , .. purine the venr p-nod. from November Novem-ber tu Novemb.r. r.'l!'. Minneapolis showed rue pn':itI incia-ase. or H per cent. Three cities deereaS' d as eo'iipared v i'th' a e:!!' n-o, .as f.ll.)W-: I-laltimore. ,l(r cent: Nhwark, 1 per cent, and New Haven, less inan fi.e-teulhs of 1 per cent. As con-.; ar. d w.tn t ie averese expsnd:- creae'd frcm 7" per cent in I.os Anr-V ' ln -j..; i.er eertt ill i i i ru. 1 n e.ia : n. Ijve j ' 1 1 a i.er e,:U or oer. as follows: 'ash- : I ivf ;'. 1"" ;-r -:!! : K'..ls!n"!..i. Detroit j j -Mid i 'ha: iesu.n. in! .:; ent each, andj i Slei-iobis. 1 1 I or -.:;. I'osoci inereasco i, j.:- l iut. l'ii:i;u!elp'n:a I -' per oem.j 'New Y"-K !'" P--r ee;,;. Palti-ace and; 1st. Lotus ',. per rent eae.i. Cluca.-o M .-r e. at: New ; n-leans !-e eenl .an 1 J " Ail cen:' ic i'on:: are based on tl.e aver- ! 1 f.nnilv ( onsuinptiou of ti:e followi:!, ar-tiee's: ar-tiee's: Slr oin steak, round. steak, rib i roast, chuck roast.. p!a:o b. ef. l'ork eb.ops. :,;o' at. ba-n. P:ed, hei:s. Hour, corune.-al. , v-., batter. niilP'. btaad, potatoes, s.:ear. ciiecsc, lie.-, ccffe-J tend tea. . |