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Show Drought Brings Food Prices Up WASHINGTON, July 8 (U.I?) Costs of food zigzagged upwards throughout the nation today as the effects of a searing sun on crops were translated into soaring price tags on grocers shelves.. The . Bureau of Labor statistics received reports on the direct connection con-nection between the ruination of wheat fields in the Dakotas and the cost of break in urban centers. Commissioner Isador Lubin's iatest wholesale price list for the week ending June 27 showed foods had reached a high of 81 on the wholesale commodity index, figured figur-ed with the year 1926 as 100. The 81 mark compared with 79.7 on the first of April, indicating the effects of the drought were just beginning to be felt by householders. |