Show NEW YORK AROUSED OV R COST Of liVING By The Telegrams Telegram's Special News S NEW YORK Nov 27 New New York should permit the sale of skimmed milk declared Dr Lucius P P. Brown director of the bureau of ot food and drugs investigation of the department of of health when he appeared before the Wicks Nicks committee investigating the high cost of ot living h here re Dr Brown said legislation raising the ban on skimmed milk would not only lower the c cost st of milk mille in general but prove a great boon to the poor of ot the city Other Other- witnesses suggested that the age at which calves may be slaughtered slaughtered slaughtered be lowered Edwin A. A Hageman wheat buyer for the allies predicted if the war continued the price of ot wheat would rise rie to 3 a bushel in n the near future which would cause he added bread riots in this this' city A prominent member member mem mem- mem-I mem ber of the produce e exchange change however predicted wheat would drop in price rather than reach the figure named It is expected the city of New York will wm enter the retail co coal l business in inan inan inart an art effort to provide the poor with fuel this winter The state of New York Is contemplating contemplating contemplating plating a public grocery market to combat the cold storage speculators who wh are holding back great quantities of food in summing up the entire situation of ot the high cost of living have arrived at the conclusion that the only remedy in sight is fed federal ral state and civic cd |