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Show Retail Food Cost .' ' Higher for July WASHINGTON-, Aug.- IS. Th retail met ef fcoi average 1 I per cnl higher In July th m in June, anile during the ye- ending .Inly IS resersl :. t amounted to 4 per cent. The average family expenditure for food Increase I Jurt ig July In fortr-flv repr-sentatlv cities slid decreased In atx. Only two cities. Lt Angsiss and Lnulavlll. report. en decline as h ull ss 1 per rent. Six cities showed reductions for the yearly period amounting ki t per cent. - 1 |