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Show OFFICIAL ACTION TO MEET HIGH PRICES BERLIN. Sept. 9. In view of the great increase ia the cost of l"1ng, owing ow-ing to the "summer's ilrouth, the Berlin chamber of commerce and the merchant.' mer-chant.' guild today petitioned the government gov-ernment to -reduce the tariff on grain, fodder, etc., by applying a special classification to "these products snd to cut the duties on potatoes by SO per cent, the new rste. to bs effective until un-til August 1. 191?. The minister of agriculture has ordered or-dered the sale of fodder to nvedy person, per-son, at reduced prices. |