Show I H H. HIlL C. C L. L TO FALL FAlliN IN N APRIL ft ASSERTS ATTORNEY People No Longer to Pay High Prices Is t Claim 0 WASHINGTON TON March The 12 12 T The e high cost coat of ot living Jiving will fall tall in April because of ot the Inability of ot people to pay high i prices longer This is the opinion of oC Howard special assistant United States attorney general in charge of ot the federal campa campaign g to lower prices Figg Fagg made the prediction prediction tion months ago that prices would be down 25 per cent In April In spite ol ot I Ithe the bureau of ot labors labor's figures showing they have climbed 5 6 per cent since Figs Fig's prediction prediction pre- pre diction JJ the assistant attorney general s still ll holds to the statement Pe People People can can no longer absorb high prices Figg says I I have hand first-hand information that retail sales in all aU lines are 20 to 25 per cent below normal This means that prices must fall taU to move the goods from the shelves Alter After wrestling with the problem a year Figg says six things caused the high nigh cost of ot living Increased volume of ot money and credits increased d wages de decreased decreased de- de decreased creased production caused largely by shorter horter hours and war labor conditions Increased cost of ot distribution extravagance extravagance gance and profiteering have boosted i prices Figg says Congress will gradually restrict money and credits credit until normal balance is regained re regained re- re gained Kalne Figg Fig thinks Labor must come down from the tha clouds and work harder for less money It would not be wise to lower wages too rapidly but labor from the lowest to the most skilled must bend its back to increase production and overcome the extravagance that is depleting de depleting de- de our stores stores stores' The middleman who is responsible for tor increased distribution cost arouses FI Figgs Figg's s ire There ar sr ar too many idle consumers and too many unnecessary mouths he hede de declares Too many find it easier to levy toll than toll Eliminate the middleman middleman middleman middle middle- man and broker Of extravagance Figg rigg said Only the wealthy wore silk stockings a few tew years ago Now no washerwoman is properly dressed without them Figg FIG wont won't tell how many profiteers he he has jailed le or r who they e are r tJ oU Im I'm I Nobody has a t the list but u me e and not ready to make it public he an an- Fifteen hundred are in jell jan Profiteering accounts for tor some or of our domestic domestic do do- ills ill UI but its elimination is not a acure acure acure cure all Everybody must help put down Shine living cost Advance production and stop extravagance ex- ex ex ex- these these are the real remedies I |