Show Cost st o of Living Shown to Have Hav Fallen in iii S. S Lg L Department of L Labor bor at w Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Finds This City Figures Figures Figures Fig Fig- ures Among Those iii in I Which Prices Have f 1 I Decreased I The cost of living is decreasing in Salt Lake City Evidence of of this fact was furnished today In Inthe Inthe inthe the receipt of a report from the de department department department de- de of labor which places Salt Lake among the cities showing showing show show- ing lag a decrease dec ease of 2 per cent in the cost of ot necessities Evidence to show the decrease was gathered between September 15 and October 15 The report in part follows Wholesale food prices during October dropped 81 2 per cent and the prices received by farmers farmers farm- farm ers era dropped by a still greater percentage percentage percentage per- per according to figures given out by the labor and agricultural departments This showed that that the full effort of price inice drops drops' is slow in reaching the cons consumer consumer mer Prices declined for thirty out of three forty-three food articles listed Sugar decreased 24 per per cent potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes 15 IB per cent onions 11 f per percent percent cent rice 9 per cent steak and meats 4 per cent and miscellaneous from 3 to 1 per cent Price increases increases' were eggs 14 per cent lard 5 per cent bacon butter and other articles Increased less than one-half one of 1 per per cent The greatest decrease in living costs was shown at Omaha and St. St Paul which recorded drops of 6 per cent Decrease of 5 per cent were shown at Portland Ore Seattle Seattle Seattle Se Se- attle Milwaukee l and Minneapolis l Decreases of 4 per cent were shown at Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit Indianapolis Memphis Pittsburg Portland Me sf S. Louis San Francisco Francisc t and Springfield Ill Three per pei ceh cent decreases were recorded at Atlanta Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- Ohio Kansas land Columbus City Little Rock LOs LOsS Angeles Louisville Manchester lan l l ester Mobile Newark N. N J. J New Haven Peoria Roc Rochester New York and nd Wash Wash- ington Two per cent decreases were shown at Baltimore Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Bir Bir- mingham Boston Bridgeport Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo falo Butte Salt Lake CIt City Savannah Savannah Sa Sa- Sa vannah and Scranton Charleston Charles Charles- ton New York and Richmond showed decreases of 1 per cent Houston Texas was the only city which showed an increase It was less than one half of 1 per percent cent |