Show reduction in cost of living washington tho cost coat of living la Is being reduced in a practical manner at the department of agriculture where all the food tested by the bit reau reato of chemistry enid and round found to bo be pure to Is to the highest bidder every friday noon cheese and oleomargarine margar lna which had been found up ui to lo uie the standard ot at excellence were sold clerks of the department were there tn in loe numbers and bid lathe in the supplies as fast as ag they were offered ott ered the prices accepted for these articles were about half those that prevailed in the stores |