Show investigate FOOD PRICES will find out if illegal combinations are behind rise in prices washington with the department ot of justice under instructions from president wilson seeking to determine whether any illegal combinations are back of the recent sudden rise in foodstuff prices and the tha departments of agriculture and commerce compiling I 1 ng figures showing the amounts of 0 food supplies in ill the united states and the recent increases in exports the government began vigorous efforts on saturday to cope with the food price situation in addition legislation giving the preil president dent power to stop the exportation of foodstuffs whenever necessary and other bills to lower prices were discussed informally at tile the capital cut but there were no indications that anything along this line will be done during the present session of congress |