Iron County Record | 1915-01-22 | Page 9 | Investigate Food Prices

INVESTIGATE FOOD PRICES. Will Find Out If Illegal Combinations Are Behind Rise In Prices, Washington. With tho department jj of Justice, under Instructions from. ( President Wilson, seeking to determine deter-mine whether any illegal combinations . are back of tho recent sudden rise In foodstuff prices, and tho departments of agriculture and commerce compiling compil-ing figures showing tho amounts of food supplies ln tho United States and tho recent Increases in exports, tho government began vigorous efforts on Saturday to copo with tho food prlco situation. In addition, loglslntlon giving the president power to Btop the exportation exporta-tion of foodstuffs wh never necessary, and other blll.i dcj'gn d to lower prices were discussed informally at tho capital, but thero werp no Indications Indica-tions that anything nlong this line will bo dono during the present session ses-sion of congress.