Fillmore Progress | 1915-01-22 | Page 5 | Investigate Food Prices

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