Show MARKED UPWARD TREND OF THE COST OF LIVING federal bureau of labors labor report of investigation of price shows show everything at top nothing on decline washington the anost marked upward trend ot of the cost ot of living 11 vine la Is disclosed dl closed in ake fedial federal bureau of labors report of 0 an ot of prices ephs for obe last ten years yeara conducted in the import important aut industrial centers of states fifteen important arl artIo doles leB offord of food as aa well As aa coul coal compili tag two thirds ot of a work ingmans needs were vere in incesti vestI gated in many callos the investigators gathered abatements statesmen ta ot of trier ner chants on tho cost coat of living and specimens of these aro are published in the t on june julie 15 1812 1012 tho the report shows fourteen of the fifteen articles artl clea of food were higher than ithan a year before and ten had advanced in the list last ten tea years more than fifty per cent over tho the average price for the prep preceding eding ten yel years during the decade prices of po talkea changed most ead sugar th the 0 least their advances were 1119 and 85 per cent respectively during the last year bacon which decreased just one tenth of one ter per cent was waa the only one of tho the fifteen articles of food faoa that showed a deel decline lne white while nine of the fifteen advanced more than two per cent varying from 24 per cent tor for milk to for round steak of the ahe fifteen only eggs butter milk and sugar were lower but tho price of three of these tow four to Is normal ly y lower in summer than in winter |