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Show yil III u I UHLJU Prices of Butter and Eggs Regulated by Two Men New York, Feb. 10. Jonn Doe proceedings pro-ceedings that have been instituted by AsBistant District Attorney Ford to ascertain whothcri the New York Mercantile Exchange, an organlaztlon of butter and egg nVon,. controls prices and Is a conspiracy in restraint of trade, aro expectetl by the public prosecutor to shcj that two members mem-bers of tho exchangp arbitrarily fixed prices for the fourhundred members of the organization The prosecutor s'jud today that these two men each day visited several sev-eral places of business of certain members nf tho exchange and made real or pretended inquiries as to the Btate of the egg" and butter markots. After this inquiry a list of prices was posted 'on, the evehange. The prosecutor prose-cutor sajfe thjji, hflachance,. VJ"tthJs & nHJthTKf.ha&'-clsiJfc-tttt and that bj tlie arrangement tho members are able to 'buy eggs and butter at the lowest possible prices In the fluah season and store them to Bell them in the winter monthB at2he highest possible price. Warrants for the four hundred members of the exchange ex-change have been asked for hv Mr. Ford. oo |