Show U LIVING COSTS PROPPING DROPPING Word Word comes from Washington that liing Hi Ih ing costs ar are going down don do n hilo Industrial conditions through through- th throughout throughout rough out the country are Improving The authority for tor this Is the monthly Y port of ot the national Industrial conference board which gathers on those subjects In February living costs de do- decreased decreased creased more than one per cent while hill industrial conditions contin continued tied to improve There were In- In Increased increased in increased creased hours of and general employment The department of o commerce also announced Increased business Ity for tor January and February From this may be taken a prom prom- promse promise ise se of o a year of o better belter business and increased increased employment In figuring the cost of living uch depends on the method of dealing with prices In a long list of commodities an average may be arrived at which would show lower Costs costa ol of o living but many of ot the ar articles tides ma mav be luxuries or used only to a limited extent by the average family To find the average cost of f Ih thing living ing the dally daily requirements of ofa n a family lly faI should be listed There uld be bread meat shoes clothing rent fuel and Items 01 i that kind Silk might drop but would not enter largel largely Into it the costs of ot living of o the average family The index figures tl often orten are misleading 00 00 |