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Show SPECIAL AGENTS STARTJNQUIRY Will Learn If Combination Exists Ex-ists to Control Food Supplies and Dictate Prices. HIGH COST OF MEATS New York City Committee to Gather Evidence, Hear Re-ports Re-ports and Make Recommendations Recom-mendations for Relief. New York Aug. 14. Special agents of the department of Justice working under the direction of Assistant Unl ted States District Attorney Roger B. Wood, today started an investiga tion ot the causes for increased prices pri-ces of foodstuffs in this city These agents will seek to learn if' a cornbi nation exists in violation of the She- man law to control food supplies and dictate prl es Independent of the government In j vestigation, w holesalers and retail dealers of foodstuffs have been sum-I sum-I moned to appear today before Assistant Assist-ant District Attorney De Ford of New York county. Mr. De Ford has also arranged for a conference with mem-bet- of the produce exchange who will be asked to explain an advance In the price of flour in view of the bumpei heat crop in the w est High Meat Prices. Representatives of big packing houses hou-ses hen have been invited to attend a meeting in .Mr De Ford s office lai todaj when the high price of meat will be discussed. Members of the open market committee, the mayor's committee, will attend this meeting ! The committee named by Ma or Mitchel also was to meet for omuil zation tod.n This committee will gather e vidence, hear reports of per sons engaged in the produi e trade and recommend to the mayOr some course of action to obtain rellel Maj or Mitchel in his letter appointing this committei held that the cltj has the authority under Its police power enforce measures for a reasonabli reduction nf prices. Housewives Leoaue to Lend Hand-.Mrs. Hand-.Mrs. Julian Ib-ath. president of the National Housewives' League, who held a conference with Assistant District Dis-trict Attorney De Ford yesterday, announced an-nounced today that the members oi the league in this city would co operate oper-ate with the district attorney's inves-tigation, inves-tigation, Mrs Heath has established downtown headquarters, from wblcb she will direct her campaign for eyl flence in what she declared is a com-, Intuition to fix prices and maintain them at a high figure. Agents Busy in Chicago. Chicago Aug 14. Special agents under orders of James 11 Wllkerson, United States 1 i t r : t attorney, were .it work here today tracing incr as d food prices to their sourc3. Sugar Retailing at Ten Cents. Sugar went to eight and ten cents a pound in retail stores here ester-day ester-day and the amount that might be purchased bj a single customer was limited In most of them Wholesalers have put a limit on what they will sell to single customers, it was stated A boycott by womens' organizations! on high priced meats and provisions i was inaugurated today |