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Show EGG PRICES DROP SIX CENTS; I STILL LOWER , : d CHI'CAGO, Dec. 14 Prices for fresh J eggs have dropped six cents a dozen In the past week and dealers say, there Is a prospect for further decline.' J The drop in price came despite a de- ij crease of 4,938, cases In receipts. Today the wholesale price of fresh V eggs In Chicago was 60 cents a doz- en. With an Increase of 2,852 pounds c in the last week the retail price of but-ter but-ter Increased 1-2c a pound today. ) M. C. Cummins of the Chicago Cold I Storage company said, the chief factor J in the present high prices of butter and eggs is the enormous shipments h to the Atlantic coast for export. J |