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Show Prices Dropping il ' In Chicago Market j CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The rederal bureau bu-reau of markets and cold storage warehouses ware-houses todav showed generally a large ' increase in stored foods on August 1 as compared with the same date a year j j j ago. Nearly twice as much butter, '20 per cent more eggs and a consict J ! erahle Increase in meats were shown I to be on hand ih I The majority of retailers today were t Jt j l, selling sugar at 12 and 13 cents a 'pound, federal authorities having (agreed on 12 cents as a fair price. Potatoes fell $1 a hundred pounds ai retail today and peaches and melons 'dropped somewhat, while shipments were Increasing but lower retail prices were not general. l flj Scores of letter? alleging profiteer-ing profiteer-ing were received todav at the federal district attorney's office where prepar-1 prepar-1 at ions are making lo prosecute hoarder- and profiteers AL such infonn.i-jtion infonn.i-jtion is turned over to the bureau of j investigation of the department of justice jus-tice The secret agents are expected to have a report ready for ihe district attorney on cold storage warehouses by Saturday ijjf!r That the big producers' associations :are operating in restraint of trade wa charged by a commission merchan'. Jc (A who declared men in line actually were selling at a loss because the producers were demanding top prices. |