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Show y TUBSOPBUTTER l! SEIZED AND I PRICES TUMBLE in i " CHICAGO, Aup. 14. - With the seizure seiz-ure today of 1292 tubs of butter, 83,-f.30 83,-f.30 pounds, valued at ?tf,noo in t bo sovernment'a first Chicago drive to combat the cost of living prices, of all commodities dealt in on the board of i trade and foodstuffs bandied in the J produce market took exciting tumbles. The main reason advanced tor the collapse in values of grains and provisions provi-sions was the rapid d velopment of the government measures to decrease the cost of food and other prime essentials. essen-tials. The chief results on the board of trade at the finish of the day's trading, trad-ing, compared with 24 hours before, were to 8?.ie a bushel setback for corn, 2 to 3rc decline in oats and a drop of 90c to $3.35 in provisions. There was a decline of several com moditles in the produce market. A further decline of 25 cents a bush) I 1 the cheapest grades of earl Ohio potatoes, pota-toes, a 25-cent drop in the price of cabbage, and a falling off in the price of highest grade yellow onions occurred oc-curred in the vegetable market Trices of green corn, peaches, lemons and watermelons also were on the decline, while beets, carrots and oranges advanced ad-vanced slightly. The seizure of the butter was made under condemnation proceedings brought by the govern ment The butler will be held until further investigation of alleged hoarding hoard-ing and profiteering. The present rharge is a technical violation of the food laws. Nearly half of the butter was owned by C II. Weaver & Co.. a Chicago cold storage Warehouse con-II con-II I cern. The climax shaking the confidence of holders of grain and provision? carae when seizures of food staples I were made. The house agriculture committee I proceeded with cold storage legislation today and announced that tomorrow the amendment to the food control act would be taken up. Absent members of the house were ordered tonight to return to Washing ton at once, when it became apparent that the agriculture committee would report out the new legislation this week. It was made clear lonlght that the still effective licensing provisions of j the food control art would be invoked to reach dealers against whom no in-dictments in-dictments could be reached in federal I courts Officials of the food administration notified the department that 11 cents a pound was a fair price for sugar and this information was transmitted to district attorneys with the significant statement that where higher prices were being charged, there evidently was profiteering. The department of agriculture today as'ked $600,000 from congress for establishing es-tablishing information centers in va-jrlous va-jrlous cities, which would collect and! disseminate information concerning) j prices. |