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Show 4 l CANNERS PREDICT ANOTHER JUMP IN 1920 FOOD PRICE CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 27. Higher food prices for 1920 j were predicted today by dele- j gates to the joint convention of the National Canners' association, associa-tion, the Canning Machinery and Supplies association and the National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers' association. associa-tion. "The canners have honestly and earnestly striven to reduce the cost of production," Frank Gorrell of Washington, secretary secre-tary of the canners ' association, declared, "but the year 1920 faces them with probable price i increases over those of 1919." J Lack of production, inflated j currency and riotous extrava- J gance of the newly rich were blamed for the high cost of living. |