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Show I O T OF LIVING DROPPING. Prices of commodities continue to drop. Bradstreet's for last week gave the index number of 3 article used for food at $4.24 This compares with 4 90 for the week ending October 9, a year ago, vr a loss of 15 4 P'r cent Of 76 commodities in all lines, ten advanced as compared with e we.lv before, 16 declined and 500 remained unchanged. This is a Strong indication of a rapid downward movement, whieb maj continue until all the profiteering and much of the profit is out of business Wholesalers and retailers in Ogden have cut then- stocks to the minimum and are buying only enough to keep up with the demand, and this is irenng on over the entire United states. On certain lines merchants arc taking losses, feeling that the lower level in sight is to he reached within a short time and the pyramiding of prices il B thing of the past The readjustment period has arrived and those who do not adjust ad-just themsclvei to the new conditions will suffer reverses. This scaling down is having a good effect in labor rirclcs. as the purchasing power of the dollar has been increased before there has been anj radical cut in wages |