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Show WHOLESALE PRICES DROP, UNCLE SAM TELLS US 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. A pro- nounced drop in (he general level of wholesale prices .luring August was re-ported re-ported today by the department of lu-I lu-I r., r. Measured by changes In the In- , 1. t numbers of the bureau of lalor JH itattstiCSi the decrease was 4 per SBsf i t oodstuffs showed thp greatest price ! -..cessions the decrease, averaging j uors than II per cent. Farm prod- j I ucts doclincd nearly 6 per cent and J Moths and clothing G i prr cent I n Fuel and lighting materials contin ued their upward trend with an In-tvi In-tvi ao of more than 6 per cent while HI netali and house furnishing goods also , 3 Ihowc-d an Increase over Julj |