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Show Lower Snoe Prices ' '! r 1 Mext Year Predicted - -J By Tanners' Grief ; - WASHINGTON, May 25. Lower shoe prices late next winter and spring were predicted today by Ed- i ward A. Brand, secretary of the ' . v Tanners' Council of the United ', -i SJtotes, testifying before a senate j ! committee of inquiry. Tanners and manufacturers believe be-lieve prices "will fall by that time, Mr. Brand said, because of the recent re-cent decline In leather prices. This decline could not sooner be reflected reflect-ed In shoe costs, he said, because shoes are made up far In advance I of the season In which they are of- IfH fered on the market. IH Mr. Brand said he did not be-lleve be-lleve that the "big five" packers jH controlled hide and leather prices. |