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Show ! WHOLESALE PRICE OF MEAT DROPS PACKERS ASSERT CHICAGO, May 18. The wholesale irice of meat has declined de-clined 16 cent during the past year : the prices of nearly all other necessities have increased, according to the aionthly bulletin of the Institute of American Meat Packers, Figures announced by the packers comparing meat with other necessities, say the following follow-ing increases vrere recorded by other articles whilo meat decreased: de-creased: Cloths and clothing 65 per cent; fuel and lighting 14 per j cent; lumber and building material mate-rial 97 per cent; ho ise and furnishing fur-nishing goods 51 pe..' cent; farm production 5 per ceit; food, including in-cluding meats, 21 er cent; all commodities combined 26 per cent. |