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Show PRICE-SUSIE Merchants Agree That Some Articles Have Declined, But Movement Not General Advertisements in dry goods store windows and tho newspapers during the last few days has acquainted the public with a considerable reduction In the prlco of certain lines of clothing. On inquiry this morning a Standard - Examiner reporter learned from leading merchants of Ogden that there is no kind of a "move" on. All that f& happening is that a natural depression is beginning be-ginning to effect certain lines of goods, they said. Silk Goes Down Silk can now bo bought at a reduction- of from 25 to -10 per cent on prices being asked two weeks ago owing to tho fact that financial stringency in Japan has cut down the cost of raw silk. This is coupled with the Interesting fact that government govern-ment investigation of wild speculation specula-tion by a class of profiteers on the 3ilk market, and tho resolve of tho foderal reserve banking system to allow no more money to flow to support of sucli speculation, has brought down the price of silk to tho retailer and he has taken Immediate Im-mediate advantage of passing the relief on to tho general public. Iilttlc Clianyc As regards cottons, woolens, and dress goods generally, there Is no change. There Is still a scarcity of tho articles due chiefly to decreased production and the price of these goods is likely to be considerably higher in a short time. "Cotton goods that used to cost us 10 cents a yard are quoted for fall dellverj at CO cents ndv," said one merchant this morning," and in the lines just mentioned we sec no possibility of decrease, but rather of an upward trend." Break Even , One dealer in men's wearing apparel ap-parel said, "Wo are selling men's suits at a loss and we think we aro acting wisely in reducing the cost of such suits. To say -that the reduction re-duction in prices is due to a larger supply, and a decrease In prices quoted by the wholesale houses to J us is not true. Wo have mado up 1 our minds to be willing to lose ! money in one department and hopo that wo will break even." |