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Show oo COST OF LIVING UNCHANGED UP TO MARCH 151 WASHINGTON, April 19. The ; cost of living as represented by prices of twenty-two articles of food remained virtually unchanged unchang-ed during the month ending Mar. 1 15, the department of labor's bu- jreau of labor statistics reported1 i today. Fijurei made public show i the cost of the twenty-two articles 1 was only 6-10 of one per cent be-1 I low the cost in January, when prices reached a high water mark. Wholesale prices of commodities ; other than food, the statistics : showed, were higher in March. Lumber and building materials in-; in-; creased more than eight per cent J over February. Only cloths and clothing showed a small net decrease. de-crease. Clothing prices, however, have increased sixty-four per cent over March, 1919. |