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Show There are some STRIKING FACTS j ON LIVING COSTS WASHINGTON, ftay 5 The family food budget in February 1 was exactly twice the sum ex-I ex-I pended for the same articles of j food in February, 1913, accord-' accord-' inrr to department of labor sta-i sta-i tistics. j During approximately the name period in Great Britain, ! the increase was only 130 per ; cent while in Italy it was 187 per cent. Germany outranked ! all countries enumerated with j an increase of 224 per cent. , Increase in prices of clothing j in Germany, the statistics showed, exceeded 1000 per cent. A man's suit, which before the war cost $20, now sells for $238. ' During the year ending last February in this country sugar increased in price 76 per cent. , Potatoes went over the top to j the tone of a 275 per cent increase in-crease since February, 1913. j o o |