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Show ONE PER CENT DROP IN RETAIL PRICE OF FOOD Average Farmer Gets But Little Reduction Last Month WASHINGTON, Jan 20 A decrease de-crease of one per cent from November Novem-ber 16 to December 15 in the retail cost of food to'he average family was show n in statistics made public today at the hureau Of labor statistics, based bas-ed on prices of articles of food, re- ported for 51 cities. The cities showing a decrease of one' ner cent or more incl.ided. Los An geles, Portland, Ore . and Salt Iak City; three per cent. San FroncLsco and Seattle. An Increase of one per cent was shown in Atlanta and Scram. on and snuiller Increases in setral other cities. cit-ies. Including Chicago. The decrease for the year ending December 15 ranged from 20 per ni for Charleston. 8. C , to 1 1 per cent for Scrsnton. Pa The price level at that tlate showed an increase from 1913 ranging from til per cenl f"i Scranton to 33 per cent for Salt Lake in eleven cities on six groups of Items. Including food, clothing, cloth-ing, housing fuel arid light, furniture and furnishing and miscellaneous between be-tween December. 1914 and December, 1921 were listed as follows. Boston. 70.3 per cent Los Angeles, 76.4 per cent; Portland. Ore., 5S.3 per cenl: San Francisco and Oakland 63 6 per cent, and Seattle 71.5 per cent. 1 1 o |