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Show WESTERN RETAILERS SHOW IMPROVEMENT SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 rke-t rke-t ,j val.-s in Fel.i u .n 1921. In six itles in tho Twelfth federal reaerve district, were R.l per cent greater In value than sales In February of las' year, according to a statement Issued here by the federal reserve bank. The statement was based on reports submitted by tv,ontj five representa-i representa-i department Btores and mall order i houses In Oakland. Los Angeles. Spo-Ikane, Spo-Ikane, San Francisco. Seattle and Salt Lake. in the ruril sections ' tho statement state-ment said, ' largely due to decreased buying power, coincident nlth tho decline de-cline in value of farm products, sales 'were less In amount than a year ago, I offsetting the increase In the cities. For the district as a whole retail sales were 2.9 per cent less in value than in February, 1920 I "As the dollar will bu more commodities com-modities at present than In February. 1920, this figure does not mean that the volume of trade has been smaller Ketail prices were approxJmately 1 to 30 per cent less than a year ago and It is probable therefore, that a greater great-er volume has been turned over this year' than last year." |