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Show CHICAGO SEEKING LOWER CAR FARES; CHICAGO, March 3. The cost of living has gone 35 to 40 per cent be-iow be-iow th post-war peak notch in Chicago, Chi-cago, it va tcstifiod before tho Illinois Illi-nois commerce commiflslon which is hearing evidence on the pl-a for lov -erlng street oar fan -. A large firm of retail shoe dealers testified that they paid an averages of $2.85 for shoes In the spring of 1017, an avorage of $6 In 192 I and un average of S3.TS In ls22. I A large manufacturer of clothing gave the average of all manufactured manufac-tured by them In at $43. while the average sale price had dropped to $3o.T7 In 1913 Similar figures were submitted for groceries, pavlnqr material.-, cr-mont -tnd food I'rodu' Thrce-dlraonirion maps aro being made by the United States Weather P.ureau as a result of tho develop-Iment develop-Iment of flying. j Paris is said to ha,vc more sun daifa I than any other city in the o?lu 1 V n j oo- I 11 Canada buvs more .f full.- i m.' iF ban ckHJX |