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Show RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD GOING LOWER WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 The retail food price Indox. maintained by the1 department of labor on reports from representative communities throughout through-out tho Lniled States, showed a decrease de-crease of five per cent In January agJ compared with December. It wns iin-nounced iin-nounced Sunday. I During tho 30-day period covered: by the report. 26 of tho Ai articles of food, considered as within the culln-' nrv requirements of the average family, fam-ily, decreased lr price from one to 129 per cent, the highest price change' I being in the cost of fresh egg. |