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CITY MARKETS COMING SLOW BECAUSE OF POLITICS City markets commission is pos-I-tive-ly expected to pick two sites on o trin this nftprnoon. Then, about . m "thfi middle of next week," the com- missipn, headed Jay Aid. Jas. H. Law ley, will hold a meeting and decide w'hat to do with the sites. . Retail grocers' organizations got busy during the campaign just closed. Their votes talk, and Aid. Jas. H. Lawley is not sure now just what sort of a market he wants the city to run. At first Lawley said it would be practical tp run regular retail stores and sell all citizens' foodstuffs at cost prices. The report of the commis sion said there are 8,000 retail stores in Chicago, only about 3000 are run efiiciently and about 5,0000 are use less and wasteful. City government stores in Chicago like the federal government stores in the Panama canal zone were serious ly considered. Lawley announced he sent a telegram to the governor of the canal zone asking for food price list. Reply to this telegram has not been given out. Plans for this type of city market has been abandoned. Open air markets, without any cost for canopies, can be Btarted in two days, the non-political members of the commission say. School land is available where fanners can stand their wagons and go to it selling farm stuff to the housewives, it is pointed out. Sole expense to this would be wages of a market master. Such temporary markets could then be followed later with permanent, canopied markets with well arranged stalls. Women market masters are now proposed. They would understand housewives' needs better than men market masters, it is urged. Retail prices today compared with 30 days ago show that there has been a slight downward slide in flour, sugar and a few other food" prices. Lots of hungry people will be up against a stiff game next winter, ac cording to Aid. Merriam, Sup't E. T. Lies of the United Charities and oth ers. Markets commission next week will hear from Chicago labor union representatives and officers of Chi cago Association of Commerce on what kind of markets to establish to help the hungry. County Agent Jos eph Myers says there is more desti tution now than a year or two years ago. To corporations and business men markets commission is sending plea: "Lay off your men only half time. In stead of discharging one-fourth or one-half your force of employes, keep them all on the payroll and cut down the working time for all." Report of commission on Gary city market shows stuff sells at lower prices there than in Chicago". Green beans for instance were going at 5 cents a quart, just half what they were in Chicago. Onions were 2 cents less a pound and tomatoes ten cents less a bushel and'so on. o o- OF COURSE J fft fliji- Jf "Mabel and her husband are an ideal couple. They are of one mind about everything." "Yes hers!" o o Kansas City, Mo. Steers reached new high mark here yesterday. Climbed to $10.75 per hundred. t i -- -jrrc 2g-jgjjjJg