PRICE CUTTING
BIG DROP IN AMERICA. COST OF LIVING REDUCED. 9 By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, May 17. (Received May 20, 12.25 a.m.) Thirty-four cities throughout the country report price cutting to an extent of twenty to fifty per cent. of all merchandise, even including automobiles, resulting in a considerable reduction of the cost of living. Freight congestion, tight money and lessened buying are assigned as the causes for this reduction.
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Southland Times, Issue 18826, 20 May 1920, Page 6
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77PRICE CUTTING Southland Times, Issue 18826, 20 May 1920, Page 6
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