Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1918 — U. S. STABILIZES PRICE OF HIDES. [ARTICLE]

U. S. STABILIZES PRICE OF HIDES.

Washington, May V— The .Pjjce fixing committee of “e war industries board today price of the pxwjmt *toc]» 1 ed and country hides at that prevailing April 24, this year. By thus stabilising the" terial market official! think a reduction in the cost of shoe* will bo «- The complete schedule of hide and skin priees fixed by the committee today contains some l,ouo different prices. They are for the kill of May, June and July. While somewhat higher than their differential value of present ' stock and present market prices, the prices are declared by the committee to be reasonable. Full control by the government over all important hides and skins, through its import license system, caused the committee to fix the prices for imported hides the same as for the domestic hides. Tanners will be called by the price fixing committee at once, with a view of establishing fair and equitable prices on leather, and the committee will, it is stated, endeavor to see that leather products will reach the consumer at fair prices.