Show HIGH PRICED whalem WHALE 1 little I letlo in tile the mar icet and ana the me supply growing smaller an old 0 ILI falts falta tica v there is a remar remarkable hable scarcity of 1 whalebone in the market at present and in consequence the poorest aili la 11 bics tics are being behig disposed of at prices heretofore hardly ever realized for the best bea that tho the I 1 hardy new bedford men could procure parts part of bones usually discarded a fow few years arra ago are arc now a staple article and lind find ready purchasers among manufacturers manefa furors tur Ors what little bone of first quality is placed upon the market is sold at prices which will astonish persons not familiar with the trade A well known pearl street filin disposed of several thousand pounds several days o says the new york at a pound and a similar fiani c has been b cn realized by dealers in europe whalebone is getting gettier getti nr scarcer every season 11 eaid aid r an old south street boat an pretty scon there wont be any at all the blackfish blach fisli humpbacks and sperm whales from froin most of the bono bone is taken dont breed very fast they are killed hilled off faster than they breed ind and in consequence it is only a question cf time wh when enthey they will be en exterminated terminated altogether gc ther and the humpback will willbe bo as much a curiosity curl osil ly as the departed L mammoth mainly theres no mole moio money moncy in whaling for sailors he continued nor tor for anybody but the big concerns what at controls a number r of these newfangled steam wb whaler aler if you dont what I 1 say jo to tol I 1 vr bedford Dedford there you will uce lot of vessels ves es aels bravo brave ships once but old hulls row ro w with their bones bone bleaching in xa on tho iho rand ands L around the bay they were driven out of the bu business beside siDe and tho sa i hora were driven out with them the whales N got scarce and three or four per cent on invested capital pay CG to the owners of single chips no they had to give up only a fc few v of the old timers timer 3 are arc left and I 1 iguess they wont last much longer |