Show one man B law another gain whenever there is a fire you can be j bure that while it may bring loss to some one it brings gain to others said J byry of a big importing houst as be stood in hia office under taio big brooklyn bridge there was that warehouse fire down near wall street where so much chemicals were burned nearly if not quite ill of the shellac in bulk now in country except fifty bales we had here was destroyed that meant that we controlled the market the second day after the fire the price jumped over per cent and is still climbing it was about twenty two cents a pound the day before the fire we have fifty bales ditl about 25 pounds to the bale shellac comes from calcutta india and before any moie can eom wa shall probably be told out so yon see that fire meant gain to us if loss to some other dealer new york world |