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Show FIGHT FOR COXTROL. Since the humbling of tho German army on the western front, a struggle for future control of the platinum market mar-ket of the world lias been going on in Colombia, South America. The principal princi-pal contestants are the Levrisohns, the millionaire mining family of the United States, and English capitalists. It is now stated that the rich South American Ameri-can fields have been pretty equally divided di-vided between the two interests. Ownership Own-ership of the fields is now split up among the following corporations: South American Gold and Platinum company, of which Adolph Lewisohn is president, and tho majority of whose shares are owned by the l.ewisohns; General Development company, of which Adolph Lewisohn is president; The Consolidated Gold yields of South Africa, Ltd., cf which Lord Harris is j chairman, and Johnson, Maihey it Co.-, Ltd., of. London, and the Gold I'iclds American Development company, of which Lord Lrabourne is managing director. di-rector. The last named corporation also controls the Ang'.o-Ameries.n Develop-ntcnt Develop-ntcnt company and owns one-half interest in-terest in the Pacific Metals company. 'The mines in the I'ral mountains in Russia formerly were the world's principal prin-cipal source of platinum supply. They yielded L'5i',fl00 ounces a year, about j four-fifths cf all the platinum produced j on the globe. They have not been ! worked systematically simee the out- break of the war, five years ago. They ! will remain an undependable factor in : the market until order is retored in j Russia, which may be six mouths or a ; quarter of a century. In the meantime, tlie American and English syndicates are exploiting the SouUi Amerit-an fields on a larire scale and by the latest scientific methods. 'Thev have expert mining engineers in I i control and have skipped in tlie beit improved mills and machinery. I-lecent reports from Colombia are that tlie fields are richer by far than the world has been lei to believe ami under efficient effi-cient development may yield an output equal tn that of the Russian mines in their palmy days. Platinum at present is quoted at Jlno an ounce. Platinum jewelry, since the lifting of the wartime ban upon i h.as come ha-l. into greater populari'v than j ever before and dealers a ro unable to meet the market demands. The old urgent demand for platinum for chemical chem-ical purposes is as gr.-at as ever and the development of the airplane has created a vast new market fur the metal. j |