Show i t central but bui but t or nei UM m TWICE AS ASS S a dr l V VALUABLE AS GOLD Ei I r t w Tonic TonK Oct 4 Platinum 4 has been ad advancing rapidly in price recently and today toda it is quoted in Maiden Lane Lanc at at- 1750 4 O an an ounce This is the e highest lf price ic on record gor and cd iJ indicates t Ss an a advance 1 of 5 3 an ounce ounce- since the first of the year ear I I Local dealers predict a further increase se I It The present advance ance was nearly equal t to that several se years ago The Tile price was we-s 1850 in 1905 with anI only a languid demand de but early arl arlIn in 1906 the sales bean becan be- be gao can an to increase ase and nd prices advanced ad until until un un- un- un til in iii December of that year ear it reached HO 40 0 an n ounce A decline started In Feb Fob rua r 1007 and continued until A August when the prices declined to 20 10 an 11 ounce ouncE ire nt upward no movement ement started soon afterward At today's quo- quo station platinum is worth nearly two anda and anda a a half times as much as gold |