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Show lilllTiMJ 1'AI'tK A1)VACI.N(I IN l'llICl'. Tun cholera embargo on rsgslnlho Hast It having a curious cfloctupon the production of certain kinds of paper. At a meeting of manufacturer! held In Motion a few days ago It wat rtsolvtd to shut down the writing paier mills for two weeks In October next, and tu ralso the price an aver-nge aver-nge of two tents a sound. In addition to the scarcity of rags, chloride of lime, which Is mod for bleaohlug the rage, has advanced from two to eight ccuUnpound, bocauto of Iho demand for disinfecting purpotis on nuount of tho cholera scare. Fully ono half of the raga used In pro-'uclng pVfYr In this country e-omu Irom Huroe, It may teem slrmipu that tuch an article at the rag should thou! 1 liecomn Ki Imp orlaut a cummer elsl factrr. In Europe wages nro low, and lerrout who cannot work at laborious employment turn tortg pick. Inr. Over thero It hat become annular annu-lar builntn. Iu the United States Wiis are Letter, aud more cuusbo earned at any sort of employment. Though latterly In the largo cities of tho Hast, rag t letting Is becoming quite sn Industry. blnce the cholera scare New York and I'hlladcluhhfjrbadolliotrlr -iiing of refute piles by pickers, and nil combustible com-bustible material Is Lhrned. This regulation regu-lation largely curtails the domeellc tup-ply. tup-ply. Tho average price qf rags has ad vanctd Ihltl flveftr cent during tbo patt month. In the piessut condition of Hurope, It would ho very unwlte i admit raga Irom thero unri-atrhlrdly, and tho rohlblllon will probably be msdo lo extend over the winter. |
