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Show INCREASED PRICE OF LEAD PENCILS n ; : ; ; 1 1 immii m i m : i : 4 NEW YORK, NVv. V.--Tbe t wholesale rate on xH Jead pen- 4 4 cils costing $3.6( or less a gross. -;- 4 has gone u. according to an- 4 4 nouncements now being sent to r 4 stationers by domestic manufac- 4 4 turers from 5 to 2.' cents a gross. 4 New price lists on some lines of 4 4 foreign pencils are also being 4 4 sent to dealers. ' 4. 4 The reason given for th" ad- 4 4 vance is the higher cost of la- 4 4 bor and materials. 44-4 11 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 ; 1 |