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Show Match Prices Advanced. Owing to tho troubles In Russia, the Austrian manufacturers of matches find It Impossible, to procuro tho necessary neces-sary quantities of Russian poplar wood with which the so-cftllod Swedish matches nro made. Tho largest Austrian match fao torlos havo been obliged to reduce their production on this account. As In addition to this, tho cost of other materials required In tho manufacture of matches ha3 increased and the workmen demand higher wages than formerly, nil manufacturers havo madf an increase of $1,03 per 1,000 sacks In the price of "Swedish" matches. N( X. Herald, |