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Show Price of Ivory Increasing. Ivory continues to mako rapid gains In cost and may sooner or later bo In a class with gold. Kt tho sales In Europo tho tremendous demand ' pushes up tho price. Tho allotment i for each sale .seems be tho samo, - and with a gaining consumption it is logical iu ux(eci u ijiil'u imvmiuu This will continue until a subsiltuto Ivory Is discovered or Ivory Is so-cured so-cured In grcator quantities, Although wo buy a great many tusks for plauo keys and uso tho vory latest method of cutting and bleaching, tho margin of profit in finished key Ivory Is exceedingly ex-ceedingly small. With the best of skill in blocking the waste Is enormous enor-mous nnd there aro many othor details de-tails In connection with key Ivory manufacturo that require tlmo and money. -v |