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Show If You're a Bonehead Jam Down Your Hat; Price of Ivory Soars If your oxo a bonehead you aro worth 2D per cent moro today than you wero ono week ago. To wit: Tho prlco of Ivory has gono up. Charles Dovllng and his associates who nro traveling through tho United States In tho Interests of the Ivory dealers of Now York and London, gavo Indirect notlco to all of tho local lo-cal stores that deal In Ivory goods that an Immediate advance In tho prlco of Ivory had already been scheduled sched-uled and that a further advance might bo expected. Of course, they blame It on tho war. Tho strugglo In African sections, sec-tions, whero Ivory has been a stablo product has materially Interfered with tho trade. Tho elephant can now carry his trunk nnd tusks with' a certain degrco of safuty, for tho Ivory hunter is too busy trying to shoot peoplo to think of his toothbrush. tooth-brush. Shipments of ivory from tho usual marts In Africa and olsowhero havo been greatly curtailed. Northern Ivory supplies havo fallen off to n largo extent on account of tho shortage short-age of hunters nnd there aro scarcely scarce-ly any Ivory Imports from Norwegian sources that havo heretofore operated oper-ated In arctic waters and mado game and money of tho walrus. Tho advance will nffect all classes of Ivory goods, and whllo old Pop Substltuto has been brought Into tho first lino of defense, thero really Is no substitute, merchants say, for tho "class A" goods that the American public calls for. m |