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Show A Corner In Candles. As an example of tjusts and monopolies monop-olies prevalent even In that early da It may be mentioned yhnt in 1750 one Henjamln Crabb obtauued the exclusive exclus-ive right to make sperm candles In Massachusetts for 14 years. A year later, however, a factory was started In I'rovldence, U. I . and within with-in tho decade there were eight factories fac-tories in New Kngland nnd one in 1'hlladelphla. Their output greatly reduced re-duced the price of candles, which not long before sold for five shillings a pound. In those days $1.25 was worth fully three times as much ns It is now. From the Designer. |