Show I 1 1 I 1 RUMORS REGARDING DIAMOND PRICES S there are a number in Q ae aen who deal quite extensively in diamonds and of late there has been some speculation la among them alstn as tn whether the precious brecto lus stones atones would not soon take a tumble in price reports say a para sian has been manufacturing diamonds in large quantities of lato late and that a diamond mine had not nol long ago been discovered in missouri these two forces it has been said would greatly increase the production of the stones and consequently cause a falling off in the demand mr J S zeller of who is quoted as aa authority on the diamond 11 market states mates that there can bo be no change in the price of diamonds that the stones are of a staple value almost equal to that of the money of t ne united states government that there h his is been no discovery of diamond mines in missouri and that the fellow who claims tobe manufacturing them is now in jall jail charged with fraud ile he says that the indications point to a ralso raise in trie price of diamonds rather than a fall it is interesting to note as stated by mr air zoller zeller 1 that all the diamonds of the world a are re bought and sold under the immediate dictation and control of a single syndicate and that it Is by their flap of the finger that the prices are kept up rei regardless ardless of th the la of supply and demand |