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Show LISBON MEETS MATCH FAMINE Portuguese Are Sorely Tried to Find Light for Faithful Faith-ful Pipe LISBON Sept 11. Matches have disappeared from the market, much to the discomfort of smokers and housewives. house-wives. Walters and cigar otore clerks who are able to furnish a few matches have been extremely popular for two weeks. In view of the high prices here, the operatives of the match eompunv demand higher wages, and the company com-pany to meet their Wishes petitioned the government for permission to raise the price of matches This consent has not been given and In view of the deadlock the inhabitants of Portugal hAve no mutches for about a fortnight Since the stocks in the shops were exhausted When the monopoly of match manufacture manu-facture was given to the company some years ago, the public, specially smokers, as a sign of protest began t us,, automatic flint and gasoline lighters, which capped s considerable decrease to the company's sale and the government, at the company's request, re-quest, issued a law forbidding their use, in consequence of which they were all seized and their carriers fined A recall of this law. however, has been proposeil in parliament, but has not beon acted upon. In the provinces, fires are kept alight da. ;md nlghl as the only way of obtaining light at a moments notice |