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Show HIGHER PRICES FOR THE HOUSE BROOM New Albany, Imd , Feb. 1ft. Housewives, House-wives, within a few months, may be compelled to pay a dollar for an ordinary or-dinary broom. Is the discouraging prediction of the large manufacturers manufactur-ers of this commodity In South Indl- I ana. Kvansvllle factories are repre- hented to be offering three times the j normal price for broom corn and find 1 it an extremely ware article at that I figure. It stated that with tho supply sup-ply now In hand. If an equal division j could be made, there la only enough ( broom com In the country to supply j two brooms lo each family and the ; next harvest Ik months away. Many farmers In the vicinity of New Albany, encouraged by the pre- ' vailing high prices, will supplant oth or. crops this year with broom com. |