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Show POTATO KING PREDICTS HIGH PRICES COMING YEAR Stockton, Cal.. Dec. 31. High price j for potatoes all over the United States ure predicted for the coining year by I ! Ocorg Shlma. a Japanese, known as ; the California potato king. He be-: lieves that the price will advance t I ! $3, or more per sack, and that for i small quantities as much as four cents i per pound will have to be pall. Thi result is expected from a reported shortage of crops in many states. Re ! I lying on his Judgment of the condl ! tlon of the market, Sbima In sabl Jo , be holding nearly a million sacks of j j potatoes for later sale. |