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Show the Persian gulf, and that they have no hesitancy in sav ing that If such a combine is In control of those raar.keis it will produce a crisis in the peai market of India. The American and European buyers formerly employed the Indian trader as a middleman. I but now thy see.n lucllned to deil I directly with the Aiabs, througi agents on the spot. It Is under3tocJ j i that big prices have been paid to tt I Arab merchants for pearls, and thai j the Hindoo merchants have sent larg? quantities of last year's stock of ) pearls to Arab mei chants, to be eoH i as fresh stock to American and European Eu-ropean mei chants. If the Hindoo sees the Arab usurp his place as middleman, he uris: blame himself, because he demandeJ undue prices. This season's pearl fishing ts re ported here to have been very successful success-ful Consular Report. ARAB AND HINDOO PEARL MERCHANTS. MER-CHANTS. The Hindoo peail merchants of Calcutta Cal-cutta and Bombay appear to be considerably con-siderably interested in a rumor that an American syndicate has been making mak-ing expensive purchases of pearls In |