Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1913 — Scarcity of Opium Felt. [ARTICLE]

Scarcity of Opium Felt.

Codeine, a very largely used narcotic, is more than twice its normal owing to the scarcity of opium. Carbolic acid continues, to advance in price, afid it is not nt all unlikely that the cost of household disinfectants may be lncrer«ed. The most noteworthy of the few articles which have declined in value is glycerin, which, after a long period of high value, now shows signs of coming down in price