Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Matches Luxury in Leeds. [ARTICLE]

Matches Luxury in Leeds.

The scarcity of matches in Leeds that was threatened in the fall of 1915 has become a reality. The prices have been high and the quality has been poor. The Yorkshire Evening Post of Leeds said recently: ‘‘lt sometimes takes three matches to raise a light nowadays, and with the price increased some 250 per cent, that makes them a rather costly luxury.” Much interest was manifested recently in the arrival at London of a cargo of matches from Japan. Up to the present time no matches of American manufacture have been noticed in Leeds.