Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1919 — Page 3

WILD OVER FURS' Dealers Say Women Have Simply Gone Wild Over Furs This Year DUE TO PROSPERITY Pocket Book is Demand for Skins are Great—May be Higher (United Press Servlet) St. Paul. Minn., Dec. n AniP ,. ican women have gone mad over furs. This was the unanimous expression of fur dealers in this big f Ur center today. Dealers have been hard pressed to meet the demand for furs this ye~r and the next season promises even greater demand. Prices are higher, they say, but that makes no difference to the women they want the best they can get ami they’ve (he money to pay for them. As a result there are more trappers I’oing into the woods this winter than ever in history. Dealers are uncertain what result this will bring but they are offering better prices in advance than they ever did before. This

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" 1 ■ I, — looks like higher prices for next year ' they admit. ’ | There a re more animals this winter’ I >n.oi in many years, according to trap 1 P “ rs ' rp ' ,o,,t «. "nd they’ll be needed to meet the demand, say denies. In this section approximately Ro > )f . r cent of this year's I’iifh have already paused over the retail counters. in .the east, according to reports, fit) to A" pet cent of the trade has already bought and the remainder of the sales will be Christmas trade, it |„ believed. Ihe unusual run on furs is due to Reneral prosperity throughout the country, dealers declared, and par’lc"lar|y ‘0 the prosperity of the (feminine pocketbook. "Hilling the war and since," said Ihe leading fur garment producer of the country, “women have earned more money than before. ln comparison with men the wages of women have been all out of normal proper'ion. They want good clothes fur coats, fur trimmed coats, neck pieces, muffs and for lined leather or cloth ic.ii. . Hundreds of women who never before felt they could afford good fit's are buying now. "My personal opinion is that this demand won't last more than another fur season. "The demand will likely be great next fall but the next year it will drop off. he said. "The desire for furs will be largely satiated by the end of the

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next year," he added, explaining that < it was merely a guess and that no t fL<i stop this! JSJ M At first si|<M of a cold or grip take JANES COLDTABLETS (JU AR ANTI KO

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one can toll what the American wo- r man will do. | Natural mtiakrnt, seal dyed muskrat] and raccoon funt ure the most popular. , Because of the huge demand for , muskfat furs, prices of raw skins hava'i Jumped from as low as 7 cents each J to more than $2 each In fifteen years. t< Ixist year prime northern muskrat. , skins sold for $1.70. Already some fur dealers are telling trappers they will pay from $2.10 to $2.30 for raw skins this year. As a result of high prices for raw skins every farmer boy, every settler, and every hunter in the north woods 1 Is getting ready to Jump into the trapping game this month with a vim, One dealer pointed out all the things a back-wood boy could buy if he trap-1 ped only 50 to 100 muskrat this fall and sold them at prices offered. But every boy can’t trap wild animals and get away with it, experienced trappers pointed out. It takes someone who knows the game to get good skins, take care of them, keep, them intact and sell them right. There’s been a lot of talk about fox' farming, rabbit farming, muskrat I farming, mink and otter farming and all other kinds of farming. "City I folks who don’t know the great out-of-[doors would naturally think the choicest furs would be those bred and raised in captivity," said a buyer. "They figure that animals selected, segregated, fed and cared for should produce (better fur. That may be true in domestic stock, but exactly the opposite Jis true when it comes to fur anjmalg. J Naturally wild animals are bound to I deteriorate in captivity. They are not [in their natural state. But the most important difference fa the temperament of the animal. "Surprised? Yes, I guess most folks are surprised that the temper of an

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animal largely decide the quality of a Its fur. •‘You've seen a dog or cut bristle up !l its back when it gets mad? Well, all ° wild animals die fighting. Their guard “ fur is set. That’s the most Important u thing I know of in getting good fur. Their back fur is bristled up and i’ ' stays that way. a “Take a tame animal. After long “ captivity and peaceful life it loses that guard fur and us a result the pelt Is second or third grade, or no grade at all. When it is chloroformed, shot or otherwise killed there Is no light ' in It -no struggle—no guard fur tens f ed to make the pelt perfect "The pelts of wild animals are al 11 I ways preferable. And they are harder to get and naturally higher ' priced. But the average woman wants the best fur obtainable if she can 1 possibly afford It.” Getting back to women's fancy tastes —they’re running rloa, say the dealers. i In the east, particularly, there is a 'demand for high-priced furs. Matching Is the hardest thing fur manufacturers have to battle with. Garment makers have must match rat skins and coon skins in order to sell a coat. Women won’t stand for blotched garments. To match skins takes experts’ time and searching. There has been a fad of “mottled" rat skin coats, one light and one dark placed alter- ’ nately. These are mostly southern rat skins mixed with northern rat skins- resorted to by manufacturers ■ to reduce costs—since southern skins 1 are lighter and not nearly as good ns 1 northern rat skins. All the best rat 1 skins come from the northern reaches of Minnesota. Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Most of the ’ coon skins come from the southern 1 states. • | Foreign furs are popular among the 'very rich. Russian sable coats for instance sell for as high as $60,000. Each skin—the size of a man’s two hands legthwlse—costs from S6OO to SBOO, and sometimes is takes 800 to • 1,000 skins to make one coat. | Ermine and chinchilla are more 'Popular now for trimming among the rich. Nutria, a south American rat, is also a high priced fur. Otter atid - mink are being used on slightly cheapl er coats for trimming and for small . pieces. lannb linked leather and cloth coats d . /

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ire also popular. The old pony coat, bearskin coat < md wolf-skin coats and muffs are all j >ut of date. Few manufacturers ha ,>e 1 i demand for them any more. They are bending every effort to meet the , blgh-tulutin'" taste of the modern ) American woman and "you’ll have to | ask the women." to liiui out if they', are succeeding, say dealers. LIFTING BAN IN CHICAGO , Chicago, Dec. 12. (Special to Daily Democrat.) Fuel bans were being gradually lifted throughout the bituminous coal consuming regions today us miners returned to work. Stores which haVe heen opeiating on g six hour scheduled, tomorrow I will start the regular schedule The] ban was lifted early in the case of the| stores on account of the approaching | holidays. Reports indicated the groat major-1 ity of miners would obey orders and return to work. However, some weie expected to remain out. standing pat' on their demands for an increase ini wage-, of 31 per <ent immediately. MORE ARRESTS TO FOLLOW Hammonton. N. J Dee 12.—(Special to the Dally Democrat.) - Two and po-

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.sibly more arrests will tie made in connection with the death of Billy Dansey, according to Edmund C. Gaskill, prosecuting attorney, Gaskill said the special grand jury to consider Ihe case probably wouid begin sessions Wednesday In Mays Landing, where Charles White and Mrs. Edith L. Jones are in Jail, the former charged with the boy’s murder and the hitter with being an accessory. One. of the persons to bo arrested is Mrs. Susie White, wife of IjOulh White, a brother of the man charged with murder. Magistrate Strouse of Hammonton who Issued the warrents for White and Mrs. Jones admitted 'toilay ho bad signed a warrent for 1 Mrs. White. See those Young Men’s Belted Overcoats :il 'l'eeple. Brttndy- ' Ih aiw & Peterson’s. EXTRA TO HARRY FRAUHIGER SALE Three extra good Holstein cows, will be fresh ahout day of sale. These cows are all sixgallon milkers. Also six or sev- ' en high-grade heifers, be fresh • in February. 295-12