Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-09 | Page 6 | New Industry

NEW INDUSTRY. "While a large proportion of the seals killed each year are taken from A.mcri-cau A.mcri-cau waters, the skins have invariably been takeu to London for dressing, the United States, with its 100,000,000 or more population, being unable or, at least, failing to break into this industry indus-try in times past. Hereafter the skins will be dressed and dyed in this country, coun-try, according to the announcement of a St. Louis fur company which has the contract for selliDg government furs, tt is said the plant will be ready within a month and operations will begin under the direction of two men who formerly had charge of the work in London, Sealskius have been becoming more of a luxury each succeeding year, owing to insufficient protection for the Alaska herds and the fa-t that the Englishmen English-men had a monopoly of the dressing and dyeing business. Now that the industry indus-try has been established in this conn-i conn-i r . , it is said prices will come down, for the transportation charges over the At! an tie and ret urn will be eliminated and the skins will not pass through so many hands. But. even if the furs arc held at their present va luation il will be some sat i fact inn to k now that the money paid for them iu a completed state wi 11 renin in at home, a rid that some hundreds of workingmen will receive re-ceive their share of the benefits. The establishment of this industry in the I" n ited States is due to the war,' !::t it is one that will not get away rrom us after peace is declared. It was "ece-sary to import skilled men to get it started, for no one over here possessed pos-sessed the secrets of the trade. They were allowed to land by the immigration immigra-tion officials, after a foolish aud malicious ma-licious story that they had been brought over to work in ammunition factories '':nd brn exploded. The importation of Flemish weavers aided England in be-oniing be-oniing a great manufacturing nmioo. We hye already ro-hieved that disGnc-;ion. disGnc-;ion. The arrival of British fur drcss- rs however. v: add au ent i rely new iid':-try t- o'ir list, whi'-h fat should ir. m led: sar isract ion. f