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Show SUBSTITUTE SHARK SKINS FOR LEATHER WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Use of shark skins as a substitute for leather is being investigated by the United States bureau of fisheries" as a possible solution of the high eost of animal skins. Already, says a bureau statement state-ment today, an acceptable leather is being" made from shark skins in some foreign countries, and in the United States there has been a limited demand for the skius as covering for small articles. arti-cles. Florida fishermen will supply large shark skins for the experiments. The government is furnishing the fishing tackle. Men in the lighthouse service also have been directed to catch sharks. |