Show fURS ARE SCARCE I M S I C 2 T 7 3 AND fM AVE C MUCH INCREASED Consul to Russia Says Siberian Si Si- Siberian berian beria Supply Is Growing Growing Grow Grow- ing ng Small Smaller t. t WA WASHINGTON Nov 0 rs lame Dame Dame FashIon FashIon Fash- Fash ion who decreed that furs shall bo ho con con- I I m. m tm th seasons sel dress dl did so at a a premium not I only have o prices SOB soared OR rod e 50 no per JOr I cerl cent higher her but Industrious trappers have ha decimated the animal to such an extent that thit the fu Cu- Cu ii- ii tire ture supply will b be considerably reduced and furs urs nia ma may be e r very scarce next year according to consular reports United States Consul General John II It at Iosco writes that a Il newspaper lamenting I the he fact that the Siberian fur trade has passed into the control off A Americans attributes the rising prices to the operations of or the latter Moscow traders however re remarks re- re marks marls Mr MI ass Snodgrass arc ire unwilling unwilling- to to blame American hu buyers eS for doing business directly with the trappers on the Paik Pa Pa- ik Cik- coast of or instead of makim ma- ma kin kim their purchases In in- inthe the Siberian ma-I ma fur fur fairs where tho the middle man In the he past has advanced prices by an amount equal I to his own profit The Moscow fur traders declare that I the tho growing requirements of fur Cur wearers which cannot be met by tho rapidly di dJ- dJ min supply constitute the thereal real rca rea sons for high prices this year Siberian II exiles live mainly by hy their ability to trap In tho those o regions rr without molestation tation from fromI I the authorities and fur bearing animals are arp not multiplying as fast as they are arc being being- trapped from n Canada Hana show that furs there nave o brought Drought higher prices than over ever before before- An increased demand has been otic able for lynx mink and mar mar- ten ton United States Consul G. G Carl Carlton Canton ton Yoo Woodward ward In thA Yukon territory Inci mci- dentally c comments on the fact that the trapper in northern Canada is not pot sharing sharIng shar shar- ing In the profits of or tho increased a Q 1 domand demand domand do- do mand because he usually parts with furs without knowledge of ot outside conditions and furs ultimately are ara sold at figures Ilm times s originally paid to the er rr r i |