Show Sea Furnishes New Leather To Meet Present Shortage i Many Many business enterprises In new newfields newfields fields will date from the war It has r forced the nations Involved whose vi vl- tal supplies were shut off into an energetic energetic en en- search for substitutes and new sources of raw material For many of these some heretofore her considered worthless permanent markets have been To jnet iet et th leather in the United States tates the skins of many animals which never before found round their way to the tanneries are being used The sea is furnishing a large part of the new supply The whale once hunted bunted only for its bone bope and oil is now providing a leather leath leath- er rivalling kid in softness while its meat is rapidly becoming popular One firm sold pounds of whale whal steak in San Francisco and Seattle last year The walrus was slaughtered by the thousand solely for its tusks the hide of this ungainly animal makes the finest of traveling bags pond nd it its ita oil sells for or 75 cents a a. gallon writes Phil Norton in Popular Mechanics The thinning of the walrus herds threatened starvation for the natives of Alaska PO mo the government Introduced Intro Intro- introduced reindeer There are now of these anim animals ls which produce an excellent leather and they are rapidly increasing A Seattle man found himself himself himself him him- self unable to secure leather to fill a contract for By y experiments with many sea and land animals ot 01 the Pacific Northwest he was able to meet his obligation and to create a anew anew anew new market for these hides The hair seal was once destroyed by the thousand because of its voracious voracious voracious vora vora- cious appetite for salmon Dynamite I was planted in the bars bar's at the mouths of salmon rivers to blow up the great herds of fish eaters as they came in from the sea So plentiful are v these marine pests that skins of f the hair seal will be sold this year The sea lion and the shark are also being hunted for their skins China Japan and Siberia are sending us new hides hide Experiments are encouraged by the government These new leathers are not yet cheap because a liberal price must be paid to encourage hunters and trappers trappers trappers trap trap- pers but so many necessary and I beautiful articles can be made from them that their th ir use will probably not end with the war I |