Show unc uncle ae sam fur dealer Is out of luck E CRE TARY HOOVER of the department part ment of Coun commerce nerce is ns as SOI LIblIng 1 n I national 0 of f merchandisers merchandise rs to study disposition POsIt lon of the departments selli skins which lime have become strangely enough so many white elephants fashion that force which vl ilch prevents women bromen every year sear front from wearing ng w vant aliat liat ans na the very thing lost last put ii a crimp into tile the seals seal klu skill market and incidentally lilt hit uncle sam pretty hard scarfskin Scat iUn the most durable of all furs in 8 lins has been dropped by fashion wearing nutria and chinchilla and rabbit called something else the result Is that more than fine pelts have been returned to the government in recent by auctioneers who were unable to sell them every bit of alaskan peal feal made up tip in this country Is supplied by the united states government through ownership of the islands lands In where the seals have their rookeries rook eries prom from to skins I 1 liae lave been taken annually by natives of the island employed by the government and sent to st louls louis for treatment and sale only skins were prepared tills this year and eap even these were spurned by tile fu fur r buying public only some 1 2000 skins at 30 each were sold the rest were were put into storage by the government As this fur enterprise of U uncle nele sams Is a special pet of the de department apartment part ment of commerce and of particular interest to the experts in the bureau of fish erles cries feminine fashion is receiving much unfavorable criticism in these offices As to durability all skins are graded down domi from froin the seat seal the alie only other skin that approaches it in tills this respect being the otter rabbit which Is made into french seal beal Is about at the bottom of the list tile the so called hudson sent seal which Is dyed muskrat mus hrat Is much superior to rabbit but bui even it Is far far below the standard of the real things lings ti the governments interest in furs has not only been of benefit to the fast d appearing dla ea ring seals and foxes but it has been the means of creating a new american Indu industry kry until it entered into a contract with a st louls louis firm in 1015 for dressing and dyeing seat seal skins this work ork had been done almost exclusively in E europe drope since t that lilt time all these skins are prepared rat and dyed in obrown our own country |