Show U VI S S1 LEADER IN FUR TRADE By WASHINGTON By The Th Associated Associated Associated The Press Pres The The chap who ho wrote that hat song about Mr Bunting hunting a a. fur costume for tor Bunting Jr probably probably probably ably never realized how literally American business men would take the suggestion In 11 years the American fur in industry In- In Industry industry has grown approximately five five- fold In the same period the side sideline sideline line ine trade of fur dressing and dyeing has Increased more than ten Iola Department of commerce records which give no credit whatever to Bunting Hunting Son show the fur goods Industry had a a. 1925 production val val- valued valued val val- valued at 2 2 as compared with In 1914 The fig fig- figures figures ures are arc not exactly comparable ow- ow owIng owing Ing ng to changes in classification of o In Individual In- In individual establishments but they 11 ii- lustrate the marked expansion of the fur dressing and dyeing business in increased In- In Increased Increased creased from 28 in 1914 to Industry Value of production in to the in 1925 Production of raw skins In the United States and Alaska Is 15 esti esti- estimated estimated estimated mated by the trade at worth north annually the greatest in the world It is compared with the 15 annual production ot or Canada and the 35 yearly output of Russia Many of ot the smaller fur lr bearers are obtained in the great Mississippi basin but there are fur trappers an and hunters In virtually every section o othe of the country In addition fur farming has recently been established as an Industry and today practically all the silver and black fox fur tur used in this country comes from animals animal raised on farms arms Muskrat farming 1 Is increasing and rabbit raising fo for meat and pelts Is strongly in the west However cr American manufacturers still are dependent upon foreign countries for the bulk of their raw skins |