The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-23
FURS HIGH IN PRICE.
Advance Of From IS 10 so Fer Cent. in The Last
Monh.

All furs have advanced i'm price from
- to so per cent. since last March. In
that month the raw furs, which at this
writing have been fashioned into wear
ing apparel. were auctioned off. as is
customary. in the1world's three great
fur markets. Leipslc, London and New
York. The advance in prices was then
fixed but it is only the following au-
tumn that il is made known To the
general public. 1t so happens, too.
that fashion has decreed furs shall be
worn, both in garments and as trim
mings, this year more than ever be-
fore
Russian sable will be % per cent
higher than it was this time a year
ago; Hudson bay sable, so per cent;
silver, blue and brown fox, so per cent;
chnchilla. Is per cent: sealsltin. 20 r0r
cent; skunk, Is per cent, and mink %
per cent. These furs will be favorites
i'm the order named. the silver fox and
Russian sable competing for popular
fty.
For two years the price Of furs has
steadily raised, says the New York
Post. and from indications IL will con-
tnue to. until only the wealthy can
afford TO wear the finer skins. The
present condition OF things is due more
probably to the increased demand of
the trade than from any scarcity of fur |
bearing animals.
Silver fox which is To be extremely |
fashionable this winter, is fur hard |
To get in quantities large enough to |
meet the demand for IL. The Hudson /
Bay company controls the trade I'm this
fur. and the whole catch annually ia
only 1900 skins. one of the vessels OF
this company foundered with a cargo |
or furs last spring. in which were in
cluded 200 picked silver fox skins.
y member Of the largest importing |
house i'm this country. commenting
recently upon some rich American wo-
men preferring to buy their sables and
other highly priced furs abroad. said:
They labor under mistake when |
they think they can buy Russian sable |
better abroad than I'm this country. We |
import the raw skins and therefore pay |
No duty. IL Is granted abroad that the |
finest dressing is given furs on this |
side Of the Atlantic.
Now. IL is said that the finest skins
are not sent TO this country. That is
another mistake. You can get the fin
est 90 De had II you pay the price ask.
ed for IL. See this garment" ne went
on. taking out 0f It's satin lined casn |
"a shimmerlng. downy sable cane
That is small and It's price is $4,000.
ana That boa, holding up a roll which J
feH an arms length down over the | ]
shoulders. "is $3.50"
As another Illustration OF tho beau. i
tiful furs brought int, mis- cor,,,r'. e
suit was shown by the marfbantEa
skirt OF sweeping length and "a lockat '
oi same material with a great rolling
collar or rich sable. The material v.as
Ehe skins OF unborn Persian lambs ,
texture exquisite in appearance ana
touch anu |
The Russian furs are all auctionod a.
iei'slc' the skins at last March's auc- 4
t.ul were bought almost entirely by | =
Ieil'h houses and by the big New 8
oih importers, practically freezine | 1
out an the resi- of the world ON tbiS v
iur. single raw skins hroupbt s5so
ana y takes three for "a boa Tho ttud n
son IaN coinpany's market IL T.onlrr S
~ hallNf American furs ara auction | y
eu W New loik before Tho Top3,r | u
lnaik't opens Tho Americans soIsc, 6
me pest in mink. skunk Alaska SOL,
ahd ouler native furs What Was Ieft ],
'' '''' Wv tI 'o ths London market
a relative Of Gen. Funston in Dos
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'lctur make him guod.I,,l,sn, NM | y
le was, ! think The very homeliast nv ! S
t|tI saw once. 7 remember. ~ v.as
eut 90 Alaska to collec, botanical sper. $
,h,ns Tor the government. lie aid bc
'lun tn'" what they wanted. but s..
!" matter. Whatever 10 was he'd ra, u
! ~ Is bu'n'-s. Creeping, c,awi,,s I'd
~" discusses fn'i. We'd tn n f"w mintil.e J
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