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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13

ana heat furs Of tho world. The Hudson
Bay Company has been engaged in the
business for two hundred years ana ]
has sent out millions upon millions OF
skins TO the markets OF London 1t had
until generation ago Il monopoly Of
the trade. BY It's charters from King
Charles 1t controlled the whole country
and governed It as IT pleased Then
Canada bought It's political rights to Brit
tsh North America, and now fur trading
Is free to all.
This town OF Edmonton, which lies over
three hundred miles due north OF the
United States boundary, Is the centre
OF the new fur trade. 1t has eight firms
which buy skins. and their purchateE
aggregate hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars a year. One of the most Important
OF the traders is the Hudson Bay Com
pany. which has.reccntly erected AIDE
partrnent store here. and It's chief com
pctitor Is Revillon Frcres the great Paris
furricrs. who have establishments also
in New York and London, and who sup
& ply skins and furs to every market Of the
world.
Millions in Furs.
The Revillons nre fit competitors OF the
Hudson Bay Company. They have been
engaged in wholesale and retail fur trad
ing for one hundred and scventy-nVe
years, and they arc now carrying on thelr
business with d capital OF 20 900 oo
francs or about s14,000.0o0. They nave
already established posts all over inc
Northwest. and they arc gradually pu,id-
ing IN n line OF stations throughout the
lands which the Hudson Bay people have
al,raysS considered their own. They have
central station hc:c at Edmonton. an
Il other at Prince, Albert sand third III
Labrador, with two or three hundTen
branch posts In active operation. Ihey
are buying furs all along the M acKcnI'e
river, ,ip and down the shores q w. ".
Arctic ocean, along Hudson pay anu ~
different parts Of Labrador; ana my ~.
am told. getting fair share @ t'le oese
skins of the continent.
In addition to this they have, Win me
or,aninp in of the wheat belt. established
great Wholesale and retail department.
store here, and are doing business WIN
the new settlers They are, IN fact, thc
Marshal Field Company OF the Nortn-
west and By far the largest "hoics .iie
dealers outside of Winnipeg.
Merchandising in the New Canada "a
The head OF the fur establishment ana
the department store is young, fre,ch.
man. Mr.. Revilon. He Is only about
twenty-six years Of age. put ny has
alrcndy built UP this business, and mas
tho solo charge of 1t. 1t was while dining
with him the other night that we talkea
about tho fur trade and the wonderful
growth going on here. Said he:
II came to Edmonton from New YORK
about four years ago had had some
nxncrlence In our fur houses In Germany
and England before went to the onitea
states, and the life In New York suited
mo When was told to go to Edmonton
rather objected, but now IKE ~ hnu
expect to stay here and nni'd Up mo
trado II seems to mo that Edmonton
Ia one of the best business places on inc
North American continent. We starred
IN hero MS fur traders. but our wholesale
ana retail merchandising has SO grown
that If ia eight or nine times as big as
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Quarter last year. In glass beads there
is an Increase Of 1910 per cent, IN
glove leather 100 4-6 per cent, In man
ganese oxide 1885 per cent. In masks
200 per cent, in steel ana s:onwaro III,
per cent, and in woolens 13S 40 per
cent, and O proport!onhte Increase IN
nearly all other articles exported.
These exports are Increasing but
American exports to Germany are also
Increasing, and will doubtless continue
to Increase largely In the future. In
fact from careful study Of the general
conditions prevailing at this writing,
have no hesltancy In saying that there
are now greater opportunities for Ameri-
can trade extension In tho German En-
pire than at any previous time,
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UNITED STATES AND PERU
Expensive and Lengthy Freight
Routes a Serious Drawback.

Expensive and Lengthy Freight
Routes a Serious Drawback.
Consul General Gottschalk, OF Callno'
transmits valuable information on ioster-
Ing American trade relations with Peru.
He says.
The United States suffers In the Peru
Wan market from disadvantage which
extends to tho relations with all the couh-
tries OF the west coast of South America;
that Is, expensive and lengthy freight
routes. or such as embody hazardous
thansshipments at the 1sthmus OF rama
ma, American = packing. when ~
notably deficient as compared With
that of European markets. makes mo I'M
portntion Of certain kinds of American
goods into Peru almost a game OF chance.
American manufacturers have not Az a
class vet reached that experience which
studies a foreign market or caters care
fullv to its tnstes. Over two-thirds OF
the communications from American mans
ufacturers which reach this office arc
based upon an evident desire not to cul-
tlyate substantial trade relations with a
new foreign market, but simply 10
! dump an over production upon some
chance customer.
The American system Of credits is far
from being anything so liberal as that OF
the older markets OF the world when deal
Ing with foreign customers, especially
those OF South America. Asnn example;
There We're shipped to this consulate ny
the Department OF State on August IL
1905, certain supplies by the lsthmlan
route. which Is usually considered
shorter than via the Straits of Magellan,
On December 90, or five months and SIX
days later. the articles we're still on tho
way. What would BIO tho result OF tho
American leash With order" method or
tho result OF n sixty or ninety day credit
upon an order thus sent to a Peruvian
customer? Clearly that customer would,
to all ntents and purposes, be paying for
tain similar merchandise from European
market on terms OF four months credit,
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great ranges. A large number Of diaries
2havo been established, and butter ana
cheese Is now produced away out here N
the northwest
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the traders send in their furs and get
more goods in return q
ANY One Can Deal in Furs Now.

Any One Can Deal in Furs Now.
T HAS the day OF monopol!es in fur
trading in North America passed away
tN"Yes, any one has the right to trade
with the Indians, and any man or any
company can compete In this business
If he Is willing to spend the money and
make the connections. think we are
getting our share Of the goods and furs.
We are paying more for skins according
to their quality than the other traders
do. Many of the Hudson Bay Company
men do not seem to know that there Is
a great difference In skins and they pay
the same for good and bad
Plenty of Furs Left.
Are not the fur-bearlng animals OF
North America playing out?''
y think. not replied Mr.. Revillon.
There Ia vast extent Of territory In
these north lands, and the animals Which
inhabit 1t are not easy to- trap or shoot.
The Indians are careful In saving the
animals. II they find them growing
scarce In certain district they will hunt
elsewhere for season or so and then
come back. Indeed, the Indians are In
teligent and careful about their own
business" @
What are the most expensive turs
caught here?' b, Il. ~
Il should say the silver foxes. The
black ones are worth most, and a fine
skin may bring twelve hundred dollars
or MORE Ei5. /.
In talking with Mr.. secord of the inn
portant fur-buying company OF McDou-
gall g. Secord, Twas told that the fur
business Is now as good as 1t has ever
been, and that 1t Will be long time
before men will freeze for lack Of fur
I coats and women become pillars OF ice
because hey have not fur sacques. The
skins may continue costly but there are
plenty Of animals left, and It will be long
before the supply gives out. Il N y
MIR, Secord tells me that furs are
largely affected by fashion, and also by
the supply. In some years the Indians
bring in many more OF certain kinds Of
4furs than In other years and, strange
to say. the supply Of some species rises
and falls with the rabbit crop. Some
varieties OF the fur-bearing animals live
largely on rabbits, which breed so rapidly
that the animals cannot keep them down.
at Intervals of every four or five years
a disease breaks out which kills the
rabbits off by the thousand, and follow
ing such years come the lean fur years.
The Peace River Country.
This town OF Edmonton Is at the north
west corner Of the wheat belt. It prom
ises. however, to be the centre OF n new
wheat and grain region, which shall cx-
tend hundreds of miles to the north and
westward. This region Is known as the
Peace River Country. Civil engineers
are now surveying 1t for railroads, and
settlements will soon be sprlngfhg UP
hero and there In 1t. The Pence river
may some day be one Of the most inn
portant streams on our continent. IT
rises III tho mountains of British Column
bia and flows into Slave river just above
whore 1t issues from Athabnsca lake It
in a broad, deep stream comparing In size
with the Mississippi, and 1t Is nuvlgnble
for several hundred miles by boats draw
ing ten feet Of water There are now
two steamboats, upon It, and one OF them
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Fine-Paying Enterprise.
(Speclal to The Times-Dispntch.

Especial to The Times Dispntch.)
BoYDTON, VA. May 12---,One Of Tho
best paying enterprises In Mecklenbrrg
is thes Cogbill- Gooch Lumber Company.
managed by Mr.. NJ. P.s5Watkins and To-
Gated Just outside OF the corporate limits
Of Boydton, Tho company commenced
business on the first of June, 1905. and at
the expiration OF nino months dividend
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Coburg's Heavy Sales to America

Consul General Frank Dillingham;, OF
coburg replies as follows to Inquiries
from American correspondents about tho
trade of that German district:
The exports to the United States In
clude aromatic OIL betting, baskets, beer,
brandIes, cocoa butter, cotton textures
and yarns, woolens, dolls and toys, drugs,
chemicals and paints, glass eyes arti-
fetal pearls glassware. glove leather,
green earth. guns and hardware. maslga-
nese oxide, marbles paper and fancy
goods, porcelain and stoneware. slate
pencils and states, steel and ironware,
waters whetstones, woodenware, etc,
These exports for tho calendar year end
ing December 81, 1905, carried value
Of s4,426,215, heing an Increase OF nearly
a half million dollars over the previous
calendar year. The quarter ending
March 81, 1906, shows an increase OF.
$3.50, IN value over the corresponding
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of thirty-two per cent. was declared on y
the capital stock of 100000 the. diyi-s
dends amounting to $4,000. were issued -
to the stockholders In now stock and 4 an
additional amount Of stock was sold , 70
q party for the cash. making the pa1d7up
On nital stock 10000 ~ .a.ls 49, 1920
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A Metropolis Of the North.

LIT Is a question In the minds Of many
whether a great city may not grow up
in4sthe Peace river country. At present
Edmonton would seem to be the best site
for8the trading centre of. tho great North-
west but with the pushing Of railroads
to tho north another centre may grow
I'm at the head of navigation, utilizing
tho vast Mackenzie system as a means
of distribution.
rho Grand Trunk Pacific railroad.
which is now being built west from Ed
monitor, will strike across the southern
mart of the Peace river country. It will
not reach the best lands, which arc
farther north, although n branch road
NAV be built through them to tho head
Of navigation, This country Is not far
from the Rockies, and 1t Is affected ell
mntically by the winds from the Pacific,
which arc heated by tho Black current
OF Japan For this reason the Peaco
river climate is said to DO far better
than that of Manitoba. Edmonton has q
much m!lder climate than Winnipeg
There Is little snow here and no Intense
cold 10 sneak Of The same Is true OF
CALGARY and of most of this state OF
Alberta.
A Great Ranching Region.
In addition to tho farming possibilities
Of tho Peace river IcB'uH' ~ - sdu t''"s
parts of 1t will support vast numbers OF
1.-Two stock, Tho natural grass grows from
two to five feet in height, and the cattle
and horse ranches who are now being
crowded out Of Alberta arc planning to
send their herds to Grnnde Prairie and
Peace rlyer Tho cattle Will be able to
run out all winter and they can feed ont
Of doors nll the year round II this Is so,
tho region will be of great value to the
now Canada. The lower part Of this
state Of Alberta md u part OF saskatch-
evan, which, owing to the slight rainfall,
have been used for rnncftng, are now
found to produce winter wheat, and tho
ranchlng business may DO driven out by
grain farming, There are In Manitoba
and the northwest almost a mfhion cat
tie quarter OF million horses ana
more than that number Of sheep and
hogs. The Peace river country, with us
grain and grass, would seem TO be a
good stock raising proposition, and the
time may come when tho most and best
cattle Of this country will be raised
there,
mixed farming, and It's cattle eventually
viii be kept on the farms Instead OF on
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Joyous neckwear-neat, but
not gaudy-many shades and
shapes. From the sonbre and
sedate black to the CHEEKY
cherry red, Twenty-Five cents
to $500, Appropriate and SEN
sible shirts and underwear for
the warm days which are about
here.
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credit?" - III,
eyes. Wc have to advance outfits and
supplies. The Indian takes these on into
tho woods With HIM. and when he comes
back he turns In his furs and pays UP FOR
what he has received and usually trades
the balance for more goods. The most
of the Indians are In debt the greater
part Of the time and this Is SO also Win
the traders, we supply the goods and
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5 100 feet long and is lighted by cleo

is 100 feet long and is LIGHTED by eloc-
itricity.
On tho upper parts Of this river there
are practically no settlements except
those OF the fur traders and missionaries
At Nernill!on about sixty farmers are
raising wheat for flour8mill established
there by the Hudson Bay Company,
They get $3.50 a bushe for their wheat,
and the wheat Is said to be some OF the
best grown on the continent. These
farmers are chiefly half-breeds and
traders. They have but small patches,
and ,til stheiy land In a rude way At
Peace River Landing, which is probably
three hundred miles southwest Of Yer
Million there Is another flour mill, which
lis grinding only for local consumption
Vermiion Is in about the latitude OF
CT pnfcrShllrY ..lsF ..N-4ttl
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One Of the Leading industries Of
British, NORTH America i'll Which
There Arc Millions.
THE TRADERS or EDMONTON
The Rcvillons or tic Hudson
Bay Company's Chief
Competitors.
BY Frank G. Carpenter.

Edmonton Can, May ]. 1906.
had Il chat last night with ono OF
the chief fur buyers Of the North Ancrl-
can Continent The wild lands reaching
from here TO tho Arctic ocean and from
Alaska to hudson bay, supply the most
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-30
ELEVATOR FATALITY.

Continued from page ID
deceased was 50 years old, having come
to Honolulu a few months ago, enter
ing the employ of the Young Hotel at
the beginning of the year. He had
formerly been employed as baggage
porter in. the steamers Sonoma and
Alameda, before which he had served
in the steamer Australia, being with
that vessel when it was captured by
the Japanese during the recent war.
He was also a Spanish War Veteran,
serving along with his son in the New
York Regiment.
His son. who is married and living
in New York, is his only surviving
relative.
Since coming to Honolulu the de-
ceased had made large number of
friends and had been well liked by his
fellow employees at the Young.
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II the Matter of the. Estate of Henry
Gibson of Honolulu, Deceased.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Administration.

On reading ana filing the petition of
Henrietta Gibson of Honolulu, alleging
that Henry Gibson of Honolulu died
intestate at Honolulu on the 1st day
OF April, A d 1906, leaving property
in the Hawaiian IslanSs necessary to
be administered upon, and praying
that Letters of Administration issue to
p. E. r. Strauch,
1t is ordered that Monday. the 9th
day of August, A. D. 1906. at 10 o'clock
M, be and hereby is appointed for
hearing said petition n the courtroom
OF this court at Honolulu, a which
time and place all persons concerned
may appear and show cause, if any
they nave, why said petition should not
be granted. and that notice of this
order be published in the English lam
guage once a week for three successive
weeks in the Pacific Commercial Adj
vertiser. newspaper in Honolulu.
Dated at Honolulu July 20. 1906
(Sgd.) w. j. ROBINSON,
Third Judge of the Circuit Court of the
First Circuit.
Attest:
L. P. SCOTT.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit.
74so-JuIy 80; Aug. 6. 13.
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THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY,
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This successful and popular remedy, used In
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