Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
Russia Protect. the sable.

From the London Globe.
Fearing the extinction of the sable,
which supplies the world with the
most beaut full of furs, Russia has
forbidden that any of these little ami
mails should be caught during the
next three years. Consequently, the
fur has run UP to an enormously high
price, and with the result that many
sorts of common and insignificant
furs are to be exploited during the
winter that lies before us. The
humble rabbits skin, when manipu-
lated by clever fur dressers, would be
unrecogni able. Still less. when dyed
TO such colors as sable brown, tomato,
prune and many shades of tan and
yellow, the latter in the tint of Ko-
linski sable The higher classed furs.
such as skunk and fox, are seen In
their natural color, dyes being re-
served for the less important
varieties. Leopard skin is used for
muffs as well as for coats, and an ex-
traordinary specimen of the muffs is
to be seen at a London theatre the
paws and the tail both we'll in evil
dence. Pa n'her skin has now been
brought into the service of beauty.
Recla. ming the Everglades.
From tho Engineering News.
The history OF the reclamation work
In the Florida Everglades is Ike that
of many irrigation projects. except
that the troubles have been due to too
much rather than too little water. 1t
will be difficult to discover more
emphatic lesson of the Importance of
q thorough study of rainfall and run
off in drainage and irrigation than Is
afforded by the work upon which the
State of Florida has embarked. 1t is
evident that the canal system which
is under construction there Is wholly
Inadequate for its purposes, and that
It's deficient capacity is due to made
quate preliminary engineering inyesti-
cations.
The distribution of rainfall over
fargo areas is something that the ex-
perienced engineer rarely guesses
about. 1t Is affected by so man" con-
dttions that there Is no scientific APP
proxima ton to actual records which
is usually sufficiently accurate 10
warrant heavy investments upon its
results. In the Florida case engineers
report that not only We're available
records MOI used in preparing the
plans for the drainage of the Ever
glades and the regulation of Lake
Okeechobee. but inapplicable records
were employed in part, and the deduc
tons as TO the proba BILE runoff were
based on unsound reasoning.
The result OF this eng neering blum
der has been to involve the State of
Florida In something approaching a
land scandal, to bring the men en-
gagged in legitimate real estate de-
Velopment into a most disagreeable
position, and 10 lead many thousands
of people to invest In swamp land In
the belief that it was ready for mar
ket gardening. 1t is a rather striking
commentary on the relative business
of public and private bodies
that the first thorough preliminary
study of the Everglades problem was
made for the private land company
which is now going ahead to protect
its lands and those II has sold, ac-
cording to the plans of It's engineering
advisers. Later, the state, awakened !
to the situation. determined to follow
the company's example.
The Tariff Reduces Prices.
From the Indianapolis News.
The new tariff law has now been
in effect about month. Although
the time has been too brief for gen
eral price readjustment TO take place,
decreases are to be noted in almost
every line-in chemicals. metals ag-
riculturai products and general pro
visions. In the dry goods trade the
effects of the tariff are Just begin
ming TO be felt. Dress goods which
formerly could not be imported