The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-22
FOX FURS ARE
 ALL THE RACE
 ON FUR MARKET
LEADING FUR DEALER OlSCOURS, ES ON ALL KINDS
 OF FURS.

[ tN'luHlNcly Ill HIltIlCdu I'd" luISJ
 We take pleasure in quoting an ac- curate report of conditions existing the American raw fur markets rnd a prediction of the future for leading articles.
 Mir Shubert says. Notwithstanding i he Europcah war. the war talk at l home and unCeasing efforts of a great many large manufacturers to 1 depress the market, the usual large collection of Northwestern furs has i been marketed at much higher price than the trappers and dealers could reasonably expect. It Is really l remarkable how well our western 1 market has stood up under the pressure of the adverse conditions surrounding it. Stocks in the hands of dealers in the primary markets i dealers in he country are practl. Cally sold out. Receipts at all pri- mary markets are large for this time of the year. Should business l with our manufacturers be as good | this fall as they anticipate, it will ] be from the quantity of early order g ! that they are now receiving, they will Ind no difficulty in disposing of the entire output of their fac l tories and will be obliged to come l into the market for further pur- 1 chases of raw material
 l It is impossible for one to say 1 which has been the best selling arti- 1 Cle this season. Every article seemed to have friends However, l foxes seem to be the most active, l with lynx close second The low 1 price of some articles attracted pur 1 chasers. while in the case of othel 1 furs it seems as if the higher the
 price was lifted the more buyers
 there were for them and the bette, 1 the buyers liked them
 i Red fox, cross fox, blue fox, white l fox silver and black fox-They al want some kind O fox The de mand for long haired furs is the
 fad and fancy of the day Fox is not a serViceablc fur, everybody 1 knows that but it doesn't stop the demand or the price. Some day they will take drop Today red. cross white, silver and black and ] blue fox bring record prices The l demand is here and may stay all
 winter. They make very attractive articles and sell extremely well The i ladies want them regardless ot the l fact of their wearing qualities, | Foxes are the fashionable article of the day, and that alone establishes i the price. Any old fox will dO but l it must be fox
 | Malten--Alaska and far northern
 collections of marten are selling very that the demand will continue through l out the summer and fall. The
 western marten or the light furred skins are in about the same class as mink This class O. marten has
 few friends. "Shubert" is one of them. We have always carried an extremely large quantity of this sec
 tion marten and have done 1t cheer l fully Manufacturers have worked
 them in the past, and someone will
 get them started again on the up
 grade.
 LynX-Being a long haired fur
 follows suit 10 the fox family. Al
 though the catch is much larger
 than usual, the price holds firm,
 The demand will no doubt, be bet l ter as the season advances. The
 fur is too long and heavy for the 1 summer and early trade.
 Beaver-The demand is quite good
 for beaver and the price firm. If
 trimmings go, beaver will gO for
 sure It is an excellent trimming | fur and more attractive for that
 purpose than for muffs and collars,
 "Shubert" has great faith in beaver.
 White weasel or ermine have not
 sold so freely as anticipated at the
 beginning of the season. If the col | lection had not been much smaller
 than usual the price would have
 been much lower. There is little
 prospect of higher price so long
 as white fox is so popular.
 Otter-The demand has improved
 very much indeed, in the past six
 weeks. Alaskan and far northern
 skins are selling the best.
 Bear-Black cubs and yearling5
 are in extremely strong demand and
 bringing very high prices. This
 end Of the bear family is being
 used for trimming. It makes a
 very pretty and reasonable priced
 trimming. Blacks sell well, while
 browns are neglected.
 Wolverine-The dark skins are in
 excellent demand while the pale do
 not sell so well.
 Mink-Sorry to say we cannot see
 bright spot in the market for mink
 They will come back some day, but
 that is an indefinite time. At pres ant they ara extrcmelY hard 10 sell