New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

.oa'S' ana '"efe was scarcely years cror '.'
hand for the Cossacks to ride to wa~ y ~ - On
Even the dornesticated Tom and aIIe,. :" .Sl1
vanishing with marvellous rapjdity. Oa' i
At the Paris exposition = biaot :.
valued at s2,700, vas exhibited -, ~, ~" psls
costly fur in Christeudom. chrissenaa,. l'S mos
stepped on the gas siner fhen f.. ,1o'n has
few weeks ago Fifth Avenue ss1 ""y
100000 for coat Of matched Russian 90
sables and thought nothing especially ~ row
matter. u Tie
Take the "Sik Robe That =
bit of fur tradition from the +roe ,,t .'n'Ous
Hartman had the greatest private nsI.s- J" L. n
lection in the United States. # wa 10y as CO..
skin Of the days Of the Indian vara o'"a'
Dodge and Miles City, and was +.,,.e a'ouna
Sioux, who rode into herd aslee, f.Dus "
much firewater. The herd staronedod w
story goes, down went the POM sra ~ "s
himself the Sioux, who woke m b.ss,. ''''
time, jumped to The back Of g1,..'- ..'y IN
and clung there while his huraped ..ssd a'1'
plunged headlong for a nearby crore - s'se' ss.
tonwoods, where he stuck fast be4weea ~. ~.
trunks Of two trces. Taking roea, oJ.s" s"'
tage, the Indian got out his knife and sLrna.
the buffalo alive From the sioux toe s,,:S
passed to a gambler, who lost # in q nol.-
game. The winner had an argument chr.
acquaintance and, after brief and s,noro.~.
trial, was hanged. The foreman Of the jurv
that did the convicting took the robe hacl ;.
st. Paul, to be dressed, and there sold # :.
Mr.. Hartman for the enormous" sum =.
$780,
Prices have gone up By leaps and bounds
since then, but, despite the relentless vsr
against the fur bearers, there is no shortao.
and experts DO not believe there viii be m. 4
even with the fad for summer furs contnun,
They say that any country that wishes to m,
a corner in the worlds raw fur market has :.
good-sized job on It's hands The same prs.
diction holds true for the manufacturing o,
the worlds fine peltries
Twenty years ago London and Leipsic we,
the acknowledged centers Of the tradsl
London for is sales and Leipsic FOR its mann.
featuring process. To these two cities ths
fur merchants of America sent their skin.
without question. London was the great sal.
place for beavers, while Leipsic dressed tn
finest sealskns.
In the London sales, held picturesouey h
the old coffee houses of the fur district. grea,
bales Of skins were piled about the walls and
auctioned "by the candle the presiding fune.
tionary lighting wax taper as each lot was
put up. The bids were shouted as me candle
burned from notch to notch and the last offer
called before it hickered and went out took
the furs.
Easter week always saw The biggest Of the
Leipsic sales. Buyers and sellers from the
four corners Of the earth were present in
motley array to inspect the treasures Of the
master workers, for the rest Of the year gath
cred under guard in warehouse and work
room and protected from spies as jealousy
as the secrets Of the great muniton plants.
The greatest Of all fur spectacies before the
war was at Mini Novocorod, on the Volga
Nowhere else in the world was there the clash
of color and picturesque setting that framed
the Russian fair that began on August g. St.
Machary's Day. and continued month. From
town of 10000 population Mini grew over
night into spraying city Of tents anf
booths Of 200, 900. Caravans from Mongolia.
and Persia pitched camp. Cossacks aud
Siberian hunters with reindeer sledges o.
ermine and sable wrangled with traders from
the Ukraine, Turks and Greeks. Chinese
mandarins passed Japanese from Vladivostak
and Reval, Americans. English, the ever
present Germans, Jews from Poland and MOS
COW merchants. IN tie streets Of the FUR city
ran mongrel dogs by the thousands, and duss]
clouds bearing all the odors Of East and "es'
and few individual to Mini swlrieo over
head. Glictering professions OF creek eA0'e'
dignitaries opened the fair
Then the war, and over night America Oecsn''
the premier fur market place OF Vhe "0''u
From $40, 900, 600 its business Jumped IN se''
to $115. 100000 Experts say no one Aho"'
what it is to-day and only fool is WILLING
guess. With the lead in raw furs came As"
supremacy in manufacturing and procss'As
and New Y York's population Of fur workers sAD
dealers rose TO 10000. With minor eScep'ON,
of dyes and finishing for Persian lainu 'ss y.
sbroadtai, which stiil remain German "'0s
secrets, New York this season is rlyahng a.s
even surprising the finest peltrles tns' co. ,ss
have come from the fashion centers OF 'n'
Old World fur trade.
Thousands Of Europe's skilled workers ''s
here lured by high wages and with them To-. To-.
come the dye and processing formulas 'n,
have so long been guarded jealousiy y" vors
other side. Aside from this the Ne" =.
trade is spending hundreds Of thoussAus '..nd
dollars and using raw furs ny the 'nOS' WI