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A proposal that 20 per cent ex- cLse tax be eliminated from for 3400 is Rabbit of New York for the presentation to the pro- Government -the government would definitely not :0” any revenue through such a change because the dressers' busi- ness would be increased and re- sulting higher lnconie taxes woutlld t e ms of the excise tax revenue. The

garments retailing under being prepare by the Dressers Instiute

United States

per They claim that

agencies.

more than compensate for

7835011 the 3400 figure was selecte s that the

Jroper figure to work for in ta elimination.

feet of popularizing the priced furs and certainly woul

selp sliver fox at this stage. How- ever, it is 3- pretty hard proposi- governmenL: to

tion to induce change their tax schedules and

would take a lot of time and azi-

iation to bring it about.

The Great Lakes Mink Associa- the United States state that the number of ranch mink available for the opening market

tion of

In December promises to be grea' er than a year ago.

to be strong and active.

available, consequently the market opens.

me would guess. -ntirely how retail fur sales go

stated Mr. Loffman of the Great Lakes Mink Association. Last year the greatest number were sold in

the March to mid-July period.

Prospects are for European con-

Silver Fox and,

government might zonsldex that furs under 5400 are xtiilty articles rather than luxury rrticlcs so they believe that is the

If a similar govern- nent ruling could be introduced in Zanada it would also have the ef- lower

Last year the group's 2,000 membership produced and sold. over 385.000 pelts. They expect the opening in December Optim- ism is based on the fact that though the demand for standard mink skins is currently small, not even this demand can be met at the moment since pelts are not ranchers pay they expect good prices when Just when the iulk of the pelts will be cold no "It depends

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sumption of fur: to increase in the next year, states Arthur F. Prayling, manager of the London Fur Department of the Hudson's Bay Company in an interview. Steady progress in the economic development of the continent was noted by Mr. Frayling as a favor- able sign for strong European de- mand for furs. With the excep- tion of France, which early this year placed an import curb on furs, the continent is gradually regaining its pre-war strength as a fur customer, he said. Though the stiff registration of French purchases of furs from London was a severe blow to the London fur trade, London auction houses have had a successful year and that city is fast regaining its re- putation as a leading fur centre. In London itself the 100 per cent purchase tax placed on furs by the government still remains an almost unsurmountable barrier to the manufacturing trade of Great Britain. However, recently the government reduced the tax on for trimmings from 100 per cent to 25 per cent. This is expected to give a good deal of impetus to the fur trimming manufacture trade.

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Our comment on the above is of the change World War II has made with regard to furs. After World War I the London market was an open one and the writer can still recall sitting with Mr McLure in the Hudson's Bay Com- pany auction room, which would be filled with over a thousand buyers from all over Europe vig- orously bidding on silver fox and other furs. There were no rc- strictlons then; but World War II and the economic conditions which followed it. created such conditions that the breeders of silver fox cannot find 3 market for their wares. France could take the whole production of European countries if trade barriers were removed. not that the French people would wear them all, but the visitors to Paris were always good buyers of silver fox.

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UITAWA, Dot. 1' - (GP) - An army of 4,275 Canadian work- ers has been cleared across the United States border for potato picking in the state of Maine in one of the largest such movements since the Second World War. the Labor Department said Tuesday.

The workers were recruited by the National Employment Service. A total of 2,610 of them came from Quebec and 1,665 from New Bruns- wick points.

The movement south. the de- partment said. is part of a reel- procal scheme planned by Cana- dian and American labor officials. Earlier this year combines and crews from the United States came north to assist in harvest- ing the Western Canadian grain crop. Also some 1.600 U. S. to- bacco workers came to Canada to help with the tobacco harvest.

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the United States. there ap- pears a full length photograph of Mrs. John M. Menzies wearing a draped sheath of platinum satin, worn with a luxurious platinum fox stole. she is s. beautiful young woman and the stole ap- pears to be made from four plati- num skins and is certainly very attractive. Then on another page is a flashlight picture of Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, wife of the candidate for Republican Presi- dent, and Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of candidate for Republican Vice- President. watching their husbands as they appear on the platform, and below is this caption: "In the chilly night Mamie (Mrs. Eisen- hower! shares her fur with cloth- coated Pat Nixon, as the wives mistily watch their husbands at Wheeling, Pa " The furs are two large platinum fox pelts.

The report on the autumn gen- eral auction of the Hudson's Bay Company held in London has just been received. In the foreword it states: "There was a fair attend- ance of buyers at the Company's general auction sale and purch- ases were mainly for the contin- ental and local markets. The of- fering was comprehensive and of average quality for the time of year. The sizeable collections of musquash. squirrel and beaver in particular sold well, the two for- mer showing an advance in price of 10 per cent compared with the Company's July, 1952. auction sale. The blue and silver fox collec- tions were mainly withdrawn as on this auction were the Ameri- can staple articles, duc no doubt to the continued import restric- tions in France.

Looking over the fox section we note that the offering of 3.338 blue foxes was withdrawn. The 2,265 cross foxes were mainly with- drawn; 401 Pearl Platina fox pelts sold well with the following prices: Canadian selected, lilo to 212; good. 527 15s to L9 105: ordin- ary 525 10s to IT. The top price of 212 would equal in our money about :33. The silver fox catalogue of 11,0:-ll skins was withdrawn. Mutation mink sold well, silverblu males sold up to 222 shillings (about s30.) Ranch mink advanced 10 per cent. The offering was all Scandinavian.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

A great deal of the work of the Food and Agriculture Organiza- tion is not new. Governments and Organizations have done much to improve agricultural production in other lands. Outstanding work has been accomplished by relig- ious misslonaries, involving great personal sacrifices and loss of life in several instances. Mr. Neil Vlckerson, from the Charlottetown Experimental Station, died at the Penial Hall Farm, in Bolivia, af- ter a few years of service with the Aymara Indians. a tribe that had been serfs, to establish themselves on their own farms. some large industries and private foundations have carried on pioneer work in the improvement of farming me- thods in other lands. Governments when requested have sent experts to assist other countries and give advice on the improvement of ag- riculture. They have also provided both fellowships and scholarships for this purpose.

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All these efforts, however, had been on a comparatively small scale, with little or no effort at co-ordination. The pressing needs of the world today has called forth a practical sort of interna- tional service with clear cut aims and co-ordinated actio . It is in this great field that FAO has as- sumed leadership. Each of its technical workers is very carefully briefed concerning the area or country to which he is going and also regarding the attitudes an international servant must' have toward the people and the work This same policy is also carried out in connection with those re- ceiving fellowships and scholar- ships so that they may adapt themselves to the conditions they meet.

One of the very encouraging ex- periences in connection with the work is the readiness of the-farm- ers and peasants to adopt new ways and methods when they are shown by the field experts. Many ox them are as quick to learn as anyone and they have the spirit and attitude to succeed if they have the chance. It has also been noted that practically every coun- try asking assistance has excel- lent scientists and technicians in government service. Their num- bers, however, are usually entirely inadequate for the task.

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We have only space here to give a few examples as to the carrying out of this work by the FAQ: The growing of cotton is very im- portant in Afghanistan as it pro- vldes one of the few sources of cash income. To improve the quality and the quantity of this major export product Afghanistan asked FAO for skilled help. They sent a practical producer from a large cotton growing area in Am- crica to demonstrate, with differ- ent varieties of cotton on plots at the Experiment Station at Kun- duz, and at four other places in Afghanistan. He was also to try different fertilizers and do the familiar things he had found would

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did not have any time before planting should be started to or- der any, so he developed tools that served the purpose. To quote from his notes:

"We started planting cotton to- day and planted four jiribs. In this way I will have the land here at Kunduz planted in eight days.

"We are using rakes to open or take of! the top of the ridges down to the water line. Then us- ing a hand plow with spring teeth. which I made here in Kunduz, to make a furrow for planting, :1 man following dropping seed, fol- lowed by another man with a rake covering the seed. After about half an hour the laborers were plantlng as if they had been do- ing it this way all their lives. whereas in reality they had never seen anything like this, much less done it.

"This afternoon I had a visit from 65 farmers who came out to see how I irrigated and the meth- od I used in planting. we saved a small plot to demonstrate to them. I stood in the middle and talked for about an hour. I have never seen people take as mucii interest as these people did. Sev- eral asked .after it was over if they planted small plots, as I did, would I help them...It is it won- derfui feeling to realize that they think as much of my work as they do". In a later report he said:

"I next inquired about common: garden hoes that would be neededi in the cultivation of the cotton. 11 was told that they didn't havel, any-but if I would design one, the shop of the sugar factory would make them for me. 1 got. together with Abdullah, the email engineer of the sugar factory, andl laid one out. He had it inadc, After seeing the first hoe, I tofu, him I would like 100 made andi sent to me'at Kunduz. These are: the first light hoes these people! have ever seen." He was told thoi workers would ruin the cotton ill they tried to use these hoes in the blocking of the cotton i

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"We set to work training the? men to use the hoes. Less than two hours later I had 40 hoes go- ing in the field, and in four hours the men were perfectly at homi-,l using the hoes as though they, had been using them all them lives. In planting his cottonl ridges the only available tools wercl shovels." He wrote:

"Did you ever hear of making ridges or rows with shovels? Well,l it certainly is a new wrinkle for! mee, but I did not see any other way to do the work and get a crop planted this year." In describing his plans for the future he said:

"I hope to get eight agricult- ural -studcnts soon and begin training them. In this way I will have someone to put out on thel demonstrations next year. and en-, large these plots where I can carryi on variety tests of different types- of cotton. as well as demonstra-! tlon of cultivation and fertiliza- tion. This land is ideally con-1 structed for tractor farming, which I would like to introduce as soonl as the people are ready." -

At least five other FAO projects are underway in Afghanistan. ,

A program was started in Ethi- opia in 1947 by UNRRA to con- trol cattle dlseases, dealing par- ticularly with one of their great-. est agricultural problems, rinder-i pest. In connection with this work FAO has sent there four veterin- arians from four diherent coun- tries to supervise the work of vac- cinating the cattle, and marking the ones treated. Ethiopians that have been trained are doing the work. We expect to write further on this important subject as car- ried on in several countries by PAC.

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At the request of the Ethiopian Government Dr. E. S. Archibald was secured by FAQ to advise that country on matters of agricultural policy and make specific recom- mendations concerning agricultural projects. We have learned that Ethiopia has asked for an exten- sion of his stay with them.

Pakistan. perhaps. because of the fact that it is facing many unusually severe problems in con- nection with its partition from India and its responsibility for mil- l lions of refugees, has asked for, assistance. More than a year agtp the Director General of FAO wrote in his report: "Our technical as- sistance projects in Pakistan are only beginning and in some cases,

'-are still in the planning stage asi,

this report is written. I should like, nevertheless. to outline the program, which involves all of our major fields of work, because it might be of considerable interest to other oountries." At that time PAO was sending 30 experts to Pakistan. It also included 38 fel- lowships for officials and technical! personnel, ' j

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O'I'I'AWA. Oct. 16 - (CP) - Canada will provide Ceylon with gifts of a. 3500.000 refrigeration

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Tho Ceylon fisheries project was sparked by the efforts of Donald M. Aywood of Vancouver, a Brit- ish Columbia Packer: Limited of- flclal, who went to F lombo a year ago as consultant to the Ceylon Fisheries Ministry.

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