JANUA RY 26. 1946

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Silver Fox Farming h

seventy-six crcznt of the 0,400 giver‘ foxes. cred atthe Nordisk skin uiuetions. Stockholm. Bwe£ w, were, sold with the results the sale and the general level o! prises described as very good Prices for silver fox averaged kronsr, rcachlnu a tcvj) figure o 2'10 kroner. Blur: foxes were B

1' cent sold. dark colored bring- ng 140 kroner and an average price of 1 . undred piatine (platinums) were cent sold at an average krcner. e t0

of etinurn. platinum silver. pear Plaiihum. marked. selected. ull silver. regular full silver and other ‘Eadee. Bidding was fairly brisk ring the sale of specials. with good omipetition for the finest lots. prices. $1.50. was id for a single. arge platinum . light in shade. from a rn ronc . Matched pairs of similar colors naught .8116 and $5 $115. 'I‘op prices for platinurnlots and many lots sold betlween $90 and $120 while others were ran - ing upward from $00 A few lo s of pearl platinum sold een $39 and .

According to Hudson's Bay 003s official quotations. silver fox, bet- ter colors advanced l0 per cent and poorer colors were sold slight- ly easier colnpared with recent London market prices. Platina fox were largely withdrawn but blue- fox, best and medium qualitym-nfl

Top

. p quotation was 580 kronar. _ (A kroner is worth ap- proximately 24 cents.)

Chinese furs are arriving in New York in quite large quantities and in splendid shape. the reason be- 111g thatcaznphorpowdarhas been placed between individual skins and this has arevented any deter-

‘ . A fu page ad in Wom- rtrs Wear Daily, New York. is headed-Chinese Furs» Are Here A aln And We Are Ready For . em. The firm placing the ad is

Goodman and George and their pale blue silvery skins sold wel business is ftiélclngttheseim Chixrlrkese afitillfu dark colors and poorer

m a w m1 . qua n m“ - as e An es wgladwefelzc

11mg and Kivl’ silver fox sold before poor attend-

Tl f ll i ire was received w c cw m: w ance at prices similar to the l-iucl- el with Ch

in New York from London. Enr- land..."Si1ver fox prices were lgrgeltv maintained at the Hild- 5011's Bay Co.'s aucton January 15th despite slimmer attendance and heavier wlthdrawalsb vverfi runnin about. 80 per cent asls a

ggner v discolored merchandise ggllln] up n i6. Halves and three- quarters were best sellers. Over- seas markets for which small r- chases are recorded are Hol rid and Eire. Hudson's Bay 00.5 catalogue is expected t0 S911 thrown most of Thursday. An- nlng Ghadwidt and River's cata- logue total‘; 5,000 silver fox,

H.W. firm

on's Boy Quantities for the February general auctions will be aigfglable probably early next w

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12th annual Pacific North- on and Style

,- . vicinity, was held in the Seattle, Washing- ton, civic auditorium on - ber 4th and 5th. New cages ‘of welded wine were oomstrucfid or the foxsndminkso thwtteani- male were easily visible to the fur formers and the visitors. Mink were arranged in the centre of the audiiorhun with foxes on both is made e very a tive picture. The fox judging was done

—get fI1_Il%ll'1dBl‘ specially con- s fluorescent lighting that

2,000 blue

January Hudson's my Cole silver fox sale concluded quicker than had been anticipflfyd as whole catalogue ea of the best merchandise wninued firm and it is estimated that fresh goode realized sllihtll’ hllh W109i than they are currentl bringing in Stand novia. A smal collection of good Canadian silver fox skirts sold well but the rest were with- drawn. According to a rough es- timate; total Wltbhdrliaillllgiin Were rial‘ bout. cen . a ums_ - mained lgere unsold with a to)! price of -0s ($1300 siundm‘ avla blue fox was briskv bidd for

showed the‘ foxes as pefiectiy

in the finest. daylight. ey were Judged on e new type table which was constructed out of 1 X 2 lumber set on the side which ai- lowed one inoh of wood then a space of one indh, than one inch of wood. etc.. all the woy across.

The table was painted a grey color and every fox that was shown was perfectly dryand clean lildiihl.

en . llhctn pales were se ins "hi! well, other$wgs§ntheé'e_ was 011W ' i la ur EDfl-TSE salg. “An mugnconfirmed report s ts that some of tho best merc andise 9111111165“! ll destined for America. Prices are consi by the 19900116 l" u" sales room as generally fir!" WW1 bee). pale silvers (blue fox) bun!- lng £13 to £18. The above report taken from Womens Wear

all Unltld Th

. e ludalns from behind the iudges and no- body was betvween the iud es and spectators at any time. e first row of seats was about four feet

were above the floor and because of the

m“ fine lightin systemthe smut-allure y _- could see the animals in all their “'.'"'.'."*..:.rs',:a.°' more “My n ___

hgsetdzveioped many mutations Mink Judging was done undgr md do“ l; very quickly. The a very h and large outs: e New York Amtion Com y W foyer whic resulted in nev ng offer 20.000 silverblu ran h miulg and mmml llghtlnlfh and com-fem on their sale Pielbruary ‘rth. Lela the spectators e frat nig

year only about 7,000 silverbu was devoted to the banquet at mutations were offered on a which the animals th had r1 similar sale which gives an idea donated by the fur farmers were how quickly these new types of sold to defray me empenses ofthe

mink are being developed. style show. A little more than $4.-

____ i m“ % was rgisied by this‘ nzlethotgd " H. Mayer-s o _ ipson. e seccn ay was aga r1 _evo Froafeorfagc I-iuth, Inc. New Yolk to judging and that evening a

very excellent style show was held for the benefit of the fur farmers and the public. A fourteen piece orchestra was very nicely arranged on the stage and played soft mus-

sends the follawinil TQDOYQ‘ 0T the" January 17th auction... We of- fered 1.010 platinum silver 101K08- 90 per cont sold. Advanced 20 Der cent compared with our January‘;

and Deceznbcr. 1046, auctions. 99 ic, vfnilcthe models came out from ivhite-murired foxes offered 95 the stageover along ramp v! l- per cent sold. All firm and un- out 100 feet into the centre of the changed from our Januaréh and auditorium and paraded on a December, 104s auctions. e top platform about flufeet-W W feet rice for platinum fox was $339 under very stro lights. Many Top price for pearl platinum $80. mink 5,1141 silver ox garments were Top price for white-marked I0! shown including the’ various mu- e112. We offered 4.158 full silver tatlons of both. ‘The only type not

available was the Koh-i-nur coat. due to the fact that the only ‘one lo be available was sold the day before the show.

Our esteemed ends the late Edgar Milligan and George Mor- rison have passed to that boume from whence no traveller returns, but their names are kept in our memories because of their achieve- ments. Locailv there is the very splendid ranch at Northam vfiiich is-now so ca l? 111M180 James E. Mlligan, Edgars and in the Associated r Ihlr Partners, Inc. with splendidly run ranches of the fin- est foxes in the U.8.A. ‘The Nei- ional Fur Nevws of Denver has a gill ge announcing the Mill an

foxes 57 per cent sold at unchang- ed prices from our 1945 auction. Best grades in “meg demand. Medium grades met wi

a price resistance and cheep" sorts were somewhat difficult to sell. 453 three-quarters. halves. etc. offered. '10 per cent sold. Un- changed from our December. 1945 auction. Best sorta of three-quart- ers an halves met with kéfill ccmpet tion. Full silver fox top price was $36, Tarp price for three- quaflerg and ‘lml - silvers “was $31. Our next silver fox sale is schedul- ed for Pebruanv 15th. We missed’- your consignments cf new c0101‘ phase and silver foxes. We 1801 that the market on new types should continue firm. with solid sllvgyg {Q3111 in demand. Trimming sorts may lmlifblifi B5

.1le grasses. Lamtpflmi. n, Seattle, Washi on liarasfasfiaiaonl-lu Inc." it show which will be held anu ”-_ M. ' 1 Fur “wt 13m lmbvlleaefirftgbgtwruigfi ~11!!! ' s33.” {parting} theme ‘fr’ auntie" til." ewgyweil; inly ep- which took place on the 11m o! lies to the fur fermin develop- January is as fol we heats initiated by gar and Platinum and other 89003115 George.

held close to recent open mar-ket-

prica-l at the Montreal fur sales 1n the gust-m: few-days ago tCanadal bid" silver and mink “mound a telegraphic despatickh

"sale today. Buyers estimated 00 per cent of the specials were sold.

at the buviue wll M‘ N" Yer! and South America. butsome Wmt to- Great Britain and Cen-

e bfilnfl

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stating that steoe wer _ en to make Miiw

the fur centre of the . W111 we must give credit to the embi

-iona of the fur farmers there to d

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. . eluded 5M7 sliver for, consisting:

um lots ranged from 870cm! Af

The ex- 6i

by Iran) are bring revived.

.- NEWSY NOTES - f

IYAUIEOIA

blatant and Iueela

Mr. Bertrand Russell has _ article, headed thus, in a Bcottra-l magaune. worthy of prment time. 1 am no disciple of Mr. Ruaell. and his philosophy of life makes no appeal to me. unis, however does not touch the article referred to, which is here condensed for the information of my readers.

That British policy towards Rus- sia ha; been varied and stupid, is the keynote of Mr. Rumeib theme.

ter the Crimean War (1864-6) for half a century we were hostile to Russia “because we suspected the Tsar of designs on India." Those still llving who remember the Penjdeh incident, (on the Afghan frontier) and the conquest of Khlva. ‘ be blamed for their suspicions. I‘lme has vindi- cated them. for Rumia (not the 11.53.12. them has pushed south- ward till lief boundary touches India east of the Hindu Kush Mounta ns. When India achieves . and civil war breaks out. it will be a great temptation to the USSR. to step in and re- 57-01‘; Ordfl‘. and who will galnsay

her

When the Germans passed the navy Bill in 1900. Britain recou- nized a potefttial enemy. and this feeling was nterlslfied when Ger- many refused, at the Hague Gon- ference of 1907, to abate her fev- erish naval building. England was excited at this rebuff, as I well recall, and decided that Ger- many was t-he greater danger. So Britain turned the Tearist Government and upheld it even in its worst misdeeds. The Rus- sian Revolution again turned the British Government into an enemy of Russia, which it could well af- ford to be. since Germany had been weakened by World War I. "With extraordinary unwisdom. our foreign policy remained antl- Russian after the rise of Hitler." We must not forget, while read- ing Mr. Russell's indictment, that the Russian revolutionaries work- ed to secure the downfall of all other Governments in Europe.

l8 There was something of a mystery

attaching to the “Zinoviev Let- ter". alleged to have been.sent by the head of the Moscow Interna- tional on Sept. 12. 1924 to the Rus- sian charge d'affairs in London. adv agitation for a violent revoluton in Britain. This di nothing to help British and Rus- sian friend-shipl There were oth- er incidents though not so do

ded.

Marshal‘ Stalin, though he seems a rather congenial man at the festive board, is in matters political a very thorough realist. After the rise of Hitler it was he that held the British off and let their ambassadors cool their heels in the unterooms-a fact that Mr. Russell does not mention. Tue Mars-ital was quite prepared to see Germany and Britain maul eat-h other till powt-zless. To that end he ucfr ended l-litl-er, made a treaty with him and undertook to} furnisr him with certain supplies —ihc last being held back he- cause thc railways of ths two countries were oi different gauge, necessitating trarsfevence oi the goods. Hitler sprang a 5l.i.l'DI'I-'>Q upon his friend. however, and Russia was obliged to 0.111 1'11 Brita; for supplies at lcast. Neither lilitain nor Russia. til-en. have any real reason to like or trust mch other says Russo.‘ and he asks, "It is possible, in these circumstances, to prevent a third world war. between Russia on one side. a d America and Great Brit- ain on the other? If not, the out- look for the world is appalling." The real difficulty les in Rus- sian imperialism. 1t is commonly supposed that imperialism is the outcome of pz-irnte capitalism. and since capitalism has been abolish- ed an the U. F. S. R. there cannot be imper-‘altxm- in that country. "The facts rrfutc that argument. Riv-sic has annexed Easter-n P01- and and the Baltic Provinces. has established subservient Govern- ments ln Poland. Bulgaria, and Rumania, and Is demanding Port Arthur, and a half-share in the Chinese Eastern Railway. If this is not imperialsm, what is? _ That is not the end of Russia's ambitions. The ancient designs against Turkey and Persia (now There are‘ reasons. too, for suspicion as to Russian intentions in Eastern Germany. Russia's immense mili- tary strength — revealed by the war — is neutralized for the mo- mant by the atomic bomb. but be- fore long Ruaia. without doubt. will have as good (or badl a bomb

j as the Americans; when this ha

pens it will be possible to have really serious war. such madness must be prevented, but it is not easy to see how.

Peace cannot be preserved per- manently by a Dolley of appease- ment such as was pursued in Ger- many until after Munich. Such a pol-icy encourages oonthuaily greater demands on the other side. until a point 1s reached when further yielding g thought, right- ly] or wrongly. be impossible; t en war results. and in circum-

an

and historically it is last century, with the British o t-onsdcratan at the posing. The affa'r was settled

which will bring the matter to e head. to get a foot-

Russia was worki l‘?

hold in Iran abo of

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u sllpsliod fund of wav Mcauce both Dartles were afraid t0 touch ‘off a war w-izlch they knew would spread. Now that Russia has proved her might, she is relying on that reputation to carry her to e new goal-a port on the Persian Gulf.

Another Letter From 3.0.

Here is another interesting let- ter from the West Coast, which I am permitted to quote by omit- ting the sender's name. Well. Cflnmt say anything against that, since I shelter under the pen- name at the head of these Notes. ‘Dear Agrico-a, (it runs), I have long enjoyed leading your Newsy Notes. and have been especially interested in the discussion on the various histories oi’ the Island.

"I is regrettable that the Gov- ern ent has made no effort what» ever to preserve the records of the pioneers. Historical spots are left unmarked. the original settlers are all gone, and their descendants, fr. the majority of cases have no idea of whence they came. The churches are very lax, ag no m. ords of the early days now exist. or if they do the present ministers appear to have no idea of where they are to be found.

“I have a Meachams Atlas and I would glvc a 800d deal to ob- tain a Campbell's o: Sutherland! history or any other old Island books, for that matter. I noticed that Mr. A. J. McCormack wrote as if Warburtonis history were out of print. It may be obtained from Carter's Book Store. Charlotte- town, for $2.25. It is a really auth- entic hlstorv and no one who is interested in Island lore should be without it.

“My chief object in writing you is to learn if there is a copy of your ‘Postage Stamps of P.E.I.‘, available. If so I should be very glad to purchase one;

"I am also interested in coins. but have never seen an article on Island coins. It is very difficult to obtain information on old Can- adian cdns from any Province. “The only place now where one may learn of the lives of the pioneers is 1r. the files of the old

the end

d newspapers. I hope. some day, to

collect data by searching the files . - - for the human side of Island history has been sadly neglected. L. M. Montgomery's books make very enjoyable reading but hea- cltaracters are not Islanders. I should dearly love to see someone write a series of books on Island characters. The materials are there in abundance, but the writ- e1 would have to be an Islander: no outsider could hope to succeed. Yours truly. - - -" "PB-Warburton urotc a short ltistorical sketch for "Prince Ed- ward Island, Past and Present." ho doubt it is out of print, as I think it was sold only to advance subscribers a1 the time of publi- cation. I have a copv of this.

There are a number of books of historical interest that you have

not mentioned. While you may be acquainted with them. still I shall name a few biographical sketches.-

(Life of) R . Dr. Patterson.

Life of Dr Gregor.

Brief Sketch of the Lfe and Labors of D1 ier.

Life of Dr. Geddle.

Rev. John M-oI-eods History of Presbyterlanism in P. E. Island.

"I would willingly pay a reason- able price fOt any of these."

In answer to my esteem-ed cor- respondent, i‘. is only fair to Doint out that Governments are not so much concerned with the past as with the present and the future. 1n other countries there are I-iis- torical Socetles which erect monu- ments and put up placques and tablets to tnark historic spots. I have advocated the formation of such a Society here and showed how Island books could be re- printed in a not-too-costly man- ner by it. I am not very optim- istic about this being done!

“The Postage Stamps of P. E. 1" was an article contributed to The Guardian about 20 years ago. I have but one copy--ln my scrap- book. I do not know of any writ- ings on our coins.

I am in thorough agreement with my correspondent as to L. M. Montgomery's works. they are cx- tremely good stories written about ‘idealized’ Islanders.

In order to help out. if any read- er has the books required by my B. C. conespondent, I will gladly put the two parties in communica- tion.

srock BREE

be quicklv and easily figured. For

THF FHADIOTTAIi

row» nnARmAN

THE PRESIDENT'S MIIUAGI

We face a new year. War has ceased and those we lovetlf can gather once again with ul. while the splrt of those who made the .

suprem sacrifice that democrat; might five, lingers with us n: ‘e golden memory enriching all the days ahead. Though hostilities are over there ls not peace in the world for everywhere w; turn trouble confronts us, but let us not be discouraged for we too have a powerful weapon. It i: my sin- cere wiah that eve member of our organization wll prey with- out ceasing that. those in positions of authority throughout the whole

I world may be filled with Christ's

spirit until they desire securit V, fair play, brotherly love for e1 peo- ples. Only through the power of prayer can we build the world we want live in.

"And how He worked and hoped and dreamed

That men might brother-g be, Thai peace might fill the whole wide world,

‘That lands from strife were free.

Andénnoiw the dream for which I-In

e

Has touched the hearts of men, A weary and e war-torn world Pray: for that peace egeln

Oh beauteotls star of peace return To lead Thy geople on,

Let Thy pure earning beauty burn As on that night it s one.

Still do we need Thy glowing ray Still need the angel's song, y That peace might hold a sovereign

sway That love might conquer wrong” —-f.-ILIJE I". BOWMAN

I ‘ ' Attempt To . Overcome Their Crlving For Alcohol The story of a visit to a large. neatly furnished room of a city residence where 14 men, who be- tween them had spent more than 110 years in various State mental hospitals as hopeless inelrrletcs. talked quietly smoked and sipped tea was told by a reporter 1n the Sydney "Sun." The reporter writes:

“Ranging in age from 85 M160. clean and neatly dressed. these men, the majority returned soldier: of this o1- the last war- were all stone cold sober.