MAY 9. 1953 THE GUARDIAN. CI-IARLO'I"TETOW'N PAGE ELEVEN ff. of-es;-oogoggg s:;ek;. I Bayou St. John, many historical ous Lake Shore Drive leads out feet across the Mississippi. 03!) ' F monuments in the Palllrks iaznd and ten n:iles in the west there is southern Pacific train took 1 I N I S ' ; two I-eat u vers tes, e gganto Huey P. Long rlll nd thl b id e at 12.30 I. ll). T " cllllyfmllelfraries, tinge Tulane Stadium highway bridge that cost- thirtleen l.vl':lr-ch 6sth.rasg we continued w ' 4 and the two and one-half million million dollars some years ago. over the "Sunset Route" and we N0F'h"", 0"tar1i.;,e,::ee:,e!"x,..t;,.CiI: By J. A. Clark. D.la. dollar municipal auditorium that It is 4.4 miles long including the missed seeing this magnificent " 1"" A Silver Fox And Ti I Nay 1 Red Clown, at 296 will seat 12,0OlLl:ersolis.7ThemTarn: apprroghesyand exwndslor 3524 structure. Pl'I"5:A-I seed, Timothy 7092. N 1593., Alsyke 1595 at Red All other seed low prices- ”? "L .3 ,. few ton not booked. SE3;-Adler too large or too small. ,0 5, .1. Tll0VVSDAl.Ey wntmorelaml L---....... SEED- clvmwn No. 80 Barley (Reg. No. 1 Grade) Grand Champion Barley y . Maritime Winter 1-air B. B. JONES. Mink Farming Women's z Wear Daily, New York, in its issue of April 29th had a very intriguing article en- titled "Trade Ponders Vital Question: How long will Mink Lead? (For ,how long will mink continue to dominate the fur in- dustry? Will the "Era. of Mink" pass just as other fur eras have passed? These are probably the most vital questions of the day for the fur industry. Below is the first series of articles discussing these questions. ) When black dyed muskrat (then Hudson seal) and silver fox dominate the fur scene, it probably seemed to most fur man at the time that these furs would forever retain- their dominance. "It may be equally R. R, 5, Cll'town, P.E.I. g,,.........M... corners. Work close to to score. ground. 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Easy -I - - - - . - . - - - . . - ---.----a YES, I WANT A FREE DEMONSTRATION I I I I : I farm nu”, I I I Nun: Addren L-----------.....-------.- L---------- y"Nu-Churs" Liquid Fertilizer boosts yield POTATO OIROWER GETS "Era. ”together with muskrat, and of- fallacious now to believe that mink will forever hold its dom- inant pwltion and continue to throw into the discard practically all other furs." This is the view of Reuben Papert, of the firm of Papert-atrasbum. fur brokers. Mr. Papert. in an interview. set forth the historical back-ground of the fur industry with a view to lea.rning from past events how to throw light upon or forecast the future. Prior to World War i, he pointed out, Europe was the great- est consumer of furs, while the United States was lmprtant main- ly as an exporter of furs. After the first great war, the United States became more important as a fur consumer and by the 10201 was outdistancing Europe in this regard. Since then, the United states has remained the world's foremost consumer of furs, with Europe a poor second. ”Beglnnlng in the late 19201," said Mr. Papert, Oat one time or another in the United States some fur or furs seemed to dominate all others in popularity. We had the Era of Hudson Eeal' when black-dyed muskrais were the backbone of the American fur industry. This fur enjoyed so lnuch popularity and was so com- paratively expensive ihat the sealine or seal-dyed rabbit be- (name very important and also very profitable as a cheap substitute." Mr. Papert also recalled the "Era of Silver Fox," when a wo- man was completely out of fash- ion lf she did not possess a sil- ver fox as a trimming on a cloth coat or as a cape or scarf. The broker pointed out that sil- l6l' fox was in such demand that led fo:; was dyed and pointed to imitate it. Norway, the United States, and Canada produced an- nually about 1.000.000 silver foxes which averaged about 540 to 550 a skin. he said. "This annual out- put was profitably traded ill and consumed." he commented. "At present, annual world production is down to about 150.000 skins, and the average price is abut s10 to 815 per skin. The period from the late 1920's to the middle 1930's Ml: Papert terms that "Era of Ful- Trimmings." "It was a lollg alld profitable decade as all levels of the trade do well when trimmings are pop- ular," he said. "Chinese dogskins, wolf, red fox, lynx, white fox. persiall lam-b-all ful's-- were ill strong demand and sold at good prices. About 80 per cent perhaps more, of all women's fall and will- ter cloth coals were fur during this era. only about 15 per coats coats played a secondary role in the total volume of the fur in- dustry, which depended primarily on rluciion of cloth coats and suits in the United States is about 40.- 000.000 units. Of this total, about 12,000,000 fall and winter coats are produced for women and misses. Thus about 1,800,000 cloth coats were fur as compared to about 9,600,000 in trimmed Last year. 1952. cent of such were fur trimmed. Fur fur trimmings. Annual pro- cloth trimmed in 1952 the ”Era of Fur Trimmings.” Mr. Papert lalogls the 1940'; the of Persian Lamb," when, ten surpassing muekrat in value of sales. Derslan lamb bavame the bread and butter of our industry. We arrived in New Orleans on the morning of March 5th, 1953, at the Louisville and Nashville Railway Station on Canal and Wells Streets, which is right at the steamship docks. in New Or- leans Harbour. on the Mississippi River. We went at once across the city. to Union Station and after breakfast took D. Gray Line tour about the modern and ancient city of New Orleans. We learned that the lowest area is near the centre of the city and that it is five feet below the Gulf of Mexico and 20 feet below the level of the Mississippi as it flows by in its winding course. From the centre the land rises in every direction towards the outer edge like a. saucer. Many of the streets were former canals and of these, Canal street, now the main thoroughfare of the city, runs from Liberty Place, Ends Plaza. and the Canal street Docks, directly through the heart of the city. 0 I Canal street. which separates New Orleans from the Old French Quarter, is said to be the Widest business thoroughfare in America. One can well believe this as there are wide sidewalks on either side, then two wide four lane highways. These again are lined on the aide toward the centre with ornamen- tal posts that carry clusters of large shaded light globes. that ii- luminate the whole street area. The centre of Canal Street is re- served for four street car tracks, that run over the great covered drainage sewer, which now re- places the former open canal. In crossing at a brisk walk, we had to wait at the second high- way for the traffic lights to change a second time to green. Canal Street seemed to be more than 200 feet wide. It is the cen- tre every sprlng of the great Mar- di Gras celebration, ”marked by fantastic parades and masked balls." The Mississippi River flows past New Orleans from east to joy the beauty and Drestige of wearing mink. No: Women of means and high fashion will not buy mink once the masses of wo- men wear it. 2. Yes: Ranchers will continue to produce mutations to intrigue high fashion women. Fur- thermore, it is very suitable for small pieces. is flat, lustrous. long- wearlng, and appropriate for wo- men of all agu and for all oc- casions. No: We are at the crest of the mink cycle, and that cycle will turn downward just as it has for other funs, and other articles of fashion. Women can tire of mink look and texture. Also, other furs like persian la.m'.l and nluskrat are within the price bracket of the masses of women and are also suitable lOl' small pieces. Mr. Papert admits that histor- ical parallela are sometimes mis- leading, and implies that var- lnus factors may place mink in the position of being less vul- nerable to fashion cycles than other furs. However, he concludes: "Even the pro-mink advocates :- gree that the high fashion of mink would be more easily main- l-ained and prolonged if some other furs could enjoy fashion popularity. thus creating! the diversification which the industry now lacks." NEW OI LEAN 3 west in the form of the letter 8. There are more than a dozen groups of docks, some halldlc on- ly one commodity; cotton, sugar, molasses. sulphur, bananas, grain or oil. There is also the U. S. Naval Repair Base, the Army. Stores and Dry Docks. Because the town was located about the, crescent shaped bend, when found-I ed in 1118, it was nick-nanlcd "the Crescent City." This area called Vieux Cam-, pronounced VEE-YUH Call- RAY, literally translated mr-nus "Old square," was once the com- plete walled-in city. It lies be- tween the river and Ralrlpnri Street and stretches from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue. Ram-, part Street received its name from, the "ramparts" along that side protecting the old city; they were hewn from cypress logs. In this area there were lnorc than our, hundred city squares as planned by Sieur de Bienville, the founder of New Orleans. 0 O I Today this famed old Frenchi Quarter retains many of the old, buildings and homes. some have-, elaborate wrought iron, ”Lace' Work" galleries. balconies or ver- andaha that surround them these may extend up for three stories. , There are also old French adnbc cottages. 8. Haunted House. No- poleon's House on the site of the old Slave Market and along ”Ruc Royale" and Charters Strc-rt all- clent Banks, Hotels and Missionsu There are no less than 59 of those "highlights" or sites marked with historical placques. The city of New Orleans, wlllril grew up under seven flags, has great skyscrapers, streets of mag- LWO OI" nlficent buildings, beautifully ! landscaped parks and tree lined! boulevards; gardens where roses and perennials bloom throughout. the year and trees that remailli green the year round, palms nlldl live oak that also has great stream-f ers of Spanish moss whicll addsl greatly to its picturesque appear-I ance. l About the middle of the 19ml century, when the prospcl'it,v of the South was at its peak, many! massive mansions were built in. the Old Garden District. some of. these are almost hlddden by mag-I nolias. live oaks and palm trees.- Their gardens and well kept lawns? make them appear like park areas. There are great ancient ceme- teries, noted for their quaintness and beauty. There is the colorful for Coral and Intestinal . COCCIUIOSIS . 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I. 4 i l I's ' Y . . . ...j-gm.-11M 3 . llereslleal ECONOMY World production of perslan lamb ......- rose from less than 1,000,000 be- fore World War 1 to about 6,500,- 000 ln the later 1940's, he stated. adding: "In the Era of Persians, the entire crop was used in the United States and Europe. and persian lamb was considered the outstanding staple of the indus- try, showing the least fluctatlona in Drlce. and enjoying constant world demand. In the middle 1940: the annual retail value of furs sold in the United States was about S500,000.000. Of this total, two furs. persian lamb and musk- rat. accounted for about 70 per cent, equivalent to about 3360.000,- 000. 33 hbl. INOREASE GROWERS REPORT INCREASED YIELD AND BETTER GROWTH FROM LEAF FEEDING with "Nd-Churs" Liquid Ferrlllzar K-Lvifr lluNlNuN lwNINos The Fastest Laid Wall in the World Show Speedtlle In ideal for industrial. commer- cial or farm buildings. for schools. garages. theatre: or Institutions. Your architect. contract- or or building supply dealer will recommend It. For complete Information Allwri Cole of Grand Falls, N. B.. sprayed his po- Values with "Na-Churs" at 112 gallons per acre. three limes and he writes: - ”I obtained 163 barrels on the sprayed part as ('0lllplll'CCI to 130 on the unspraycd. I could see a (IIlICl'(lllC0 in 10 days after spraying. The po- lnlovs malurcd earlier and had greater resistance to drought and wind damage." Coming to the present. "Era of Millk," Mr. Papert states that with the total retail value of furs sold ill the United States at about t250.000.000, about 70 per cent is mink. "No fur has heretofore so - ' dominated the fur industry," he v. H, Other Leading Growers Write W,” A, ,0 ,,,,,,,,e,. ,,,,,,k W,” ggm-I-;".'-n c;"t"ugI.-0-': ' "I used 'Nn-CI'llll'R' on ten acres of polntnca and mnunue In this posmon I” no" '""” Mr. Papert lists the following pro and con arguments: THE DE- BA'I'E-- I. 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