WAR TAX ELIMINATED
OILS and GASOLINE
General Repairs.
WARM STORAGE
OGLE'S GARAGE
agent
Phone Madison 66
Seward, Alaska.
OUR MILK
IS RICH, FRESH
and CLEAN
We Specialize in
QUALITY MILK
SEWARD DAIRY
0. K. BARBER SHOP
LADIES HAIRCUTTING
AND SHAMPOOING.
CLEAN SANITARY BATHS
Jess Lander, Prop.
Mrs. Reid’s
Beauty Shop
Open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
ARCADE BLDG.
Specializing In
Hairdressing, Shampooing, Eye
Brows Arched, Marcelling, Mani
curing, Facial Massage, Scalp
Treatment, Bleaching and Hair
Dyeing.
Phone for appointments.
PHONE ADAMS 121
Seward Machine Shop
Chas. Lechner, prop. Seward, Alaska
MARINE and STATIONARY
GAS ENGINES SOLD AND REPAIRED
Ford Sales and Service
WE SPECIALIZE IN SANITARY
ENGINEERING, PLUMBING and
HEATING INSTALLATION
Sheet Metal fyVork and Stoves Repaired
Pipeless and Hot Air Furnaces and Circulating Radiators
Sold and Installed
AGENTS FOR FAIRBANKS MORSE ENGINES
INDUSTRIAL SEWARD
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Warm Storage
Gas and Oils
PERLINE PERPETUAL BATTERY
A battery you can’t kill.
Ogle's Garage
MADISON 66
A Modern, Fireproof, Concrete Garage
INCREASE REPORTED
IN EXPORT OF FURS
AND IN IMPORTS
ANNUAL SALES OF 1925 STATED
IS NEARLY DOUBLE THOSE
LISTED DURING PRE-WAR PER
IOD
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (/p)—'The
annual sales of American furs in for
eign countries nearly doubled in 1925,
as compared with the pre-war period,
while at the same time imports of
foreign furs for 1925 increased by'
nearly five-fold from the annual im
ports of the period of 1910-14.
The Department of Commerce,
which, on December 7, issued an
nouncement to this effect, states that
the census of the fur goods in 1925
is not yet completed, so comparisons
can not yet be made on that phase
of the subject. The full text of the
statement of the Department follows:
Exports of furs and manufactures
of fur from the United States total
ed $28,110,000 in 1925, an increase of
92 percent over the average exports
of those products during the 1910-1914
period, which amounted to $14,662,000.
The United Kingdom, Canada, Ger
many and France, in the order named
are the best customers for American
sales of furs, both dressed and un
dressed.
Imports S23,089,000 Larger
In addition to the increased sale of
American fur products in foreign mar
; kets a larger domestic consumption of
those commodities is indicated by the
fact that imports have increased
I from $23,089,000, the average for the
(five years immediately preceding the
I Wold war to $116,755,000 in 1925.
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During the first ten months of 1926
; exports of furs and manufactures of
of furs from this country totaled $22,
| 3S7.000, as compared with $24,700,000
in the corresponding period of 1925.
! In the same period of this year im- j
ports of those products, amounted to
$103,543,000. Of the imports, the
value of coney and rabbit skins total
ed $20,214,000; squirrel skins for $13,
277,000; fox, other than silver and
black, for $7,899,000; beaver, for $3,-!
249,000, and mink for $3,006,000.
The United Kingdom is the principal
; source of American imports of un
dressed furs, of which squirrel skins,
coney and rabbit skins and fox pre
dominate; China ranks second as a
source of imports of undressed furs
and is followed by Canada, Belgium,
France, Australia, Japan, Argentina
and Germany. Shipments of mink,
muskrat, beaver and fox, other than
silver and black, lead among Canada’s
fur exports to the United States; Bel
gium supplies principally coney and
rabbit skins, as do also France and*
Australia; mink predominates among
Japan’s exports while Argentina’s ship
ments are composed of nutria skins,
fox and other furs.
Industry Figures Given
In 1925 the United States had 133
establishments engaged primarily in
the dressing of furs; these reported
an output valued at $25,422,564, of
which $6,226,408 represented the cost
of the materials used (including fuel
and electric power) and the balance
$19,196,156 was the value added by
manufacture. Compared with the 1923
statistics for this industry, the num
ber of establishments registered a de
crease of 17.9 per cent, the cost of
materials fell off 14 per cent, and
the total value of products declined
0.2 per cent, while the value added
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by manufacture increased 6.3 per cent.
Of these 133 establishments, 69 were
located in New York, 25 in New Jer
sey, 18 in Illinois, and the remaining
31 in 16 other States. In 1923 the in
dustry was represented by 162 estab
lishments, the decrease being the net
result of a gain of 13 establishments
and a loss of 42.
Fur-goods is by far the most impor
tant branch of fur manufacture in the
United States, but the 1925 census
figures are not yet available. In 1923
the industry has 1,758 establishments
with an output value at $198,043,000
or more than four times the value of
the 1914 production.
The manufacture of fur-felt liats in
the United States in 1925 was repre
sented by 144 establishments report
ing a production worth $79,762,000 as
against 163 establishments and a to
tal output of $75,253,000 in 1923. Ap
proximately 80 per cent of these es
tablishments are located in four
States—New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The manu
facture of finished hats accounts for
the bulk of the production, hat bodies
and hats in the rough comprising less
than 20 per cent of the total output
of the industry.
EMPRESS JAPAN ILL.
TOKYO, JAP AN,Jan. 6—Empress 1
Nagako of Japan is reported tobe ill
with a cold. She has cancelled all en
gagements and retired for several
days.
Try our Seattle ice cream.
Svlvia’s.
FOUND—Pair of silk stockings. En
quire at Gateway.
FOUND—Ladies’ purse in Ellsworth
store; initial of owner “E.E” Call
at Gateway office. J
LOST—A horsewhip. Return to J.
Prosser and receive reward. tf
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FOUND—One bunch of keys in a spe- i
cial leather purse; also a key which
is presumed to be for a safety depo- j
sit box or safe. Enquire at Gateway !
for same.
FOR SALE—Young collie; part wolf; '
six weeks old; mother all white, |
and fullblooded. Andy Simmon’s
house. 7t:
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FOR SALE—Small complete canning j
outfit for the home. Enquire the |
Gateway.
FOR SALE-Fine large safe, Urbach’s.
FOR SALE—Lumber and building
material of all kinds. Cal M. Bro
sius, Seward, Alaska. tf.
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Hof man’s Rooming
House
THE BELMONT
FOR LABORING MEN
Call Adams 126 for Labor
SEWARD, ALASKA
By the Sack or Carload
PREMIER LUMP
AND MINE RUN COAL
The New Howard-Jesson
Coal—Try It.
Healy Lump, Nut or Mine
Run
Evan Jones Lump or Mine
Run
Nanimo Range Coal
In Sack or Bulk
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND
GRAIN
Transferring — Teaming
ALASKA
TRANSFER
Telephone—Main 81
ARCADE BUILDING
H. V. Hoben. A. F. Davis
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The Best Neats!
The Finest Poultry!
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■TENDER, full flavored roasts; plump,
fresh dressed Poultry—
FRYE-BRUHN & CO.
C. D. BLAKE, Mgr.
PHONE MAIN 94 “WE DELIVER” \