Prices and Qualities China has so long been one of the accepted fur markets of the world and so many changes have taken place in prices and fashions since the war that it is well 10 look into the question thoroughly before making any _purchas Most people come to China with the impression, based on facts which have been true in the past, that this is the place to buy furs and buy them cheap. This is hardjy true any more and for several reasons. In the first place, furs here are not cured and tanned as well as they are in other countries and, therefore, are not as durable. Then the fact that Chinese are coming to use furs themselves, more and more, raises the price in this locality, whi'e the slump in prices which is taking place all over the world, makes them cheaper London and in America. Fur dealers anticipate a drop in prices of furs in these latter countries of from 2% to 50 per cent.
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'The most important furs that are found native in China are sable. squirrel, pani, lamb skins, kid, rabbit, leopard'and wild-cat.' River otter is found in the Yangtze. Yaccoons are very numerous, and from farther north, tiger and wolf for rugs can be got. Fox comes from Mongolia and otter from Tibet. There is a silver-grey rabbit which is imported from France that the Chinese use and a big trade hag been worked up in that particular fur. Tt is a pretty fur and many foreigners buy it thinking it is native in China. Skunk and mink and seal are all imported.
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