Mukden, March 3.
There has been a noticeable increase in the American community during the last two months due mainly to the attraction of this cit as an entrepot for furs and skins of all kinds. No fewer than 14 fur dealers and agents arrived from America in one batch and it is said that they intend to make their headquarters here.
The fur trade of Mukden has} become of considerable importance and has" proved very profitable to the few American concerns engaged in it during the war, but of late the number of buyers has greatly increased and competition among them has caused such an enormous increase in prices that the profits formerly made by the few have been reduced to a very small' margin.
One enterprising Russian has already acquired a building site for! the erection of premises for the handling of furs, hides, skins and bristles, and building operations will Degin as soon as the frost is out of the ground, American Assocration:
'A branch of this Association has recently been formed here, the objects of which are too well known to require explanation, The first president to be elected is Mr. W. A. Mitchell, the local representative of Messrs. Andersen, Meyer & Ca., Mr. HI. A. Poole, vice-president, and Mr. J. E. Brookes is the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. Pending the formation of an American Chamber of Commerce the local branch of the American Association will take care of American commercial interests.
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