24 THE FUR TRADE OF AMERICA 



a market for another class of furs. But it also may have been as 

 one of the conservative companies said — "We can afford to lose 

 our dividends for a few years to bring the fur markets of the world 

 back to Europe." Will they ever go back to Europe ? Some will. 

 Europe will always be the best market for sea otter, for Australian 

 and Chinese and Japanese furs, for Canadian otter which finds its 

 highest price in Russia, for Persian lamb and broadtail and krimmer 

 and karakul, for Russian sable and marten and the sorts of furs 

 used for summer wear in a damp cool climate ; but for general utility 

 and general beauty furs such as fox, Alaska seal, Hudson seal, mink, 

 beaver, nutria, wolf, muskrat, America has captured the fur market 

 to hold it for all time. 



