Prices. 



69 



Average Total 



Species Xuinber Value Value 



Bear, black 698 $ 7.50 $ 5,212.50 



Bear, brown 19 9.00 171.00 



Bear, glacier 5 15.00 75.00 



Bear, polar 9 40.00 360.00 



Beaver f*9 10.00 890.00 



Ermine 7,957 1.36 10,821.52 



Fox, black 3 600.00 1,800.00 



Fox, blue 502 45.00 22,590.00 



Fox, blue. Pribilof Islands 384 56.53 21,708.48 



Fox, cross 603 17.00 10,251.00 



Fox, red 8.018 8.50 68,153.00 



Fox, silver gray 142 250.00 35,500.00 



Fox, white 3.108 12.50 38,850.00 



Fox, white. Pribilof Islands 29 17.29 501.43 



Hare, Arctic 55 40 22.00 



Lynx 2.720 21.50 58.480.00 



Marten 12.999 12.50 162,487.50 



Mink 31.363 4.50 141,133.50 



Muskrat 123.925 .40 49,570.00 



Otter, land 1.480 14.00 20.720.00 



Otter, sea 1 200.00 200.00 



Reindeer, fawn 4 1.00 4.00 



Seal, fur 3,7.64 37.50 141.290.32 



Seal, hair 333 1.50 499.50 



Squirrel 611 .08 48.88 



Wolf 103 9.00 927.00 



Wolverine 189 10.00 1.890.00 



Total $794,156.63 



TARIFF. 



Long before General Hancock said, "The tariff is a 

 local issue," John Jacob Astor proved by the representa- 

 tions he made to the government on two different occasions 

 that what the American business man really wants is pro- 

 tection for the product he is selling, and an open market 

 for the goods he is compelled to buy. In 1807, when he felt 

 that the Mackinaw Company and other competing traders 

 were interfering with the profits of his business, Mr. Astor 



