SEALSKIN INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES. 531 



the name of Asch & Jaeckel. I have been in tlie fur business since I 

 was IG years old, and am now engaged in tlie wholesale manufacture of 

 furs. I do a large business in fur-seal skins, and be- 

 tween 1885 and ISDO annually bought and imported a.-^Tom^l'sTto'isgo^ 

 into this country from London from 6,000 to 8,000 

 dressed and dyed Alaska fur-seal skins, and a proportionate num- 

 ber of fur-seal skins of the other principal catches. I have signed 

 the name of Asch »& Jaeckel to the annexed statement, which I have 

 carefully read. I believe it to be in all respects 

 correct. I have also read the last paragraph in the (U^^ifof jos^minfafn 

 annexed affidavit of Samuel Ullmann, and agree with c«az.,aiirtagree8witii 

 everything therein contained. The same is ti'ue of an parli^raph'^of sanfuei 

 affidavit veritied on the 21 st day of June by William uiiuwiius. 

 Wiepert, my present superintendent. 



Hugo Jaeckel. 



Sworn to before me this 22d day of June, 1892. 



[L. s.] Frederick C. Schmidt, 



Notary Ftiblic, New York County. 



Deposition of Franldin L. Gtinther, member of the firm ofC. G. Gimther's 



Sons, furriers, Neic York. 



general sealskin industry. 



State of Wew York, 



City and County of New York, ss: 

 Franklin L. Gunther, being duly sworn, says: I am 39 years of age, 

 a citizen of the United States aud a resident of the city of New York. 

 For the past twenty-three years I have been Avith the 

 firm of C. G. Gunther's Sons, ar.d in 1876 I became a ^^p*^'-^"^''^- 

 member of it. This firm has been in existence and done business 

 in the city of New York under names very similar to its present 

 name since the year 1820; it has always carried on a wholesale and 

 retail fur business. It was one of the first firms to introduce seal- 

 skin garments into the United States, and since 1857 it has constantly 

 been engaged in placing them uj^on the market. It has been in the 

 habit of buying annually in London from 2,000 to 6,000 ^^ .^^^ .^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ 

 Alaska tur-seal skins, and it has handled very many more. flini'aluiuaiVy.'^ ^'^ ^ 

 I have signed the name of the firm to the annexed ni^usof jos^'uirmaliu 

 statement, which I have carefully read, and believe to etai.' 

 be in all respects correct, 



Franklin L. Gukther, 



Sworn to before me this 22d day of June, 1892. 



[l, S.J Dan'l La Tower, 



Notary Fublic for Kings County. 

 (Certificate on tile in New York County.) 



