46 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
sent nothing but a moment of hysteria in fur 
fashions. The instant that Dame Fashion waves 
her hand in a deprecating way and announces 
that “They are not wearing summer furs,” down 
go the summer furs forever. At present, how- 
ever, the up-to-date young lady feels that they 
are necessary to the preservation of feminine 
life in hot weather, and for a brief season they 
will remain. 
It is worse than useless to seek to impress the 
buyers of fur garments with the necessity of 
conserving fur. The only remedy lies among 
the designers and makers of fur garments. 
They, and they alone, have it in their power 
to check the reckless and wicked waste that now 
is going on. Concerted action on the part of 
the fur trade might easily effect. through this 
channel, a real result in conservation. Thus 
far, however, we have not been able to observe 
the slightest sign of awakening to the realities 
of the situation. 
THer Fururs or THE FuR 
TRADE 
The future of the fur trade in- 
dustry rests wholly in the hands of 
the fur trade and those who are en- 
gaged in it. By them it either will be saved on 
a continuing basis, or practically exterminated. 
The conservers of general wild life are entirely 
out of this field. They will not elect to take up 
arms to save the fur industry from itself, or to 
enter into any contest with wasteful extravagant 
fashion. 
The fur dealer, the manufacturer and the 
trapper either can organize themselves and con- 
serve the fur-bearing animals on a sensible basis, 
or they can let them alone and see them quickly 
follow the bison, the passenger pigeon and the 
great auk into oblivion. 
There are ways and means by which the fur 
industry can save the source on which it feeds. 
All that is needed is combination, co-operation, 
intelligence and work. There is no one all- 
sufficient remedy, no single panacea. There are 
numerous things that must be done, not one of 
which must be neglected. Let us briefly note 
a few of them. 
Tue WortHLEss Propuct 
The catalogues of the fur auctions show an 
appalling proportion of skins at prices so far 
below the prices of first and second quality pelts 
ANOTHER EXHIBIT OF WASTEFULNESS IN FUR as to suggest the idea that they are worthless. 
Beyond the possibility of dispute they represent 
for legitimate use. It contains between 125 and 150 skins. Value, a great loss to the fur trade. These worthless 
$2,250 to $4,000. and nearly worthless skins are those of young 
Wrap of Eastern Mink, containing twice as much fur as necessary 
