19 AUGUST 1911, Page 15

THE PLUMAGE TRADE.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTLTOR."1 the list of imported goods detained on board ship and in the docks and warehouses of London during the recent strike 618 tons of bird-skins and feathers are included. Yet persons with pecuniary interest in the plumage trade would have it believed that the plumes used for millinery purposes are either dyed feathers from the poultry yard or artificial products, of which a component part is horsehair.—I am, Sir, &c., ELLA FULLER MAITLAND.

Loe Trean, Devoran, Cornwall.