New-York tribune., 1872-11-14
LEATHER HIGHER.

The Hoyt Brothers are dealers in sole leather
Oliver HOyt said that hemock tanned leather, known
the trade red sole leather Ia manufactured chiefly
IN the vicinity OF NewYork aud s put into the market
here. NewEngand is the largest purchaser, and s sup
piled for the most part through Boston houses, though
come Maine and New-Hampshre boot and shoe manu-
facturers order supplies directly from NewYork. The
tanners in Buffalo and Western New-York supply tho
West, and send very littl0 stock East The trade In
upper leathers between BOstOn and NewYork is very
light and is limited to the finer qualities OF goods The
grades which chiefly used In the EewEnRand
factories tanned i'm the cities around Boston, There
were at the time OF the fire about 300 wholesale dealers In
leather and boots and Shoes Boston, aud all but one
or two Of them lost their entire stocks Mr.. Hoyt
thought that the salvage would be found 10 be very
small. Even the leather stored in cellars and sub
cellars have been ruined by the intense heat.
good many millions Of dollars were due TO the swamp"
from the Boston Dealers but Mr. Hoy though that the
creditors would mot give ~ cent to have the debts
guaranteed As rule they would be paid in fun,
though some small firms might fail There had already
been an advance Of from TO II per cent in price sole
leather hut this not entirely due to the fire. which,
perhaps FASTENED tho rise. The market was In q con-
dition for an advance 1t had been overstocked for
some time, and the dealers preparing for rise
Schultz. SOuthwie & Co. sole leather dealers In
Hew-York, and 90 an extensive business with Boston
Mr. Schultz said the Boston dealers were able 10 meet
their osses and there would be failures As early
Monday morning come OF them were here renewing
their stocks Their credit good as ever and the
firm was selling them the same amounts and on the
same terms formerly. One merchant had bought to
the amount Of s250O0 four and six months and had
made by the rise since Monday almost enough TO cover
his losses by the fire. Mr. scnutz estimated the amount
OF unnanufaetured material burned at 2OOO slnes Oi
sole leather and 5O0O 900 sdes OF finished upper leather
waxed and calf The whole value eo1d not De less
leather dealer and only one Wholesale boot and
shoe dealer in the city who had not oeen burned out
The stocks were, fortunately, very low. He thought
that there not more than weeks stock ahead
Most Of the boot and shoe dealers also had much lighter
stocks than usual The advance in leather already
from to 10 cents per pound aud would probably be
stI greater. The Boston dealers were uneasy about
Insurance many OF thcm have stOes at their facto
res and anneres out OF the city AID do not know as
yet whore TO insure them. When this is settled Mr
Mr. Thornc Of rhorne, McFarlane & Co told reporter
that threefourths Of tho NewYork trade In red sole
leather with Boston. The white; or osk,tanned
thought that the advance In leather wonli continue
Elijah T. Brown lost 600 sdes Of sole leather which BAD
dealers were on hand making up ther stocks ANA That
their credits we're as good as they had ever been.
AMERICAN CALF AND MOROCCO.
Thompson, wycoG d 20. constitute Now York branch
OF Boston house dealing In American calf and sheep
SKINS. The Boston houss oss sntire stock valued at
about $20O000 Mr.. wygUn un~s a.-As6 Am~xfvDs
calf skins were held from 10 TO is per cent higher
than before the fire. He did not know the eject upon
sheen skin. They used much more In Boston than
In Eew.York aud the stock was probably larger tnero:
All the sheep skins used ~ ana a6ona bOson Are
through New York and tanned IN OF near Boston;
Az Rmtter sad mat there was not much trade In
moroccOs between New-YOrk ana Boston, as lhe latter
city obtained supplies from tanneries e1 at Iahu, OK
Price has not been materially Affected Large qnanti-
tes OF sheep skins used for nngs N the shoe lac
tories and e prices OF these goods had advanced froin
10 10 pT cent ard the tendency t upward lie cen
sdered the boston merchants good f1r all ther debts
their stocks on the old terlns
FOREIGN CALF AND RAW HIDrs.
D. WallerstGin is an importer Of French and German
calf skins He told reporter that very little imported
leather was used In Boston or its vicinity and twohrds
of all that was used was imported directly. The stocs
DESTROYED was not worth than S00oOc and there
had been no advance in the New-York market.
Charlie, Hauselt, however, also dealer in French
calf said that there had been an taerease @ price o.
still higher. though the stock in Boston reached by the
lire very sInalE
Brooke Denison Co. arc commission dealers In raw
hdrs r Brooks said that there were very few hides
burned Some OF he Boston dealers who imported di
inds Wharf but VI the importatons were TO New
York stocks purchased here were shipped directly
10 The tannercs There had been no advance IN price a.
vet though he thought the rates would soon sympa
ihize with leather Light hides Tor npper which aGs
than sole leather hides. This will not; however, be thS
result entirely OF the Boston tre as hides have lately
risen in Buenos Ayres.
BOOTS IND sHogs.
There IA very little trade IN boot and shoes betweeE
NewYork aud Boston, and tcnee tie only effect OF ths
fire upon New York manufacturers and dealers prooee
from tho dninution of tbs stooh IN the country. br
Bigelow Of the Bay State Shoe nj Leather Company
said that the cost shoes and boOr woud be enhanced
espec iay in the lower grades All the stock OF the 70 "
prioed goods was In Boston and all Destroyed. Their
was sIlrplus In the market and tho fire destroyed nj
more than that Hides were 30 high that leather cou1
hardly nav for the hides The market just in con
dition for n advance England had entered ilto com
peton with America IN the OF shoe Tor h
South American market and the UnitedStaeb haze fur
nIshed her " Ith OOG tanned hdes duranR the pas
wear hides have been tanned 40 tLe sa,n
lime.