The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-05-22


she shoddy men again and again pre-
dictsd that it would b q grand thing
Tor their business
The course of the shoddy market
from week to week is very carefully re
viewed in the shoddy department OF the
American Wool Reporter. The follow
ing IS from its report of SeptsTn Der =
1890; According to the reports from
the various markets this week thefs
seem to be good prospects, and dealers
feel quite sure that In = short time they
VIII do a better business They say the
only obstacle in their way at the pres
ent time is the delay in the tariff bill,
and state that IL it Is not passed bust
ness viii not assume any better COndi-
ton than at present, but they are IN
hopeful anticipation OF its being passed,
and II 50 they say the rag and shOddy
business will boom"
September II the shoddy trade con.
tinues TO show promising prospects,
September 25 the trade in rags, shOd-
dies, waste, extracts, etc. shows a con-
tinued improvement, tbs demand for
the different lines Of stock Is better in
nearly every case and larger sales are
reported by nearly every dealer" Oc-
cOber ., the day after the KcKiuley
tariff went into effect, we find that
the markets Tor rags, shoddies, waste
and extracts are, almost without excep-
than when last reviewed The trans
actions have been Of a gratifying char
acter and the outlook is considered very
encouraging. October . one week
/ later, I'VE note a continued improve
ment in the markets Prices are very
firm, with something OF a tendency to
/ rise, while all classes of stock are much
! easier to sell than FOR some time past
/ The sense of comparative security
/ from changes in the tariff for a mum Der
! of years hence tends TO q greater free
dom in transactions and a greater firm
| ness and pOsitiveness than has been
/ hitherto possible ''The improve
ment noted last week in the market
! has continued" according to the report
/ of October 10. Prices are some what
| advanced and all classes of stock sell
more easily, AS the tariff is now set
! tied, dealers feel positive that a better
/ business will be done in the near future,
and since its passage they report that
/ large orders are coming in rapidly"
How the great boom predicted by the
/ shoddy men as the result of the McKin-
/ ley tariff, and realized, as shown in the
above quoted market reports, continued
! to grow is shown by the later reports
in March and April On March IL the
! report declares that 1.-THE good, though
/ quiet demand for nearly all classes OF
| stock which we have noted for several
weeks, continues, and dealers find little
| difficulty in moving their stocks az
quoted prices In extracts and
shoddies the outlook for both is espe-
/ cialIy good, and in both old and new
| wooden rags there are indications of q
| continuation OF the present fairly strong
! inquiry, if not a positive, general i'm.
/ prOvement over existing conditions 4"
/ And month later, on April 9, I'VE notl
a continuation of the very good demand
for those lines OF stock which have been
moving more or less freely of late, and
there seem to be no indications of any
tendency to weaken prevailing prices. p
A comparison OF the prices which pre-
vailed before the passage of the Nc
! Rinley tariff assured to the shoddy
| manufacturers a boom in their trade
and the latest quotations show hoG
great the boom really has been.