New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

fo, .x.,miu.t.o0. enable ,tr iaS-.ss o. goods
through tHr e"-t,'r ..--, to DE. accom- fii-'.rd
~ thout ardu- J-lay
IpuI,r Paris .,et H-rUu suffer hg c,rn,tj-
soE ~lt. N-a I"-k 3s drt s,,d- centres rr"in lae
fact that tar trade IS NOT concentrated .u those
cities L. the d-E~.- n which, T. f. .n N..o York.
Whi- London rr,a..-~ great quantities ot goods
from Franc. C-rmtr.. Belgium Switzerland
anu Austria. NV York handles us much from
domestic manufacturers Iu England various
industries market rr,da,tS where They sre
made. For instance" pul vr~ oi cotton eu To-
Manchester "f W'"l,r- 90 Leeds of dress
goods 10 BrAdf'rd and a.. linens tp Belfast PuI-
clase5 are not mad" tHrruEh representatives uf
these classes ot manufacture in London as
they are of American manufactured products in
NeN York The same true of Paris anJ Bcr-
lin
WHY CENTRE Il HERE
T;ut IN NV Yori, tic trade is centralized II
used to be that me natural dstrinution point
for the output O. the textile industries or New
England was Boston. and for mary years the
Massachusetts cap. tai dominated this trade
hut as the advantageous location of New York
became appreciated. ana its progress as a mar
keunE centre caused other lines 10 have their
main selling offices lerc. New England textiles
swung int" lice. Now there are few mills or
factories OF prominence that do not sell their
output in New York through their own agencies
commission houses. brokers or other representa-
tNeS, or which do not maintain offices or sales
rooms In the metropolis
The bulk Of the cotton manufactured in Nau,
England and the South is billed from New York
All OF the leading silk mills have their sales
rooms here, together with the manufacturers OF
men and women's wear, dress goods woollens.
underwear. hosiery and millinery.
Conditions under which the merchandise ia
distributed to the retailers have also changed
thirty years ago most Of the goods were handled
through big jobbing houses. of which there were
between thirty and forty, all well known and
powerful Now there only five or six Job
ping houses OF prominence remaining This
change has been brought about by the tendency
oI the retailers to buy direct from the importers
and manufacturers. and by the organization of
wealthy retail drygoOds firms the aeerepata
sales Of which are large as to render II de-
sirable for them to maintain their own buving
Offices IN New York
BUYERS FROM ALL SECTIONS
The former custom was for buvers IN ,,,s,.
New York twice year. and do virtually all or
their purchasing at these times Now. instead
Oh buying twice year, the merchants are ra
plenishing their stocks constantly There are n
number of resident buyers who represent as bi.h
as thirty or forty retailers in various sectiona
and devote all of their time TO keeping nm the
stocks of their clients
Annually thousands of buyers come To New
York from all parts of the country. from as far
south as Texas and New Orleans. from the pa.
clhc Coast, and the extreme Northwest and
Southwest Experience has demonstrated int
the variety of drygoods in all of the branches q,
the trade offered in New York enables retailer,
|" purchase here TO better advantage than thew
can in the large cities nearer home &, -