New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19
BANDAGE DEMAND
SHOWS DECREASE
Print Cloth Trading Continues
Quiet-Fair Business in
Fine Goods.

Fall River, Mass, Oct. 18.-There was
very quiet trading in the cotton goods
markets last week, and prospects for
the present arc not bright. Cloths man
ufactured out of print yarns are slow
in demand, although on a few special
constructions business has been mod
erately active. The call for bandage
cloth has diminished, and mills have
booked very little new business. Some
mills few weeks ago booked sizable
orders for this grade of cloth, and
their machinery will be tied up al
least two months to come and probably
longer, all depending on the volume
ordered.
Buyers manifested only passive in
tcrest in market conditions in spite OF
the fact that prices are low, and to the
ordinary student of textile conditions
it would seem prudent on the part OF
BUYERS to purchase for future require
ments on prices now being named for
goods. 1t seems that buyers confined
their interest TO small lots for immedl-
ate or nearby deliveries and were little
concerned about business beyond the
balance Of the current year.
To secure spot deliveries in some
cases buyers were willing to pay ma
terially higher prices than they would
nav for contracts when deliveries were
promised this side of January. While
the present conflict is destined to bring
about more active business later
manufacturers in every textile state IN
the Union are uncertain AS to just
what the requirements Will be. The
warning countries have practically lost
their foreign markets, and, even as
sumine that the war will be soon
brought to finish, II will be months
before these countries are able to re
gain their prestige
In the meantime some OF the Amer
lean manufacturers have been eXerting
their best efforts to gain foothold IN
South American countries and have
met with fair measure of success
The question of credits is one of the
deterrent factors. II this question
could be settled TO the satisfaction OF
American textile men, the latter would
90 after the foreign trade with all
their might. II seems that some Amer
lean interests do not care to take any
chances just now, in view of the fact
that for the last four years business
in cotton goods has been depressed
save at intervals.
In some respects it would be well for
textile interests TO assume some risk
because cotton is relatively cheap and
the supply sufficiently large TO enable
manufacturers TO stock up on desirable
types and grades. The South has sup
ply of the raw material on hand which
il is willing to dispose of at advan'
tageous prices, and which would mate
rally reduce first costs.
Returning to the local cloth markets
the demand last week was for 36 and
38ls inch goods, mostly of odd counts
Narrow goods, especially constructions
for printers uses, have ruled dull, a.
has been the case for several month.
past. Narrow cloths are in bad way
and it seems that the immediate future
al least. does not hold out anything
promising. Mills which have a major
ity Of narrow looms and have con
tinued TO turn out their accustomed
weekly production on the basis of high
priced cotton will be forced eventually
10 take large losses.
The total sales last week are estl