The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
NEWS OF TRADE FIELDS,
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN

The Quaker Oats Company has Joined
the buy bale" of cotton movement in
a generous way. The company has in
structed all it's Southern sale managers.
travelling statesmen, brokers and all other
Southern representatives to buy a bale
OF cotton each for the account OF the
company. The price paid is TO he 10
cents a pound. In addition the company
has bought 100000 cotton bags for i'm
mediate delivery. substituting them for
jute bags heretofore used
Opposition to the ship purchase bill
is greatly encouraged and there are hopes
that the measure may be allowed TO die
in Congress. The emergency ship reg
istry law and the war risk insurance
measures have been so successful in re-
lievlng the maritime situation that many
believe President Wilson will not insist
upon the passage of the Objectionable
bill. One report has II that a combina-
ton OF moneyed interests may go into
the shipping business IL convinced that
the Government will not compete
Bernard y. Baker OF Baltimore is mem
toned as one who might be in such a
syndicate
The improving situation abroad has
been shown in the silk. velvet and ribbon
business where importatons are being
lfNtlNtsl III NpuAliludllN increasing amounts.
The stock received. however. is that which
was made up for shipment before the
war began. II Is not known whether the
foreign mills are running on new business
yet.
The Schoenberg plant Of the American
steel and Wire Company will begin work I
ing in double shifts next week because
Of heavy foreign orders The orders II is
said. will keep them going at that rate
for sev eral months. This particular plant
makes speciality of horseshoes and tho
nations abroad need them for their cav
airy. II is understood that Russia and
France In one order took fifty carloads
Of the shoes and that Germany and Aus
tria. through agents of course, will place
similarly large orders,
Cable dispatches from England report
much more satisfactory conditions in the
ferro-manganesc markets The Working
ton Company Of Birmingham. England,
says that shipments of ferro- manganese
are about normal and that no difficulty
will he found in completing old contracts
The company expects that sample supplies
will soon he on their way to this country.
The Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce reported yesterday that II was
receiving all kinds OF inquiries about
American goods from Great Britain. Some
Of these yesterday were for copper and
zinc plates for Photographic blocks.
bronze powders. lighting accessories. tum =
blers. wine glasses and gohlets. architect
supplies. insulation material. cotton un-
derwear and gas and tungsten lights.
These goods were formerly purchased
in large quantities in Germany Ths
United Kingdom bought S425. 0OO. OO0
worth Of merchandise annually from Ger
many. which il now desires TO purchase
elsewhere.
4 copy OF one of the white papers,
issued b. the British Board Of Trade to
stir up its manufacturers to the new
opportunities for foreign trade has reached
this country. II is "A thoroughly compre-
hensiNe exposition Of the situation abroad,
with special reports from nearly all for
eign countries. II points out that Ger
man traders did business of 1000 000.-
600 year in the British dominions alone
and now everything German is unpopu-
lar. The paper concludes:
The words Of the Trade Commissioner
Of New Zealand have special significance
and are worth repeating: Prompt over
lures should be made as to anticipate
competition from America"