Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-27


SO far as the imported goods are con.
lscerned, II this war is prolonged, /
suppose we shall be deprived of them,
but have faith to believe that the
ingenuity Of America will soon be
able to supply the deficiency tarough
home manufactures. Indeed, have
already been apprised OF the fact that
certain lines of corsets, for Instance,
which we have heretofore been COIN
PEELED to import, will soon be made
at home, or at least grades equally
as good. That's one result that will
follow a prolongation Of the Faro
pean war. We shall find that what
we need, or desire, and cant get
abroad, although hitherto we may
have gone abroad 10 get 1t, we can
E1ake at. iioms, orS5We San get along
without it, And that, for the most
part, is what we are going to dor
II. G. Jesup (just back from New
York;: The wholesale markets are
Fall shot to pieces to use a slang ex-
preston. You know, of course. that
lin the line of certain kinds Of hosiery
and gloves. and certain other sun
plies, we have been depending largely
upon Europe, notably Germany, and
these, II the war continues, VIII un-
doubtedly be cut off from our reach.
It is this uncertainty that has pro-
duced something akin to a panic in
wholesale circles. We shall have to
make these things at home or do
without them il the war is prolonged.
The wholesale markets, too, are lun-
certain all along the line, and whole
sale prices have either advanced in
varying degrees or have been entirely
withdrawn SO far as quotations flor
the future are concerned. But, as to
local prices, about which you are in
quiring there has not been material
change. taking our stocks as whole.
We are selling goods at pretty much
the same prices as We're prevailing
before the outbreak of the war What
the future may develop, however, is
conf ectural. Excepting as to a few
things, Watertown people have not
yet felt the effect OF advancing
prices.
Mems and Boys Clothing.
r. B. Lee: 70 advance whatever
not a cent sir. You see, the goods
We are now getting in for fall and
winter We're bought some months ago
for delivery about now, or a little lat
er. They were purchased at prices
that We're fixed before there was any
thought of war. Here, for instance!
lis a $25.00 imported suit, from Scot
land. 1T was ordered months ago
Whether we shall be able to get dup
Hcat@ Of it, or OF other goods, In the
future, is question for the future to
solve, but that does not now affect.
the prices we have set upon it and
upon goods of its class. We are sell
ing them upon the basis of what We
paid for them, not upon what some
manufacturer may iix for the future.
But whatsoever may be the case with
regard to future prices, look for the
cheaper grades of goods, and partfcu-
larly for overallE and other low-priced]
work clothes, to come down rather
than to so up In price, whether the /
war continues or is brought to a
speedy close:
The Drug Market.
Nelll Tarbell (Tarbell & William
son Store 1fugs! x e6, they have
gone up In price Since the war broke
out IN fact, certain kinds OF goods
which w8 received from Germany
hare advanced quite materially, ess
peciall that class known aa aka
Ioids. Our retail prices Well, *
ceptine as to these imported goods.
they have not bstantially advanced
On the whole, perhaps. the price mayI
hare Increased tn the consumer ray,
from ave to ten per cent On much
81 our goods however. there has BEEN
10 increase whatever Z