New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
NEWS OF TRADE
And INDUSTRY
Hope of Better Buying in
Greater Employment
Progress Slow.

Ahout the best proof Of improving
conditions in trade and industry Is
given in reports each day Of the re-
placement al one point or another OF
large forces Of labor in the ranks o.
the employed. Against this Tangible
evidence Of improvement, however
there has been rather slow progress IN
many lines of trade toward getting
BUYERS TO place orders for future
moods Manufacturers and wholesale
interests say buyers as a whole are
still placing business only for the most
needed goods. Many wholesalers out
side Of lines necessary for wear or
household use have not yet been IN
Guided in even the general buying Tor
replacement Of depleted retail stocks
that has brought present activity TO
many textile and garment firms.
Sooner or later, however, the effect
- greater employment should De felt
all through the world OF trade. re
tailers will find that thousands VINO
have been out of work for months VIII
haze TO buy goods to make up Tor re-
recruitment, The people OF the coun-
nv as whole are believed 20 be short
~ many articles Of wear and house
bold use. and from their buying, which
ia expected TO start in the near future
activity for many manufacturers IoI
The next six months seems assured:
whether this buying movement VIII
also embrace such articles as !eWeiI!'
ornaments, draperies, finer laces' iur-
niture, carpets and rugs, china|are
and similar Injuries or semi-neceSSlIle5
Il cause of great concern.
About the most active business at
present is in woollen goods for outer
garments. both for mems wear and for
drovs Goods for women. Many buyers
arc said 10 have been hurried into plac-
ing their commitments because Of the
absolute necessity on the part OF manu-
far,urers for advances in prices or
fan goods. Wool and yarn quotations
have been put up considerably since
tho opening of the fall woollen goods
season. and prices named for goods al
the start did not cover the advances IN
materials used. During the last weeH
buving WIS not on as large scale as
during the first few days after Tn.
start Of the fall season, but liberal
orders were placed for many favored
lines. -.
During the week number OF sddl,
,ionaI lines Of serges and unfinished
worsteds we're opened by mems wear
houses. A few more advances were
made on overcoatings, which had laggeto
behind the rest of the market the wees
before. In women's wear materials
few lines Of coatings and chinchil'a'
were added to those previously before
the trade There are still fancy
worsted and fancy woollen suitIngs u
the mems wear end of the market ant
many suiting lines in the women's veal
Geld Of woollens TO be started on Their
fall season, but some further openings
are expected during this week, .
In knit goods and carpets and rug
the wool situation is the cause OF gres
concern 20 the wholesalers and manu-
facturers. Carpet woods are being TAX
en- up for better-than-carpet purpose
20 fast that manufacturers OF moo
coverings are in despair Of their abili'
10 get sufficient supplies II their sale
increase. Many such grades OF WOO
have been put into cloth for arm,
overcoats OF even uniform and blanke
cloth. and prices have advanced TO lev
els higher than those OF the grsde