New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
NOTES OF TRADE
AND INDUSTRY

Exports Of cotton goods in the last
few weeks have shown large increases
in volume over the corresponding
PERIODS last year, although for several
months they had been far behind. The
latest available statistics for the Fort
or New York show exports of l2,l5s
bales OF all kinds OF cotton goods for
the week ended January l6. rs COM
pared with S,O77 bales for the CORE
spending period last year. The South
American end Oriental trade has fallen
away very sharply in the last seven
months Until recently the Red Sea
trade was very slow, but now there are
a number of large inquiries before
sellers here. Manila trade has been
fair. The best business has been with
army buyers for Europe IN ducks, drllls,
sheetings, denims and similar goods.
The expected recovery of last weeks
decline of I-l6c in print cloth prices
has not yet appeared. Buyers have
not come into the market as freely as
had been expected for print cloths,
sheetings and other goods. Gingham
sellers note the best volume of bust
ness Of the season in the last few days.
with several buyers who had not been
heard from at all previously starting
TO place their fall business now. Sales
are still considerably behind the vol
ume for the corresponding period IN
the last fall season.
Several additional openings in mems
wear woollen suitings for fall were
l.. oh
vance 10 the general market level.
Practically all of the important lines OF
staples are now before the trade.
Fancy wool goods are expected within
a week, but nothing has developed TO
show when the fancy worsted end OF
the trade will be ready 20 start. From
operations reported so far II rs evident
that the fall season will be far buster
one for mems wear woolltn manu-
facturcrs than was that for spring.
Manufacturers of we'll and table oil
cloths have had a much larger volume
Of domestic business for the first hVe
weeks of 1915 than for the correspond
ing period of last year. Their best
gains have been on business IN wall
coverings IN fancy designs that repro
duce the appearance OF wall paper.
OllCl0tnS IN imitation lehLhtl ShcSIo
for wide variety of uses, from ma
teral for women's hats and belts 10
coverings for furniture, are also IN
fairly good demand. The export trade
in oilcloths is slow, with South Amer.
lea taking practically nothing as COM
pared with last year, while European
purchases have been the smallest IN
years.
Several large orders for shoes for the
armies CT Europe are pending now, with
samples being submitted TO represen-
tatives of the armies by number OF
manufacturers. The samples are all OF
heavy kip" leather, with nails and
spikes in the soles and heels Of the
shoes. Even with leather prices still
advancing, manufacturers say that they
can hold wholesale quotations at pres
cnt levels until the end of their spring
season. Advances of to 10 per cent.
or even more, however, are expected
for all orders after May !.
Wholesalers Of mems shirts will
start the fall season in a week or two.
Prices will be the same as last year,
but owing to the cheapness of cotton
goods better grade materials Will be
used For the spring season both
goods and prices were about the same
as a year ago, as shirt manufacturers
had all Of their supplies bought before
the break in cotton goods prices that
started last August.