New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
AND TEXTILE NOTES

The report for the year OF the SIX
Association of Great Britain and Ire
lend states that during the war trade
has fallen off seriously in certain quar-
tiers. but that it was encouraging TO
find at the close of the year that the
industry should be so little removed
from normal conditions. The proposal
made recently that tussah silk should
lo used in place Of khaki for soldiers
uniforms is recalled. A khaki cloth
composed Of tussah silk warp and
vorstcd wcft was made, and the war
Office approved samples submitted to
IT, An order was given for the cloth
ing of a battalion Of the YORKSHIRE
Regiment with the new cloth, and It
was hopcd that further orders would
be forthcoming. The view was e1-
pressed that the material was of ideal
quality for use by colonial troops. II
is comparatively little dearer in price
than woollen and worsted khaki, and its
greater wearing qualities have been
Souched for. The consideration of
cost. it is understood, stands in the
yyav of its development, and until its
CAPABILITIES under all conditions have
been established it is unlikely that 1t
will take the place OF khaki in the favor
of the authorities.
Mems ready made clothing of the low
or priced varieties finds a ready mar
ket in Latin American countries, al
though the better classes, such "a mer-
chants. business and professional men,
invariably have their suits made 10
order. The fabrics, mostly woollcns.
are largely productions of English or
German mills. remarked B. Joachim.
tho foreign trade expert. SATURDAY. at
lis Headquarters. 80 Broadway. Little.
+. any. American woollen cloth IS sent
70 South and Central American coun-
tries. and the Europeans in the past
have had practically monopoly, due
to their efforts in catering TO the tastes
of the Latin-Americans.
."There is comparatively good mar
ket for haberdashery," said Mr. Joa-
chin. although it is capable of con-
siderable expansion in many directions.
American shirts have been fairly well
introduced. but not on as large scale
as seems possible The prevailing price
tendency is around 81 and sl.5O, with
the most expensive about 50. In point
Of stvle our popular coat shirt for
formal wear still predominates in GER
tain localities.
"In neckties the American product
has been superior in every respect to
the European scarf. and therefore en-
iovs large sale, particularly in the
BRIGHTER shades. There is, however
still room for considerable development
Of the trade in this line. American
collars also take well in South and
Central America. although al times
there is some difficulty over the sys-
tom OF measurement. the metric and
the inch. Manufacturers can avoid this
by printing in the collars the size in
both systems. or perhaps only in such
collars as they make up especially for
export trade. This feature | have al
ready impressed upon one collar man
ufacturcr whose line | expect TO or
ganize and centralize through my sell
ing agencies in South and Central
America"
"Sheldon's Resident Buyers" for 1915
has Just been issued. Over 200 resi-
dent buyers with their out-of-town con-
nections are listed. Packing CON panies
who ship for outside clients are also
listed. The information contained in
the latest edition has been revised TO
date. Copies may he had of the pub
Usher. Joseph S. Phelon. 81 Leonard
Street.
The enormous demand Of the British
government for war materials, partic-
ularly during the last six weeks. has
upset all calculations OF the woollen
market. and piece goods famine in
England and France is now imminent.
according TO authentic adyices received
from abroad by Walter r. Bruyere. jr..
of Adair & Bruyere, woollens. and rep
resenting the Bury Quilting Manufact-
uring Company, Ltd.
The following opportunities for for
eign business were compiled by the
Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic Com
merce of the Department OF Commerce.
Washington. The names of the firms
and other details may be obtained from