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produce enough here to satisfy the de-
mands.
W. are UP against a very serious
proposition" he said. THE textile in
terests n others dependent on dye
stuffs find themselves in an unfortunate
position. | do not share the hope that
domestic manufacturers will be able
to help them. OUT efforts are tempo
rary. and while eventually We will be
able TO compete on some products real
relief will moi be- had In years.
III German manufacturers were able
to give the German Government a posi-
tive guarantee that their goods would
arrive in this country and would he re-
ceived by their agents 7 have no doubt
We could get shipments out and that
they might eventually waive the condi-
ton they now impose. namely. that We
send them cotton in return.
But of course It appears impossible
TO give any such guarantee. and II
appears that any German manufacturer
who takes a chance and ships his goods
out by any line. II such goods are
seized by England, subjects himself
TO "a very heavy penalty as well as
FORGETTING all nance of further export
permission.
II presume hat l have seen prac-
tically every manufactured Of textiles
In my office within the last few months,
but the best ! have been able to do for
them Ia to tell them the real status OF
affairs and express my hope for the
future.
The prices being quoted at present
are from Ave to twenty times more
than the normal values before the war.
Supplies are mostly in tho hands of
mlddlempn, who got them from the
mills which had a surplus. and are
disposing of them 10 those who need
them badly enough to pay the price.
Let me quote a few Of tho colors
made in this country. Black. which
sold at II cents a pound. Is now sell
ing for g. and 20 cents ON a three
year contract. Acid colors for wool.
which brought 10 and IA cents. now
bring 81 and sl.lo a pound. Betana-
phtol. used for cotton dyeing. printing
and In making dyes. brought S or Q
cents for the pure product. Now IL
costs 10 cents for the crude product
and from - to sl.@j for tho pure
product.
"Aniline oil. which is made IN this
country, has advanced from 10 cents
TO 81 and s1.3j. Farticeps beuzor.
naphthalene and toluol have similarly
advanced I'm price. As for nitric acid.
we are paying three times as much for
IL. The reason for this is its extern
sive use in making explosives.
These facts show what manufacture
ers have got TO face SO far as domestic
supplies are concerned and what little
relief there Is In sight. Notwithstanding
the efforts of manufacturers to alleviate
conditions
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II DRUG TRADE.

Weekly Drug Markets. the weekly
market edition of the Pharmaceutical
Era. says regarding conditions In the
drug trade:
ANY conclusion that may be reached
in attempting to prognosticate the prob
able trend OF business conditions in the
drug trade during the coming fall and
winter must be more or less problem
stical. Many facts are In evidence.
however. which strongly confirm the
belief that in most lines carried by the
a verage pharmacist there are prospects
for a commercial advance the like of
which has not been experienced for
many years.
Trading activities in all parts Of
the country are reported on the Increase
and there is confrmatory evidence that
manufacturers are ~endeavoring to sup
ply not only goods which heretofore
were manufactured here, but also many
or tho products which were formerly
imported.
~ general REIMBURSEMENT Of the condi-
lions prcCipitsted by the European war
IL In progress, aud in the rcalignment
an Impetus has been given to many
enterprises which formerly did not en-
ist IN this country or which have been
more or less quiescent under the over
s~hadowing cloud OF foreign COMPETE
ion.
The cessation OF manufacturing in
the countries at war and the demand
Tor American pharmaCeuticals and
chemicals have not been without effect
upon our manufacturers. who have been
called upOn to supply many Of the
well known taples I'm the foreign physi-
cans armamentarium. and in hospital
and battlefield American bromides, Sc
runs. antiseptics and numerous other
medicinal products arc strongly in ovi-
dence.
This enormous demand has na'ur-
ally strengthened quotations, and there
has been q marked advance In tho
prices Of most drugs over those Of a
Year ago. In some lines. particularly In
botanical drugs ~ foreign origin. this
upward tendency sim continues. the
visible supply becoming smaller and
smaller ~ stocks are consumed, with
No probability ~ replenishing them IN
I'll ate the cessation ~ hos;ilities
The prices of many chemicals are also
much higher han they were q year
ago, hut In this direction the prospects,
for supplies arc much brighter. with no
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CEMENT INDUSTRY.
FREDERICK ,. LINCOLN. Easter

FREDERICK T.. LINCOLN. Eastern
manager " the COHCr,tC-CCutcHt iy'
OF Detroit and New York
The situation in the cement industry
at the present time. while far from salts
factory. shows some signs Of improve
ment During the latter part Of 1914.
owing to the falling off In building oper-
ations II the holding up of large prof.
ects which provide an outlet for great
quantities Of cement, prices fell to "A
point where little or no profit was posi-
BILE. The Government report for 1914
showed "A decrease in production and
shipments from the previous year-the
first time this has happened since the
cement industry began to assume i'm
p~ortance.
consequently manufacturers Ecner-
ally closed their plants or greatly cur
tailed their output during the early
months OF this year. Spring found them
with small stocks on hand and as build
ing opend up the price for future deliv-
cries gradually rose, Tho present quo
tation in New York city is about sl.52
per barrel. A year & the price was
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tunists In exports. We are making no
Roadway In getting the ocean carriers
tina must be controlled at home to give
us any free hand In foreign markets.
The development Of new lines Of manu-
facture to make us Independent OF GUS
tomary European sources OF supply has
been "A subject OF Easy Boosting. yet the
permanently established Industries of this
sort are few.
Blu thl preponderance Of favorable
indications in the outlook is plain. The
ending of the war would still leave many
important foreign contracts for mum
lions to he executed here. Some OF these
cover two years or more. Our own Gov
ernment's army and navy programme
will mean the expenditure OF several
hundred million dollars. A $4,000. 0Oo.-
600 crop year aud the railroad buying
growing out Of such Il yield from the
ground arc a solid foundation for con-
'tinued prosperity IN iron and steel.
The railroads ovcrstayed their market
this year but thus far have not been
greatly troubled over the fact. Their
buying for 1916 could easily he enough
with all else to give the steel trade an
old fashioned BOOM
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LUMBER TRADE.

The following statement was made
In behalf of the New York Lum JeI
Trade Journal.
The last few months have shown a
steady increase in the demands for Ilum-
Der in and around New York, but the
total volume OF lumber moving in this
market is considerably less than would
be the case under ordinary conditions.
Improvements such as subway build
Ing continue to take large lots in sizes
and the rough, hut there is nothing
now on which TO base any large activity
I'm the general building trades or sub
urban building lines, which take In the
aggregate large amounts OF rough and
dressed, including trim and other finish
ing stocks.
Even a larger activity in the coming
spring Is wholly problematical and
largely or almost entirely dependent on
intervening events, not tho least of which
will he the condition OF the building loan
market.
while conditions are, therefore. 10
be considered as fairly approaching sea-
sonal activities. there Ia no present
promise of anything TO cause any bull
ish feeling. But, on the other hand, the
members Of the trade, generally speak
ing, are not pessimistic."
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q business man he probably would have
epigramntd Congress. Business, I think,
would infinitely rather face wars. pes
thence and accidents than undergo the
uualms that accompany the advent OF
the i35 Representatives and 96 Senators
into Washington.
with a Presidential election on the
horizon business may confidently ex-
poet a wealth of attentions-good, bad
and Indifferent in theory and in re-
suits sufficient, however. TO disturb and
distress H. Tariff schedules will prob
ably be patched. through the instru-
mentality Of the tariff commission func-
tionings OF the Federal Trade Commits
sion. and efforts will be made to re-
pie e the Nat Treasury pocketbook.
Business looks forward to the day
when general unemployment will cease
10 be a pressing problem, when the rail-
roads will have all the freight they
can haul. when general prosperity Is
self-evident and does not have to be
proved.
The country is still emerging from
that psychological depression OF which
We have heard so much. The day OF
complete ecover Is nevertheless con-
siderably more than six months away"
CHARLES \. KEITH Central Coal and
Coke Company. Kansas city director
81 Chamber OF Commerce OF the United
States:
July 1 was the turning point for the
year in our lumber business. The vol
ume OF business was 1lS per cent. or
the production for the month Of July.
and the consumption was 109 per cent.
OF the production. In the first three
weeks of August the volume was 10
per cent.
II looks as If the business would
finally return to normal and we expect
n good fall trade. The situation has
been u still remains spotty. however
first strong. then weak. We have passed
through a bad two carr in the lumber
business. but | think we have turned
the corner now.
In general the crops In the Southwest,
aud especially in Kansas. have been de-
layed about six weeks by heavy rains
that have kept back threshing and har-
vesting. The crops near us probably
will he smaller han last years abnor-
NAL crops. but in the whole Southwest
the total will be larger.
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AMERICAN HATS.
ROBERT J.. PATTERSON. editor n,

the American Hdtter:
THE mems hat trade has not been .
prosperous industry for several years
and perhaps 1915 will go down In his.
tory as the poorest business year the
thade has ever experienced.
"RsfrCting the general business de-.
preston which started three years ago.
the hat trade was seriously affected by
the pronounced wave OF economy when
80 generally swept the entire country.
and the reduced purchasing power Of the
public following the general retrench.
ment has Occasioned a decrease In the
volume Of business.
This trade Is affected solely bv the
general business situation. and with IN.
prospect OF immediate and steadily In.
creasing Improvement IN business con
ditions throughout the country. Il 4.
confidently felt that the tide is turn.
ing and that a period Of greater activt,
IN the industry will again place the na,
trade OH a prosperous basis
FREDERICK BODE. Gage Bros A
Co. manufacturer and importers Of mil
IinerN member Of Chamber of CONNER.
OF the United States
The business prosperity Ia this com
try, which is apparent and reflected
" 49, 49, NhN~ NV ~
reached or made itself manifest i'm ih..
millinery trade. The millinery business
IL largely dependent upon the fashion
and the Weather whether or not i, /,
successful I'm fact, weather conditions
influence the sale NOR. than 4 general
prosperity, the consumption is for a
better class Of goods. and consequently
the volume is larger because of tha,
fact.
W have reports from some lo,aIt..
which are favorable. and then again
from other sections that are discourac.
ing. We feel. however. that business
will he decidedly better during Sen.
TENDER. October and November than ,
was last year, for now We are not IA
an uncertainty as to our relations with
Europe. or as 10 what effect the war
Will have upon us. Fut on the contrary
We know that We have 4 large demand
from Europe for not only our foodstnfs.
but manufactured goods. which will ba
reflected in the general prosperity of our
farming community and labor ug class.
ut has been said that IN" United
states can create its own fashions. II
Is now one year since fashion service
from Europe has been interrupted. Our
designers have been obliged TO depend
more upon their own creative ability 70
produce. In the absence OF a decided
movement or concerted action In mill-
merry in this country there has not been
n decided style. Tho American people.
however. are quick TO respond 10 any
demand made upon them. and We NAV
look for a greater independence in STYLE
creation.
we look for al increased demand.
and with general conditions good. me
millinery business will nave its share Of
prosperity"
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RAILWAY EQUIPMENT.


ebOhUb n. fOSI, president OF the
Railway Business Association:
THE war affects the railway equip
ment and supply industries I'm more than
one way. Some OF the plants adaptable
10 production OF munitions are busy
where they were not burdened with
orders from our railroads a year ago.
but the number OF such plants is not
large. Manufacturers of machinery are
In many instances busy eauipping other
manufacturers who ave war contracts.
Some American mills are producing
railway equipment and appliances for
belligerents. II is also true that raw
material and machinery to be used for
war purposes has furnished considerable
tonnage. and the completed munitions
from now on will doubtless furnish the
railroads a larger volume OF traffic.
This means earnings for the roads and
strengthened ability to buy our goods.
are indirectly helped In a similar
way through the earnings OF the roads
in carrying agricultural crops in so far
as shortage. and hence demand abroad.
tends to swell the movement from our
farms to the seaboard.
THE conflict on the other hand has
enormously contracted the capital sup
piles of the world and thrown back to a
much more remote time that resumption
of investment in railroads which We had
been waiting and hoping for many
months before the war began.
ut is upon new construction OF track
and structures and additions to rolling
stock that our industries depend for
the greater part OF their business. Re-
placements and renewals are an impor-
tant factor, but the industry as n whole
requires for its substantial and con-
t'nuous prosperity that our transporta-
ton systems shall be constantly ex-
panding.'
PRANK I. HULSWIT, president of the
United Light and Railways Company,
who is in this city. is enthusiastic over
business conditions in the territory
served by his company. Mr.. Hulswit
aid yesterday that the jitney COMPETE
tion has been considerably curtailed by
legislation, and owing to the restrictions
their effect on the company's business
was practically nil.
Business is thriving throughout Iowa.
according to MIR. Hulswit. and the
United Light and Railways Company
il constantly securing new lighting and
power contracts which cannot u help
to Increase the earnings OF the company.
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IRON, HARDWARE.

DEAN PARK, secretary of HANNA
cher. Schlemmer q Co, hardware manu-
facturers:
III We can keep out OF war every
thing will he all right. We are much
better off to-day than we were IA year
ago and our company has handled no
war business. so far as we know. II may
be that some of our customers have used
our materials in making war supplies
but We believe that the decided turn fol-
the better in this business Is not due
to any such temporary and unhealthy
cause We look for good business In
the months to come.
What we call our country business
is steadily improving. There are evi.
dences of a stocking up. but for the
most part the present buying is or
small orders. Nevertheless our &c.
counts show "A healthy activity, and we
are confident that unless some disturb
Ing factor enters in we are about &c
see a very prosperous season."
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AUTOMOBILES
t.. +. BINpBrurEL. editor Of Motor

~ U. ~ bbtt itI. enltOr OF MOfOT
Print:
one OF the strongest, indications Of
big business to come Is the fact thai
manufacturers everywhere are taking ON
new men. Md not only are the stafrs
hcIug enlarged, but wages are be,ng
raised.
The ji'noy business has done y lot
to boost trade The West Is jitneyized.
IN fact some dealers out there think
that prospective buyers OF good carr are
being kept out of the market because Of
the farm Of jitneys that crowd the
streets Of many Western cities. | am in
formed that tho Jitney - already All in
stitution In Porto Rico. | know from my
own observations that in some Western
cities the jitucy Is forcing the street rail
way business to the wall.
Motor trucks are steadily gaining In
popularity. Because OF the heavy ship
meu's ~ horses and hay to Europe the
cost 81 a car doesn't look So bis to the
tiu,kmau. IIc can got an auto truck
for the price OF 4 team. There Il no
question ahpu, the difference in upkeep.
liay Is his and Casole1e is cheap. so
cheap ia ~ We hear little nowadays
about substitutes. We nave. passed the
e,ooO. "oO mark ON all cars. Ford prom
Uses to reach tho million mark for all
sales to date by the end Of next year.
Dealers tel me that there 4. a big
demand for second hand cars and that
I'm a majority Of vases the second hand
car il bought 20 practise on. the intcn-
ton being To buy u good car NEXT year.
In travelling I'm the West recently |
noticed also that the country is being
dotted with way~Ide tayerns. far from
t " railroads. Builders are seeking 10
give them the atmosphere ur the old
time. That indicates that the automo-
bile business j. ON ahead. We th.uk
the country is being motorized and We
look for biz times in the game"
II. NIN ALsTNNE Of the AmomoJt,
and Motor iGC:
To submit a general review of the
conditions prevailing in this great auto
mobile industry in the brief space al
lo'tcd would work such a great iujus-
tie. 10 tho hundreds Of manufacturers
WI" a." running thoir plants nigh, and
day aud arc absolutely unable to meet
the demands that I can host sum tho
entire situation IN assuring You that our
representatives in the principal automo-
bile centres and who are In close touch
with every development Of the indus
try report optimistically. not only on
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N.5s. There is general complaint that
ut the present prices there is little de.
mand, but IT IL hoped that fail building
activities will keep the price up.
"A few new plans are in course ~
construction and others arc plaun,d In
different parts of the country. but IL b.
not likely that production will increase
very much. II any, over 1914. The con.
stantly increasing quantities of cemcr,
going INTO agricultural work of all kind.
has saved the industry from the demon.
alization that has come to so many 9th
ers during the past year"
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Increase aud Expectations.
JAMES IL. kENNEDY, editor of

So
Hdrdodre Dealers Magasine:
in a series Of reports from leading
hardware jobbers, retailers and manu-
facturers located in all parts OF the
United states the dominant note is one
or encouragement. The first half OF
1918 az compared with the closing six
months of l9li shows not only an
Increase of business. but furnishes a
foundation for large expectations in the
immediate future,
while "A large portion of this in
creased activity or evivc expectation
naturally comes from the direct orders
received from the nations at war, the
indirect results are apparent in many
lines that have no relation to tho making
of ammunition or the furnishing of milf
tary supplies. The steel and iron barom-
etcr Indicates advancement in prices.
many of which rave already occurred.
prom many sections We learn that
crops al" more than encouraging, that
mon y ~ plentiful and collections are
good, Since June many OF the coal
producers have been making record
shipments. which has stimulated buying
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SILk
RAYMOND SKINNER CLARKE OF

M HVNU NNFNNTH VTNNNF UT
william Skinner 4 Sons. silk manufac-
turers
Everything points to a good season
in the SILK business. From now until
November W expect the placing OF
heavy orders In silk Innings for both
mems and women's wear. outside OF
New York our orders are very good,
and the outlook is very encouraging,
which IL more than we could ave said
At this time last year. In general bust
ness II 'spotty.' I'm some sections OF
the country 1t is very good, IN others II
IL not up to normal
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HERMAN 4. METZ, president OF II.
\, Metz a Co, dye manufacturers, has
been pointing out for some time the
critical situation presented because OF
the scarcity Of dyestuns and the in
ability TO tap the German sources or To
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TEXTILES, DRY GOODS

j. II. EMERY. president of Lord q
Taylor, said that his own feeling OF
optimism regarding the business outlook
was echoed in the reports made to him
by hundreds Of buyers coming from all
parts of the country.
II think we have come TO the turning
point" he said, "a that we are about
TO see a gradual increase in business.
We are doing better than last year.
hut confidence Is slow in returning. The
shock OF last year has not quite dis
appeared. The buyers are being held
down ~ the merchandise managers and
as a result the business is largely OF the
hand to mouth variety. BY that |
mean that our customers are not stock
ing up. They are buying in quantities
just large enough to meet the current
demand.
Now I believe thai In view Of present
conditions this is not the right thing
to do. For instance, our stock OF im-
ported hosiery is low, and we aren't
going 10 get any more II this war keeps
up. one would think that the mer-
chants, knowing that, would make such
purchases now as wOuld meet the time
OF scarcity.
Another very serious matter is the
lack ri dyestuffs. Germany manuCac-
lures most OF the dyes needed in this
business, and we have been unable to
get any from that country since last
March. II this condition continues our
manufacturers are going to be hard
pressed TO supply the demands for goods.
Still. the buying in small lots con-
tinues. II shows that %precaution Is
being a little o%verdone.
"However, | ann optimistic over the
general outlook. with all this money
pouring into the United States there IS
bound TO he a sitting OF it through bust
ness. They were hit hard in the South
last year because of the cotton situation.
but there Is a feeling of optimism even
in Texas just now. ! think the gradual
upward tendency already noticed IS
going right on
Best Kind Of Prospects.
+. W. FAIRCHILD, publisher OF the
DAILY Trddc Record, Mems Wear and
WoDlcu's Wear;
The shrcwdest people in our lines
believe hat We are going to have the
best kind OF a business boom. When
tho war began and everything was ia a
chaotic state our careful people beeaI
20 cConomizc, Now those who econo,
mlzed In dress and other expenditures OF
that kind are beginning to feel that this
country IL In an impregnablc position
both from the point OF view OF %fnancinl
aud from the point OF view of m~erchan,
dising, America IL the only Workshop
aud store in the world that Is open fol
business.
you know that men used To go I,
London Tor their clothes. Now In.
buyers IRON every country are cominl