Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29

JOHN Il. HANlFEN. / bought a consider.
able amount in October. and wish | had
eiosed contracts for all | could get then
ea the prices were up about Is per cent
wben | went to buy in December.
"people generally do not know the class
~ goods that are now being made by the
knitting process" said Mr.. Hanifen. Here
are samples of cloths for mems and
vyor,ens overcoats that look like heavy
woven goods, but they are all knitted, and
Ne are turning out enormous quantities Of
tiohter weight Jersey cloth for womenS
dresses. This Jersey cloth has obtained
oulte a vogue in Paris, whore II Is being
made IN mainly in Spanish designs by the
foremost dressmakers. We are making
rreat deal of II in broad cOlored stripes
for sport costumes for ladies' We have
al present II different combinations Of
color stripes and VIC are turning out
about 5000 yards day.
'The underwear which we manufacture
ia all for mems wear, and IL made up I'm
the natural-wool tinish-simlar to the
wel-known Jaeger underwear. Our best
wool comes from Australia, but we also
import camels hair and alpaca yarns
from England.
''There Is no question about the scarcity
Of woolen underwear at present This
country is supplying all the countries that
formerly looked to Germany, England and
France and we have our own home mar
ket to supply az we'll. a man called here
Yesterday to place an order for $4,000
worth of goods; but on account OF the un
settled condition of the yarn market, I
could not give him a price till ] figured
out what I could buy the yarn for.
"our statesmen usually go West In Dc
oember for orders This year they did
not go, as we had moro orders than we
IL st....
day and night. in addition to our knitted
piece goods, we turn out about $50 to 200
dozen of underwear day. There IL one
house In this city that buys more than
100000 worth of our goods each year. We
export goods to Australia and to other
foreign countries through our New York
house.
This war was the salvation of knit
goods manufacturers in this country, and
II a reasonable tariff cannot be passed to
shut out competition from abroad l am
afraid we will be as badly off as ever
when the war ends"
y BROAD RIBBONS IN DEMAND.
AT the present time this country is al
most wholly dependent on Japan for silk
for manufacturing purposes" said Alex
ander Tannenbaum, Of l.. Tanncnbaum
Sons & Co., manufacturers of ribbons,
silks and millinery, $50 Market street.
and nobody" he continued, "can tell the
exact situation in Japan, whether there is
a short crop or whether Japan knows she
has the goods that are SO greatly in de-
mand and Is going to make all the profit
she can, And n one could blame her.
The Japanese Government stands back of
the silk growers in that country. The
cold facts are that recently silk has gone
up from SO to $40 a pound for double
extra silk The quantity of silk that
comes from China is negligible, and as for
silk from EuropeaL countries, the price Is
out Of all reason,
Our firm is the largest silk manufaC-
turing concern in Philadelphia. We make
ribbons and broad silk. and our mills are
located at Allegheny avenue and street.
As TO ribbons, there is very heavy de-
mand for wide ribbons. and very few
manufacturers are equipped to turn them
out. We are thoroughly equipped, and
believe we can meet all demands Buyers
Of these wide ribbons are not considering
prices-the only question asked is, Have
you the goods?'
I'VE have been in this business for SO
years and have just moved from our old
quarters on Arch street to this largest
most modernly equipped wholesale mil
linery store in the country. We occupy
100000 square feet of space and have the
latest centrifugal electric shutes to con-
yey goods from floor to floor.
4 But to get back to ribbons, the shades
most In demand are Alice blue, coral !
Niger brown, bottle green. old rose and
american Beauty, and the materials |
which predominate most are failles'
molres and taffetas."