Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-07

/ down at the beginning OF the war Dyes
are only n byproduct OF one of these
chemical plants There are hundreds OF
others. and as the markets for these
are closed, Germany is not going ahead
making dyes on the chance of sending
lhem to the United states and sacrificing
all the other byproducts she has no mar
ket for"
LINEN AND COTTON THREAD.
Linen thread made in this country is
mostly used in the manufacture OF shoes.
Most of this thread is made In Pater-
son, N. J. The raw material comes from
Europe. principally from Russia, Belgium
and Ireland. The scarcity of fax from
which this thread is made is sending
prices skyrocketng. and the outlook for
future supply Is anything but bright.
In Cuba there is almost famine for
cotton thread For years Great Britain
shipped cotton thread to Cuba at price
that drove American cotton thread from
that market. Now that the price Of the
English thread has gone away up there is
a chance of American cotton thread
manufacturers securing the Cuban mar
ket again.
BUY MEMS CLOTHING NOW.
The reason we are selling mems cloth
ing at such low prices. when every one
knows the price Of cloths Of all kinds have
advanced said Jerome @. Cross. super
lntendent of Wanamaker & Brown, ia
because we bought last year the goods
we are retailing today. We are buying
today the goods we will retail next winter
and we are paying very much higher
prices"
There is a greater demand for the
better grade of goods this year than for
merly. because people seem to have more
money; and while It is very difficult to
keep up all our stocks at present prices,
IL ia particularly in i'm a. hattar orr
Asked to what he attributed the in
crease in prices. he said II unuuestion-
ably was the result of war orders placed
In this country FOR clothing, especially
the enormous orders for uniforms THE
manufacturers are getting better profits
on such goods than they can get manu-
featuring for the home market. Some
orders were placed for millions of yards
or the same material, and naturally the
manufacturers could adjust their looms
and keep running with less trouble and
with more profit on such orders than IL
they were compelled to readiust their
looms each time they turned out a pat
tern for the domestic trade.
The man who buys all the clothes he
can AFFORD today will have no regrets
next fall and winter, no matter when
the war ends"
SKILLED LABOR IN DEMAND.
1--WE cannot begin to NIL the demands
TOT skilled labor, such as maChiniSts,
said the manager Of the State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry Bureau of
Employment, at 10th and Arch streets.
today. I'VE have about 80 applications
OF all kinds each day and find places for
about 70 per cent, but many of these
are unslSilled."
a movement IL under way to make the
immigrant better citizen. A bureau to
he known as the industrial bureau has
been opened in connection with the
Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia
with this one OF its objects. A wider
use of schoOhouses for the promotion
Of civic education for adults and such
other activities as relate to community
centres. and to stimulate the education
Of candidates for citizenship, aud cspe-
cialy the immigrant are to be its main
objects.
Los Angeles, Cal, has already taken "A
prominent position In this work. and
many other cities are getting in line The
cessation OF the European war Is eN-
pected to give an impetus to this work
and preliminary organization IL ubso-
lutely necessary to accomplish the best
results . ....- -a