Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17
PROBLEM FOR MERCHANTS
Believed Prices Will Go Up
Even after War Ends.
scarcity of Merchandise appears In
observation-disclosures Considered High
Vow WIN Not Compare with
Levels soon Ia be Ecnchcd.

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| The unprecedented conditions that con-
front the mercantile world as u result
! Of the European war are realized by but
| few people in this country. The law of
supply and demand was never 50 upset
as now, and with word from abroad that
| the war will last two years longer it is
we'll for the consumer and the merchant
to plan for tho Immediate future VITA
consummatc care. Leading mon i'm the
textile lines hold the common opinion
that n scarcity of merchandise is in
cvitab!c and that the prices considered
high now will not compare with the
! levels that are soon to be reached. That
the facts in the case cannot he impressed
too strongly upon readers of the Free
Press is the opinion of the merchants Of
| Burlington. one Of whom discussed tho
problem Yesterday from many OF it's
| pcrplexng angles.
lie first read extracts from letter
! Just received from the leading manu-
facturor of hosiery in America. winch
| started with the statement that people
do not know the condition of tho markets
| in general and of the hosiery market
in particular. Tho black dyes now used
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| nl, n '"'''S We " "'' " r""''"' "E'
| go to 1000 per cont. and more
| hn
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| "'Pl'''"' nero Is ohIE so
WIZ amy way an" 'l'Ic mas '''h
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roai"e Tue war IMAM ever before III the
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| ','' ana N'N "'didhd Is Doing
| H''' W. III i-hSIalld' ana IN" lln"'t WOODS
broadc,,tb ,ro hafu,. ,',, i,,,. ..,,'
blankets. The mil,inr. Of mo, nov, ,....,,.
ing khaki uniforms will ko.., foreign mills
| busy making civilian clothes when r.aro
comes. so there is no prospcct OF tho
American market being sunplio1 From,
| British sources for a long time oven wifi,
! a speedy conclusion of tho rr,ot COM
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/ ~ an" orders N" n"'hG taken IN ~ lives
! W "o''haholSc nut with II" guarantee Of
1 ."'' o'"'S nI'"d "lthin IN" time specified.
| "''N'''i'S VINO can r'NIellSh tHc'r stocks
ct "'H ""er' near "'d prices ar" haSiciihG
!" 40 S"' ana are frankly told That they
VIII ne fortunate II they receive deliver
vi eve" i"''''"n Oh thcir orders
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Wv" MUS. '"''H WHAT napPehS' lie ordered
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MEDIATE the regular buyers of his goods.