Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
PLENTY OF GOODS FROM GERMANY.
ASSERTS LOCAL CHINA MERCHANT
Shipments Made Easily, Says c. G. Van Roden-varied
Dyes to Mix Colors This Year-Costa Rica
Coffee on the Market
"TETE ARE not having any great diff

"WE ARE not having any great difi-
w Guilty getting goods fror Germany
and other European countries" today de-
clared G. c. van Roden, treasurer Of
Wright, Tyndale e. van Roden, importers
of fine china and glassware.
'There are some small articles such as
are selected through the individual tastes
of our buyers that we are not getting
from Germany because our buyers are not
going there. but on regular goods we are
receiving shipments right along In the
matter OF Bohemian glass It is little
different The workers in that particular
commodity are very scarce at present
many having been drafted for the war
and the supply Of Bohemian glassware Is
therefore limited
II placed a large order for German
goods few days ago and I was promised
delivery in June" he continued, land II Is
not my business how they are going to
deliver them, so long as my order is
filled and delivered at the time specified.
There are 20 large cases of German
pottery on the way over here, have been
told. and know we are not finding any
difficulty In keeping up our lines. We are
getting some glassware from Belgium,
and, of course, our business with England
and France goes on without interrupt
ton"
Mr.. van Roden said that they had no
difficulty at any time getting goods that
were purchased before December, 1914
While admitting that some very fine
chinaware is made in this country. he
does not think we will be able to COM
pete with the foreign manufacturers.
mostly on account of the labor situation.
The workers In china plants in the United
States regulate the prices He said that
the difficulty in getting transportation
from Europe might affect prices later.
SILK Innings WON'T MATCH.
There is a well-denned rumor that
black dyes to the value of s1,OOO,OOO have
been released from Germany and are due
in this country within 10 days. The rep
resentative of the American Silk Mills
of Paterson, N j., In this city. said he
had not heard of 1t. He said that each
spring the jobbers of silks and Innings
for silks got together on the color ques-
tion, so as to harmonize the coors in
Innings with those of silks. This spring,
he says, there will be no color confer
ence. Garment manufacturers will have
to use whatever colors they can get.
There will be q great dearth of greens
and navy blues in the silk fabrics, he
says.
COSTA RIGA COFFEE BEST
"There has been no increase in the
pilSeS VI Coliee on account Oh lne fsuTO-
pean war" said Mr.. r. p Lloyd. the
representative of Chase & Sanborn, the
largest importers of tea and coffee in
the United States. There Is not likely
to be any increase, either, unless a situa-
tion should develop that ships cannot be
obtained to bring the coffee from South
American countries he said, and just
now such condition is more than a pos
sibility. Coffee from Aslatic countries
said Mr.. Lloyd, cuts very small figure
in our coffee importations. Java and
Mocha are scarcely ever used in this
country The best coffee comes from
Costa Rica We also get u very good
coffee from Venezuela. but the bulk of the
importations comes from Brazil. Mexi-
co grows n coffee which is largely used
in Spain. If Costa Rica, he continued.