Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
COTTON BUSINESS GOOD;
WOOL CONTINUES QUIET
Lack of Materials Biggest CONNER
cial Problem, Says Dun's Review

Conditions in the local cotton trade.
especially from the sellers standpoint,
are said to be satisfactory in every re-
spect The demand still continues good
prices are firm and satisfactory and the
business generally is considered In a very
healthy state, according to the weekly
trade review of r. G.. Dun & Co While
there Is a fair demand for all grades, most
business Is being done in combed peelers.
The local wool market is somewhat
quiet and there Is virtually no change in
the situation over the previous week.
Shirtwaist manufacturers continue busy
and the season has been one of the largest
they have had in years. There is a good
demand for mems and boys clothing.
prices have advanced somewhat, and there
is scarcity Of merchandise OF the bet
ter class Among the dry goods and
woolen jobbers there continues a good de-
mand, with prices advancing.
The iron and steel market continues
active and furnaces and mills are work.
ing at full capacity. with difficulty expert
enced in marking prompt deliveries. Prices
are firm, with an upward tendency. Col
lections are reported fair, with some i'm
provement noted
Regardless of the fact that hardware
prices are higher and the volume of busi-
ness greater. collections do not show the
same proportionate Improvement 1t is
believed. however. that this condition will
be regulated somewhat by the full open
ing Of the season.
The leather market continues strong and
prices firm. Glazed kid Is In demand,
especially eolored goods. Raw material is
scarce and high in price and the market
Is virtually sold up in raw and finished
product Shoe dealers report a good trade
during the last week and large sales are
expected during the current week. Mllli-
Iar
isfactory season.
No change is noted in the coal situa-
ton and the anthracite market is some-
what unsettled and the volume of busi-
ness is disappointing to local dealers.
Some attribute this TO the fact that the
consumer Is holding on. owing to the fact
that no reduction in price Is made this
spring
The week shows increased activity In
the building trade; several large strue-
lures have been started and also a NUM-
Der OF dwelling house operations. The In
creased cost OF material and scarcity of
labor still figures largely In holding back
many proposed improvements and extern
slons, and keen competition In bidding in
dieates small profit in most OF the con-
tracts awarded
The ehemical market Is fairly active
there Is a good demand but In some lines
dealers are experiencing difficulty N ill-
ing orders. owing 10 shortage OF stock due
70 the war The situation In dyestuffs re-
mains unchanged very little foreign dyes
are coming into the market and prices
are nigh. Tbs paper market shows some
improvement. manufacturers and jobbers
report some increase in volume of sales,
but some mills are nndlng Il difncult 10
M orders, owing 70 shortage in raw
Prices have advanced some
what
report business during the week quiet and
collections normal Retailers report 4 sat-
iafaciory business with c0lieetlons "a
,tnsd - be slog