The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
U DYE SHORTAGE
IN TEXTILE MARKETS

In the raw and manufactured textile
markets the strong advance IN prices
has been due primarily TO the scarcity
Of dyestufs, s~econdarily TO the advance
In wages for mill labor OF all kinds and
thirdly TO the scarcity Of cheap labor
which has resulted from the almost com
plete stopping OF immis ration.
The shortage OF dyes has become 50
scute that manufacturers are now BAY
Ing from $40 to $40 a pound for color
hgs which In normal time, sold for
from 40 10 so cents a pound. In one
instance recently q man In the dry
goods trade bought a cask OF dyestun
and paid $4,000 for It. The same cssk
would a sold before At from $500
70 $500.
Much Of the dyes.uns coming into this
market from time TO time are being sent
here from China and Mexico. Mexico In
normal times produces large quantities
Of cotton goods, and following the out
break OF the European war she carried
Q fair supply OF dyestufYs which she has
not been able to use. When the prices
Jumped 10 alluring levels she began to
send her supply TO this country and has
reaped a considerable profit thereby.
The superstition is that Germany had
shipped large quantities Of dyes TO China
for the silk requirements Of that coun-
Try and that China, like Mexico. has been
unable TO resist the high prices american
textile manufacturers are willing 10 pay
The price Of rugs has gone up TOO
6axony Administers, which In normal
times sold for slS, are now selling for
$3.50. Smith Administers. which were
formerly f2,50. are now quoted al So3
and SEA each. and the higher priced
rugs, which sold In 1914 for from $40
to $50, now are worth from SIS to $50.
For purposes OF comparisons, the fore
going quotations apply to Fxl2 sizes.
One OF the reasons for the advance IN
this commodity Is the fact that the wOols
coming into this market are Of too hne a
grade to be successfully used In the
weaving OF rugs. Also there has been
Q shortage OF shoddy In our markets.
Another factor serving to exhila ate
Ehe textile market Is the slow but sure
advance In wages In the majority OF thu
manufacturing centres, Operatives ali
over the country have asked for shorter
hours and more pay. and in many in.
stances their demands have been granted.
In other cases the demands are daily
growing In strength and the manufac-
turers who have not met them will he
forced to do so In the near future.
II will be years before the whole-
sale linen situation RECEIVERS from the
effects Of a year and q half OF the
world war. Flax IL scarce ana II viii
DC = iuns time before prices return 10
normal, \ peculiar feature OF the
linen situation Is that the retailers hay.
not put thor prices up in keeping with
the advance I'm who'rSnle quotations
The only explanation Is that the majority
Of the retailers bought goods away
Hhead.
KID gloves nave advanced M price and
Will continue 20 advance. first. hecau,.
Of a scarcity q skins. hu, prime pa,i,
because Of the lack OF skilled labor II
Europe Cove cutters become wonder
tuliE expo -ia'ur dow il. .rlup
ana the lttd' - par- II from --u,"rluui
70 generation n SOME ui rIr F.,n,.
families. Al present IA" cutters then,
"lves are busy In m" trcncnp3 some