Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-19
MANY new FABRICS ON SALE
American.Made Substitutes for
Imported Goods in Stores.
High Cost Of Living TO BE Affected,
Merchants Think. b. Domestic
Manufacture after war-~Some
Things Just ~ Good"

This city's stores, In common with those
Of many other cities. particularly in the
East, are showing a larger variety and
abundance of homemade fabrics than
ever before. Each year Of the war has
seen development in American manufac-
ture Of substitutes for goods formerly i'm
ported from England. Scotland, Ireland.
Belgium, France and Germanp. This
country has long produced good. lus-
trous black. because of the hose Industry;
It is now for the first time, stores here say.
producing good green, few good blues
even, etc. The manufacture of print cloth In
greater variety than ever before has fol-
lowed tho creation Of new dyes In Amer
lea. Substitutes for pure linen. such as
what is called union linen. mixture OF
linen and cotton; new serges, like GER
tain cotton back serges," which the
American Wooden company's mills in WI
nooski are now making: and other mix
lures are either being created or made In
greater quantity than ever before.
Members Of some of the leading store
firms in town said the cost Of living after
the war would undoubtedly be brought
down by the fact we are depending upon
made-in-America goods instead Of import
Ing. The United States Is even initiating
handmade laces in her machines. and
the factory girl as we'll as milady can
make an appearance at least Of dressing
artistically at small cost. Machine-made
laces at Is to Is cents a yard are Of course
not equal to handmade at from $3.50 up,
but they we'll illustrate the development of
|lace-making in America. even since the
war. The finest laces America cannot
yet produce. At one store at least in the
city they are selling a cotton velour for
portieres that could not be equalled at the
price before the war. This is only one
Of many materials which are excellent
substitutes for imported goods.
Almost within the year Scotch cheviot
has been successfully initiated, a tough
cotton fabric excellent for summer ties
for men. Specialists now exist who are
so skilful In mixing cotton with wool as
to defy all but experts like themselves,
and the material Is said to be more dur
able for the cotton. Cotton damask in
stead Of all-damask goods are being sold
here. 1t 10 not as good as the Scotch or
Irish fabric. but a fair substitute and
cheaper at the prices charged. The fax
imported from Belgium and southern Rus
STA is shipped here no longer. and cotton.
ETC.. must be substituted. An excellent
substitute for French cretonnes has been
evolved. for use as curtains. table cover
ings. etc. A furniture repp is made, be-
Scotch and Russian product, filets and
I FISH nets" which replace those formerly
imported from England and Scotland and
Germany. are made In America and sold
here. Large Philadelphia firms are chang
ing over their factories for the purpose.
Cotton velours are replacing the linen We
lours Of France and Belgium.
MANY NEW SUBSTITUTE ARTICLES,
| Wash and dress goods, all sorts Of fab
RIGS in cotton. wool, etc., are not the only
things which are being developed. Amer
lea ia making linoleums, for instance,
that may not be AZ nne as the imported
article but are cheaper for the money.
But that's another story.
II. a. seems probable in the case Of Bel
giurn. certain industries are driven out OF
existence. America will have to supply
herself not only during the tide-over pc.
ROD Of the war. but permanently.