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New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Textiles
Jobbers Do Good Busi-
ness in Cotton Goods for
PROMPT ShiDn,ent

Cotton textiles were in good demand
Yesterday, the jobbers being the prin-
clpal sellers. Mill agents did little ex-
cept dispose of so-called Shorts" even
these irregular widths being readily
absorbed. The commission merchants
stated that they had received plenty of
orders, but as so many lines have tenn
porarily been withdrawn from sale
their chief function was to notify GUS
toners that ther offerings could not
be accepted
Few of the jobbers evinced any dis
position to take orders for future
shipment, all of the current sales being
for prompt delivery. Some of the job
bers received good sized orders for
bleached fabrics from manufacturers
of women's undergarments, but the
bulk of the sales were made to retail
dealers from widely separated sections
of the country.
Mill agents for unbleached products
reported that business with them was
we'll nigh lifeless, the principal deal
ings in this branch of the trade being
between converters, who sold goods to
one another. Prices for the unbleached
fabrics were unchanged. The mill men
expressed some displeasure over the
resales by converters at figures rather
below those quoted by the mills, the
commission agents taking the stand
that these sales tended to make for
instability in prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Metals
More inclination Sho,Un
to Cover Future Copper
Re0uirements

Copper rcfners have booked consid-
erablc business for delivery during the
rest Of this month as we'll as through
out the months of July and August.
The gales for nearby delivery appear to
have been made on the basis of TN
cents pound while those for shipment
in July brought TN cents, with 18
cents being quoted for the more distant
deliveries. Although prices for the
metal have advanced 8 to 3M cents a
pound over tho low levels prevailing
earlier in the year, some sellers init
mate still higher prices will be wit
messed later OH. 1t is said that doncs-
tic consumers have apparently covered
their requirements for July, while some
have bought large part Of their sup
plies for. August, but even these buy
ers are looking further into the future
because they anticipate greater re-
viyal in domestic business during the
forthcoming fall months.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Business M0nev

assumed courage, and now practically
all business men look for business to
continue on the present price basis
1t IS this factor more than any other
which it is believed will lead to greater
borrowing.
In error, the statement occurred
here yesterday that when broker
bought bills at 5 per cent, and the mar
ket advanced to 5 Il per cent, he made
profit. The exact opposite, of course,
is true, as, the question of commission
aside, the broker is compelled to ac-
cept a greater discount on the bills
than he gives himself.
The feature of yesterdays bank ac-
ceptance market was the purchase by
the American Exchange National Bank
of $10,000,000 or more in bills, about
half of which were taken to the Fed
eral Reserve institution, while the
other half we're retained by the bank.
This action followed the statement of
the banks president on the necessity
of keeping liquid the supply of bills
in the hands of dealers. One estimate
places the floating supply Of bills in
the hands Of New York dealers at S75,-
100000 to $10O,O00OO0, compared with
an average floating supply of about
$6O,0OO,00O.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Commercial paper continues firm at
Il per cent for even the best names
Five and a quarter per cent and 5A
per cent paper are both negligible in
amount There is a market, in Chicago
at to 5A per cent, but dealers hero
derive little advantage from this.
Most paper dealers look for a con-
tinuance of present rates for some
time. Government borrowing at Az
per cent, with tax exemption bring
ing the yield to an equivalent of 5 per
cent, and with all the rediscou privi-
leges offered by commercial paper, is
thought to fix per cent as a minimum
for paper.
One of the factors which is expected
to make for continued firmness is a
growth in business borrowing. Right
after the armistice, and for several
months thereafter, nearly all business
looked for collapse Of prices. Manu-
facturers feared to stock up, and so
did not borrow for it. Gradually, when
no drop in prices came, and when
Irving Fisher, the National City Bank,
Otto Kahn, the Federal Reserve
Board and other authorities assured
them on theoretical grounds that no
violent drop was likely to come, they
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Rubber
RecIdin,ers COr1vert Plants
Into Rubber Goods
Factories

Continued lack of demand for their
product has caused several rubber re-
chalmers to convert their plants to
the manufacture of rubber goods. At
the quarterly meeting of the reclaim
ers' association, held yesterday, it was
stated that others also were seriously
considering taking similar steps.
Because of the constant reduction in
the price of crude rubber and the
immense quantities available in the
local market, rubber goods manufact-
urers are not displaying any interest
in the offerings of reclaimed product
Producers Of the latter declare that
they will not be in a position to sell
at prices comparing with those of
crude rubber until dealers lower the
cost of their scrap. At present there
is small demand from manufacturers
of automobile tops for rubber re-
claimed from boots and shoes, but
little business is in sight from other
sources.
Scrap dealers, who are reported to
have large stocks on hand, are finding
IL good source for revenue in the sale
of old tires to concerns specializing
in retreadng processes.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Silks
mporters Distributing
Fair Quantities Of French
NOUeIty Fabrics

Una'bated demands for all kinds of
silk fabrics were reported yesterday
by the principal jobbing concerns.
While local buyers were reputed to be
only fair purchasers representatives
of retail establishments extending
from Chicago to San Francisco were
in the salesrooms for the purpose of
placing orders on liberal scale One
iobber in describing the buying stated
that the Western buyers were hungry
for silks. Satin-faced fabrics were in
especial demand at prices running from
So to So q yard, and it was stated that
these goods will retail for 81 to $5.
Commission merchants for the Lyons
silk mills reported that supplies were
being received from France in good
volume. Metal woven goods, crepe
chiffons and dress nets were mentioned
as being among the new French con-
signments received in the silk districts
All that the importers have to do is
to distribute the fabrics, as the origi-
nal orders were placed several months
ago.
Jobbers reported an unprecedented
demand for goods used in the manu-
facture of shirts. The buying of this
class of silk was attributed by num-
Der OF the leading jobbers to the great
purchasing power of the laboring
classes. 1t was stated that Southern
merchants, who in past years cvinced
comparatively little interest in silk
shirts, have become liberal purchasers,
thanks to high prices for raw cotton,
which has increased the volume of
money in circulation in the South.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Leather
Orders for Nouelty Goods
in Leather Booked
Far ahead

Manufacturers of fancy leather
novelties have recalled their travel
ling statesmen from the road because
enough orders already have been
booked to use up the supply of raw
material at the disposal of the fac
tories for some time to come. Scarcity
of leather and skilled labor have
greatly curtailed production in this
line.
Sealskins are said to be almost i'm
possible to obtain, and it is predicted
that shortly all goods made in this
leather will be dropped by the manu-
facturers. Several concerns are now
turning out articles formerly made of
sealskin in cowhide, with hairllne
grain. Pigskins also are scarce, with
those that do come through from the
foreign market bringing excessive
prices.
In view Of the manufacturing situa-
.tion, buyers now coming to the mar
ket to place orders for the Christmas
holiday sales are liberal in consider
ing delivery specifications. The old
time insistence upon delivery at speci-
fed dates is thing Of the past. Some
manufacturers are from two to three
months behind on deliveries. 1t Is
said that it may develop that goods
produced at the factories will. have tc
be allocated to the various regular
buyers, SO that every one will at least
get a portion of the orders placed.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Fair Distribution of SILK
Output, Mills Chief Aim
Manufacturer of Fine Novelty Fabrics Asserts Eager
Buyers Await Every Yard of Material Weaved;
Predicts Higher Prices in About Ninety Days

A MEXICAN silk mills are unable to
keep up with a worldwide de-
mand for the product of their looms.
For every yard of fabric that the
manufacturers are able to get out of
their weaving machinery, now running
to full capacity, there is an eager buy
er waiting, and, according to E. Irv-
ing Hanson, president of H. r.
Madison & Co., manufacturers of
high grade novelty fabrics, the dis
crepancy between production and de-
mand has become so marked as to
make it necessary to parcel out sup
plies in such quantities as to give all
an opportunity to share in the output
of the mills
"With u.s." said Mr.. Hanson, "the
chief difficulty is to see that the fab
RIGS are so spread out among custo-
mers that all go away quite satisfied,
and to prevent one buyer being favored
at the expense of another. Each
morning the demand for immediate
shipment of goods is far greater than
the supplies received from our mills.
Buyers are not only more numer-
GUS but are in position financially
to purchase larger quantities of silks
than the trade has been accustomed to
heretofore, because the women of
the United States have money to spend
for semi-luxuries. During the war
expenditures were curtailed, were dis
couraged by patriotic impulses, and
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

as earnings were enormous the money
either was invested in government
bonds or was husbanded. Some of this
money is now flooding into the silk
markets, and besides, the current high
wages also permit of larger expendi-
lures in purchases Of silk. More
than ever are the women Of the coun-
try economically independent.
"The export trade, while relatively
small alongside of the great volume
of domestic sales, has increased
steadily, with orders coming from
nearly every country where silk is
worn. Our foreign business un-
doubtedly would show further increase
if it were not for the difficulty of OBJ
tanning licenses to ship goods into
England and France in which coun-
tries dealers have bought considerable
quantities of our weaves. :
present prices for silk fabrics are
lower, I believe, than they will be
ninety days hence. Raw silk com
mands record prices, weavers' wages
are at unprecedented levels, the cost
Of converting the unfinished goods in
to the dyed and designed material is
greater than ever, and the stocks in
the hands Of manufacturers are the
smallest known to the trade Even the
most staple fabrics we manufacture
cannot be delivered in less than sixty
days from the time orders have been
placed"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Furs
Msiskrot Skins in Big De.
mand at Steadily Ris-
ing Prices

Muskrat is easily the high spot in
the fur market to-day. Because Of the
advance orders received by fur manu-
facturers for both long and short
coats of Hudson seal, the demand for
muskrat has been large, and dealers
are quoting constantly advancing
prices. Muskrat is said to have shown
greater price advance than any of
the other so-called staple furs, and if
present demand continues, say the
dealers, the price will become almost
prohibitive. The present high prices
of muskrat are bringing into the. mar
ket many substitutes, such as sealine
and seal-dye nutra, although sthe
latter is but little less in value than
the muskfat
Old-time fur men predict the in
PRODUCTION Of some other fur to. re-
place Hudson seal if the market ad-
.vances much more. They base this
prediction on past experience.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18

Hides Being Sold Off
Backs of Grazing Herds
Tanners Buy Raw Material Be
fore Cattle Are Slaughtered,
Says Shoe BUYER

Hides on all the cattle now fatteninp
for slaughter west of the Mississippi
River already have been bought and
paid for, according to the shoe buyer
Tor large retail store here. In making
this statement yesterday at meeting
OF the Retail Shoe Dealers Association
of New York, this buyer said that he
recently made trip through the West
to investigate conditions as they af-
fected the shoe and leather trade, and
was surprised to learn that besides all
the available raw stocks of hides, the
leather industry had purchased about
all tie hides that will bettaken from
anlmals slaughtered in tie next six
months.
Referring to persistent reports that
there were many warehouses in this
city which were crammed full of
leather, the speaker declared that there
was no doubt about this condition ex-
isting, but that all of the leather so
stored had been bought by foreign in
terests, which were awaiting an oppor-
tunty to ship it out of the country.
John Slater, president of the asso-
citation, told the retailers that he knew
of farmers who had sold the skins Of
calves six weeks old for SIS each. He
said that month ago he bought some
Russian calfskin at 80 cents foot, but
found that it was slightly defective
The tanners expressed willingness to
take the leather back and informed Mr..
Slater that the price of the same quail
ity material to-day was SLIT
1t was suggested at the meeting that
the retailers inaugurate q campaign to
educate the public to expect to pay
higher prices for its footwear.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Woollen Mills Booking
Spring Cloth Orders
Selling Agents Accede to Re
quests for Early Acceptance
of Business

So insistent have been the demands
OF mems clothing manufacturers on the
woollen mill selling agents to accept
orders now for spring goods that sew
eral of the latter said yesterday they
were abandoning their policy of not
selling so far ahead and are taking the
orders. Although such orders only
serve to further stiffen prices, a condi-
tlon which the selling agents say they
90 not relish any. more than do the
buyers, they are becoming more fire.
quent every day, and it is possible, it
Is said, that the bulk of the spring
business will be placed unusually early
On~the majority of the orders placed
now the price is left open and the
process is known as ordering "at
value" The mill agents say they are
not at all sure what the prices for GER
tain cloths will be when production of
lightweight goods starts.
Deliveries of heavyweight goods for
use during the coming fall and winter
are greatly delayed, not only because
OF the shortage of labor and the less
ened working period in the week, but
also by the slow deliveries of yarn. 1t
is reported in the trade that several
mills have as high as SO per cent of
their looms idle at the present time be-
cause they are unable to get yarns
from the spinners. Yarn prices are on
a constantly advancing scale and on the
inner grades are above wartime levels.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
CoIors
Lack OF Stocks Hampers
Business in
Dyesfufs

Trading in the dyestuffs market con-
Vaaes TO be for restricted quantities.
s~sx OF adequate stocks still hampers
las'sess in such colors as patent blue
Z, wool green $, full type metanil yell
~ and all vat colors. OF late some
s.aall offerings have been made Of pat
sss blue, but in view of the scarcity
= snih material sellers are asking a
xnee which prospective buyers are not
.sss,'hed 70 pay. In one instance an Of
'ssihz "as made at $13 pound.
'"'ss colors continue to attract con-
ssesao'e 'ntercst, but trading Ii con-
a 70 small-!ot sales. There is a
nn0aerate call for domestic alkali blue.
se'aasa Tor Bismarck brown is Of a
,sas'as nature. The call for dircc,
s;.s.s 49, y good. keid black is moving
lsss lS. a ialr demand exists for brill
orisas. ~ ""'p'"en' 70 'ne
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Jewelry
Early Orders for Jewelry
Do Not Assure Quick
Deliveries

Receipts Of large orders that ordi
narily would be placed in August have
helped to disrupt further the delivery
schedule of jewelry manufacturers.
Buyers already are coming into the
market to place orders for jewelry to
be sold next fall and winter, but are
receiving no encouragement when they
ask for early deliveries. Factories
here and at Providence are far behind
en- the shipments, due to the shortage
of skilled workers.
Selling representatives Of Provi-
dence factories yesterday declared
that the labor situation in the Rhode
Island city is justsas acute as it is
here. There is plenty Of "green" help
to be obtained, but skilled bench hands
are hard to get, they say.
In booking early orders the sales
Offices find that there is larger de-
mand for silverware despite the fact
that most of the factories have re-
Gently marked up the price of their
product from 10 to Is per cent. Imita-
tion pearls also are ordered in large
quantities and at higher prices than
ever before. Glass bead neck chains
in large range of colors are pop
ular with the buyers. Manufacturers
report they are having trouble OBJ
tanning new stocks of raw materials.
Companies specializing in gold
plated bracelets, earrings, watch
wristlets, ETC., say that their sales
so far this year have more than
doubled over those Of 1918. Retail
conditions in this line are said to be
comparatively poor on the Pacific
Coast, but exceptionally good in the
Middle West.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Raw Silk Market Stiff

Transactions in raw silk yesterday
were not numerous, though some of the
importers received orders for delivery
during the months of July and August.
Most Of this business came from man
ufacturers who desire to supplement
their present supplies of the raw stuff.
Prices remained stiff at unchanged
levels in the absence of cables from
the Yokohama market.
News from Shanghai indicated that
the anti-Japanese agitation had sub
sided, and that the northern Chinese
silk at Shanghai were firm and that
1t also was stated that prises for raw
silk at Shanghai were firm. and that
the holders there expected to see even
higher levels than those now obtaining
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Chemicals
Exporters in Market for
Phenol; Caustic Soda
) Holds Firm,
Chemicals

Demand for phenol among exporters
is active. Producers are naming 10 to
1912 cents a pound, but occasional sec
ond hand lots are being offered at 9M
cents.
Caustic soda continues strong. If
the export demand keeps up, say deal
ers, it is likely. that prices will be ad-
vanced further. Sales have been made
by second hands at s2.95 delivered,
while producers report sales at So to
$31O. Soda ash is in good demand
among domestic buyers, but the export
demand is ~quieter
Offerings of oxalic acid are freely
made in the open market at "a cents a
pound. The decline in the price of this
article has been steady, despite the ef-
forts of manufacturers to strengthen
the market. The price on bichromate
of soda has been advanced by second
hands to cents.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Northern Pine Higher
Lumber Stocks in ALI Sections
Reported Short

ST. LOUIS, June 17.-Action OF
Northern Pine manufacturers last
week in raising their lists SIS
per 1000 feet on all selected
lumber So to sS on dimension,
81 on timbers and $3.50 on siding, with
corresponding advances on items of less
Importance. makes the general advance
in the lumber market unanimous. New
lists on Northern pine have not yet
been issued by all mills, but the ad-
vances, according to Lumber" are ef-
fective in all the principal distributing
markets. The Northern Pine mills, like
the Southern Pine mills, and most all
other mills in the country, it is report
ed, are short Of stocka in the COM
monty used items.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
gIlSINESS NEWS BUREAU:
Tribune Building
I54 Nassau Street
Retail Trade in
Furs Heavy; High
Prices No Bar
Problem Is How 10 Supply
Demand; Average Dealer
Has Increased Business Is
TO 33 l.3 Per Cent in Year

Despite the prevailing high prices
Of furs, retailers throughout the coun-
try are buying with confidence and arc
no, only placing initial fall orders of
greater value in dollars and cents than
usual, but are ordering moro than
their usual quantity of pieces. Fur
garments, according to A. f. Force, OF
the Clawson g. Wilson Company, fur
wholesalers, OF Cleveland, Buffalo and
New York. are no longer luxury for
the rich. but are regarded as necessl-
ties by those in humber circumstances.
"As long as women insist upon hav-
ing furs," he said, present prices and
nresent prosperous conditions in the
whole fur industry will continue. Re-
sailers and wholesalers alike no Ion
ger question the demand for furs. 1t
actually exists, and the big problem
now is to supply it."
Mr.. Force is now in New York, after
having sold early fall orders amount
ing 10 more than S300,00O in three
Middle Western states.
"The retailers are doing a tremcn-
dous business" he said. "From figures
when were SHOWN me L eStllNaJe InaC
the average retailer has increased his
business from 25 to 33 13 per cent
over last year, and many of them, es-
recially in the industrial towns, have
shown even greater increases. For in
starce, in one of the iron towns of
Eastern Ohio a retailer has increased
his business 100 per cent, in face
Of thu fact that the iron industry is
one of the few businesses that is said
to be slack at the present time. Even
the smaller towns in the agricultural
sections are good in the retail line
now, and sold $4,000 worth of furs
to retailer in such a town of only
5000 population
Progressive retailers, according to
Mr. Force, no longer wait for cold
weather to bring about demand, but
by August fur sales, which have be-
come almost nationwide in extent,
force the issue and bring the woman's
attention to furs months before she
intends wearing them.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Frequent Auctions Encourage
Speculation in Fur Pelts

While manufacturing furriers are
making substantial purchases from the
raw skin dealers at present, the latter
IN many cases prefer quick profits to
holding the stock and disposing of it
ID the regular trade channels. This
Is advanced as the reason for the pop
aiarity Of the many smaller fur auction
concerns have sprung up in the trade.
Suy'ng and selling in the smaller auc-
IONS IS regarded by many of the trade
leaders as speculation. They say that
These auctions are serving only to in
crease prices and do not distribute the
goods in consumption channels.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Dog Mats" Sold to Furriers

In order to round out the equipment
OF the aviation service, the War De-
partment bought considerable quanti-
ties of Chinese dog mats" which, ac-
cording to government officer, were
made from the hides and hair of such
breeds as the Sinchees and New
chwangs. The materials were used for
maxim gaviators' coats and gloves, as
well as for lining their boots. The
mats having been declared surplus
property, the War Department sold
them in their rough or unfinished
state to furriers, who in turn, it is
stated, made them up to resemble vari-
GUS kinds OF furs.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Big Sales of ''White Goods

Manufacturers of waists report an
extraordinary demand for white georg-
cite crepe waists. Buyers for retail
establishments are said to be placing
large orders for immediate delivery,
and manufacturers who have not yet
turned their attention to fall produc-
tion are bending every effort to keep
pace with the calls for midsummer
waists.
The enlarged demand for white
waists is said to BE in line with the
prediction that July and August this
year will be "white months" for the
women of the country to a greater ex-
tent than ever before. In this con-
nection the sales of white dresses,
white skirts and white shoes to re-
tailers in all parts of the country have
been larger than usual it is said.