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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-09

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-09

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-09

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-09

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dnor scatter SOFA On 4 AID then pou-
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come out easily
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Silks
Sample Patterns for Next
Spring Being Wouen
by Silk Mills

Every merchant with silks to sell
did splendid business yesterday,
jobbers especially having profited from
the large run of orders for goods
needed, Immediately. But the manufac-
turers having about all the business
under contract which the capacity of
their looms justifics them in taking,
were rejecting orders.
Many of the mills are sold up to
November l, and in some exceptional
cases contracts have been accepted as
far forward as the first of next year.
Under the circumstances statesmen will
not have to solicit much business be-
tween now and August next, when the
selling season for the spring Of 1920
will open
A number of the leading concerns
are busily engaged in going over new
designs for next years fabrics, and the
sample looms are quite fully occupied d
in turning out weaves carrying fresh
patterns.
Some houses with foreign coDnec-
tions have received reports that the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Price Ascension Keeps
Buyers on ANXIOUS Seat
Fearful of Being Caught With High Cost Stocks
They Curtail Purchases, Only to Pay More for
the Next Lot of Goods Necessary for Business

buying supplies for her home in twos
and threes instead of in dozens, be-
cause of the high prices. This natu-
rally is reflected in buying from the
wholesalers.
Buyers for retail stores pay present
prices unwllingly and hesitatingly.
They won't place large orders except
when forced to do so to get merchan-
disc, and they buy no farther ahead
than is necessary. Of course, there
are exceptions to the rule All buyers
feel that break in prices is coming
some time, and they would rather take
in their goods in small lots and buy
more frequently, even at steadily in
creasing prices, than be caught with
large stocks on hand when the decline
sets IN
Mr.. Noah expressed the opinion that
clothing manufacturers and other
converters of raw materials into fin
ishcd merchandise were making a
higher percentage of profit than they
did few years ago, while the retailer
was operating on the same margin as
before
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Leather
Record Business Reported
by Returning Shoe
Statesmen

Shoe manufacturers whose salesmen
are returning from the road with or
ders from retailers for fall footwear
declare that business is establishing
new records. Retailers and jobbers in
all sections of tho country are said
to have placed unusually large orders
for fall goods, the filling of which
is keeping the factories working to
full capacity. 1t is believed that be-
cause Of the unsettled condition Of
the raw material market retailers are
anxious to place orders for their full
requirements at present prices.
Several Of the larger manufacturing
concerns which made no change in
their price schedules when general
revision was made several weeks ago
have recently advanced the price Of
their footwear from 25 to so cents
pair. This deferred increase was
explained as being caused by these
manufacturers having large stocks of
leather bought at prices prevailing last
January and which have just been ex-
hausted.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24

I INSTEAD Of working back to normal,
n the merchandise markets to-day are
getting more abnormal, according to
Lionel j. Noah, manager of the Asso-
clated Merchandising Corporation,
composed of nine large department
stores located in cities in widely sep
arated sections of the country. "The
present market is difficult one in
which to operate said Mr.. Noah yes
terday, land buyers for retail stores
are obsessed by all sorts of fears and
msglvings. They feel that they are
being forced to pay high prices without
justification. In my own opinion prices
are inflated, but | fear the imitation
Will continue for some time to come,
possibly year or more"
Mr.. Noah ventured the opinion that
while the retail stores were taking in
more money than ever before and pos
s>bly making greater net profit, they
were actually selling less merchandise
than in the days before the price as
cension.
The average housewife" he said, "is
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Jewelry
Manufacturers Of ,Je,uelry
Specialties Mark
Up Prices

Jewellers manufacturing specialties,
medals, badges, cups, etc, have ad
vanced their prices about 10 per cent
because of the increased cost of sill
yer and the higher wages demanded
by workers. Despite their efforts to
obtain sufficient skilled help to keep
up with the demand for goods, many
manufacturers are working their fac
tories with about 60 per cent of their
normal forces.
With the revival of sports these con-
Germs anticipate an exceedingly -four
lshlng business this year. Already they
are receiving a record number of or
ders, and in some cases have been
compelled to refuse business because
of the absence of facilities to handle
1T. AS most of the speciality business
is placed conditional upon early dcliv-
cry, manufacturers arc sorelv handi-
capped because of the shortage of
labor
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Business Money

commercial paper rates remain un-
changed at to ~ per cent. There is
a feeling among some bankers that the
b per cent rate, which last week was so
prevalent, may return. No improvement
was reported in the volume of bills
coming in. New York banks were not
prominent as buyers. One bank reports
that what little it has been buying re-
Gently has been for its own account;
demands from correspondents have been
negligible.
in the bank acceptance market things
found it the worst day in the worst
week for as long a time back as they
care to think about. This lack of de-
mand has been all the moro astonsh-
ing with the decline in call money,
which yesterday ruled at 5 per cent and
closed at 3 z. 1t is suggested that the
great supply of funds available for call
money may have been made so by flow
of funds for employment here by the
interior. When country banks make
loans in this market, they are likely to
instruct that they be used for Stock
Exchange loans, and this will probably
be their sposition, even if it is more
profitable for a few days to take ac-
ceptances instead.
An increasing supply of bills has
been received in the last week or two.
The portfolios of some dealers are
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
TELEPHONES,
Beekman 8243
Beekman 5000
u. S. Sells 100000
Bales Of Linters
For sl5,OOO.ooD
Cotton States Products c.
of New York, Purchaser.
Biggest Sale of Kind !,
History; Good Price ps;a
Me'o York Tribup.
Y oshlnnfon p..ae pNae

Me'0 York Trtbpp. :
WASHINGTON, May 22-rba a.
department, through c. ". Esr "ss
rector of sales. to-day consrn,s' u,
one of the largest single transar,''ea ,as'sa
IN cotton fibre in the history of s'.n' "a
INDUSTRY through the sale to tbo c's .as
ton States Products Corporatiou WI
Broadway. New York City, of ann. q
mately 100000 bales 1877 rpo0Sl, ooo ".
pounds) Of cotton hnters for .n. 'Ouu'VOo
mately $4,000, 900. "pp'0Si'
The sale embraced both nr,;.:.
and mattress iinters. The nyica ra'''Vn ~
tanned for the former was z l9q w.
per pound. and for the Latter 'e.s ees
cents per pound. ''00o
Cotton Inter is the base Of rr.
tlcally all smokeless powder ana r''.'
secure sufficient quantity to nro.;s ~ ~
1or the needs of the United States ass
the Allies the entire production os a''u ~
United States was secured hv tho ~.
Industries Board, through the oro.' ~
OF the Dupont American Indus,ra.
(Inc). 'NS'''es
The approximate cost of the lir,...
lett on hand at the signing Of ns
armistice was 100000 ,00o.' said a,..' WV
ment issued by the War Denaytm.s.
to-day. THE quantity was ne.,ln
double the normal annual produc,ior
Manufacturers who used cotton lin,o,.
PRIOR to the war had been forced -
turn to other materials. and there was
practically no market for coito,
linters.
ATTEMPTS to dispose of the govern
ment's surplus resulted in securiD,
BIDS for small quantities averapiOs
less than cents per pound. One a,
the Allied governments sold cor.
siderable quantity of linters on storse.
at one of the large American powds,
plants at price ranging from l cent
to z cents per pound.
Efforts have been made TO develo,
new uses for cotton lnters. among
them being the manufacture Of arti'
fetal silk and paper.
Due to the shortage of paner stock
the Bureau of Standards and tbs
Forest Products Laboratories. Madison
Wis, at the request of the War De.
partment, by exhaustive experimen,
and Investigations developed proces;
whereby an exceptionally high grade
OF paper could be made from cotton
linters; but it was found that the
maximum price at which cotton Inter
would enter into competition with
wood pulp would be 3 cents per pound.
This sale OF cotton linters is the
second largest sale of surplus war ma.
terial that has been cleared through
the office Of the director of sales, be-
ing exceeded only by the copper sale
recently consummated.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Metals
Speculative Buying OF
Copper at Lou Prices
Is Reported

Copper sold in fair amounts yester-
day at n cents a pound. The selling
agencies continued to quote 16a4 cents
for June and July metal. According to
trade report that could not be con-
firmed one sellerof copper has offered
the metal for October delivery at 171a
cents pound.
Reports are current that Chinese
speculative interests have been pur-
chasing American copper from Is cents
pound UP and that apparently they
are bent upon accumulating large re-
serves on the basis Of present prices
Some of the leading producers in the
industry have stated that these reports
were unfounded, but they persist.
The National Condit & Cable Com
pany, large consumer Of copper, in
discussing the market, says:
at is interesting to recall to memory
that during the latter part of 1907,
when the copper market had slump
to around IL cents, China woke up to
the situation and began buying very
large shipments when the market was
IN a demoralized condition. These bold
acts had much to do with dissipating
the gloomy outlook which prevailed
then"
The company adds that with respect
10 the present status Of the market
there is an appreciable increase of con-
hdence apparent.
The fact that the metal is offered
for sale at prices extremely favorable
to the greatest possible consumption
encourages it states, "the expectation
that consumers will soon deem it ad
vlsable to replace stocks Of both raw
and manufactured material which have
become seriously depleted"
According to the latest returns.
stocks of copper held by the British
government on May were 1l4,531.2oo
pounds, compared with 10000 .4SO
pounds on April l. On December 10
1918, the British holdings we're onlv
ol,6o7 200 pounds, increase since then
representing the accumulation of con-
per which was shipped to England for
war purposes and has not gone into
consumption: because of the ending of
hostilities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24

double what they have been. This IN
crease in supply seems peculiar, when
there has been no corresponding in
crease in commercial paper borrowing.
One dealer explains that in this way:
Commercial paper is now 5l4 per cent
in the open market. That means that
it costs the borrower about 5& per
cent. But he can borrow on accept
ances at 5-16 per cent. If the bor-
rover is a large institution, and can
secure this rate, and if it's business is
of such nature that it can use bank
acccptances, it ought to prefer this
method of borrowing, as it secures a
gain of 7-16 of / per cent.
There has been a lot of talk that
commercial paper is going to per cent
A business house borrowing now at 5 Il
might be tied up with such a loan for
six months. If, instead of this, the
house borrowed now on acceptances, it
would be tied up for only three months,
and could secure the advantage of 5
per cent at the end of that time if such
rate came along then.
Much Of the present increase in bor-
rowing has come from the meat pack
ing business.
Fifteen to sixty day prime trade ac-
ccptances were quoted at and 5A
per cent; sixty to ninety days, and
5l2 per cent; indorsed trade accept
ances, 4 z per cent, all maturities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Sole Leather Advances
Rise in Prices Come With the
Larger Export Buving

Sole leather reached new heights
yesterday when dealers made sales of
overweight No. 1 grade at sd cents and
middleweight No. at 81 cents. This
was an increase of two cents a pound
for each grade. Dealers and tanners
say that the change was caused by the
advanced cost of hides and the demand
from foreign purchasers.
Many export orders have been booked
by dealers, but have not been shipped,
it is said. because of the unsettled con-
dition of foreign exchange Scandi-
navlan countries are heaviest buyers
of sole leather, although business has
been received from other foreign mar
kets.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Rubber
imports Of rude Rubber
Fall Off, but Supplies
Are AFnuIe

Arrivals of crude rubber during the
current month have not been as large
as they were in April. but importer:
and dealers declare that the quantity
OF stock available in this country is
sufficiently large to meet the require
ments of manufacturers.
Because they have bins that are well
filled or are expecting shipments from
the Far East. manufacturers are dis
playing little interest in the local mar
ket. There was slight improvement.
yesterday in the market for crude rub
Der here which developed higher prices
but manufacturers were not repre-
sonted in this buying activity
Little change has developed in the
rubber manufacturing field, tire maker;
continuing TO be most active. MsHs-
facturers of mechanical rubber goods
report that conditions are dormant.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Colors
Textile Mills Buying More
Reds and Pinks in
DyestuTs

Active demand from the textile mills
Tor red and pink dyestufs is reported.
There is some call for bright sulphur
colors for export, but the domestic
demand for these dyes is quiet and it
1t said In the trade that they are being
supplanted by fast direct colors.
Export inquiry for colors is confined
to few Of the items most wanted in
tho Orient. Sales are reported of
malachite green for Chinese account.
Crystals are In better request than the
powder. Delphine blue is in demand
by the Same consumers and small lots
OF methylene blue are being shipped
TO Japan.
There has been less trading in tho
Intermediates than there was before
the drhstic British embargo regulations
were put into effect Sales Of crudos
TO Switzerland are being made, but the
fncr Intermediates have been inactive
in the export market
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
General Merchandise

RosToN-P. Altman. general merchan-
disc Broadway Central
- BOsTON-M. Marks, general mdse :,
BosToN-c. weinstein general mdse. :;
Aberdeen
RUFFALO-H Miller. general merchan-
cLEvELAND~E wingbacb. general
m"rchandise: llai,, Latham.
1NDIANAPOL1S- Efroymsom & Wolf
dry goods: G. a. Efroymsom, representing
INDIANAPOLIs-H p Wasson; G. A.
Efroymson, general merchandise; 12o West
Thirty second Street
j. Carew, general merchandise. except
ready to wear; 12o West Thirty second
Los ANGELEs-Ha Walker Co: r
NJ. Walker. general merchandise, 12O Wesr
NEW oRLEANs-Kohn. Krauss & Co
Street
NEWPORT NEWS. va.-Meyer Bros.
ms; L. a: Meyer, drygoods and carpets;
1850 Broadway
PADUCAH. Ky-R s Barnett, dry
goods shoes and groceries; Alcazar
PlTTSBU RGH-G. Lorch, general mdse
Lat ham.
PITTSBuRGH-w Irwin. general
I" esei =, P@nnsyivania
Pennsylvania
PH PHlLADELPHIA-B. Rothman. general
merchandise; broadway Central.
PHlLADELPHlA-A. Goldberger. gen
eral mdse.. Pennsylvania.
70 RoANoKE. Na,-W. Hardin, general
nlhse.: Pennsylvania.
ROCHESTER,, \. Y.-E. schlegal. gen
eral mdse: Grand
SAN ANTONIO. Tex-Kolff & Marx.
: To O. Dry goods. ". c. Rigsby, presiden;,
SAN FRANC1sCO-City Of Paris Dry
Goods Co.: e + Moore. general mer-
chandlse; 40 Fifth Avenue.
CTlCA, ~ I.-E. Sherman, general
md Sc Commodore.
NOtNGsToWN, O.-Youngstown Dry
.rooIs 90. W. {. St1it, general manager.
~ Leonard Street room sos.
YOU UNGSTOWN. Penn.-Nalley Store Co;
). "A. Campbell drygoods; Pennsylvania.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Piece Goods

RALTIMORE-T. Shapiro. piece goods
cANToN, ohio-r. Miller. drygoods.
etc; Pennsylvania.
CLEVEl.AND-G Happier. piece goods
Holland House.
Forsch. manufacturers suits and skirts.
McAlpn.
DiLUTH~G A. Gray Co; r. F.
Thorn Dson. silks, dress goods: McAlpfn.
HUDSON. y. VI. Dingman. drygoods
Herald Square.
1NplANAPOL1s- - II. Cohen, drysoods.
MONTREAL-M. slabosky. piece goods
Observation-Disclosures Bros Mr.. KAN
ber piece goods: Commodore
NEW BEDFORD. Mass-~T. Schwartz
Co., 7. Schwartz, drygoods. etc; Broad
PHlLA Wetntraub Co:
H. Weintraub. cotton goods. Broadway
PHILA Ransohon. piece
PHl1.ADBL?HlA-Maxwel & Polin; W;
J. Maxwell nanuiaci urers' waists and
PITTSBURGH - Maeder- Hawaii Co
Mr. Maeder; piece goods; Pennsylvania.
Co. r. l.. Thompson. domcstics and ia Bile
oilclothe: a3 Leonard Street.
RALEIGH N. C.--J. Hudson. drygoods;
sOUTH BEND. Ind.--Davles Shirt Co =:
W @. Davies. manufacturers shirts;
Gerard.
ST. LOU1s-B. Lesser Co; B. Lesser.
WHOLESALE woollens, Broadway Central
ST. LOUIS--l4 Levy. piece goods; Penn
sylvania.
ST LouIs-B Nusent 6 Bros Dry
Goods Co j. &. Pope. wash foods Re
ciproca Jobbers. 40 Fourth Avenue.
TORONTO-J. Greed. piece goods :
Breslin.
WINNIPEG-N. Cole. piece goods. Bres-
lin.
p. schultz, mfrs. waists and dresses,
Bresin.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
The Tribune's Page of Business News

business men have done in their haste
for foreign business" lie said "these
men should first so to Washington and
try 10 learn what policy our govern
ment is going to adopt. What we want
is the cooperation of everybody that is
vitally interested in the success Of
American manufacturers.
1--WE hear much these days of a
league Of nations. What we also need
is league of classes, a better under
standing between capital and labor and
above all, the hearty cooperation of
our government for the future. We do
NOT want to go back to the old cut
throat competition that prevailed be-
fore the war. Such policy would be
ruinous in our efforts to establish our
selves prominently in the worlds mar
kets"
Robert Brookings, chairman of the
price-fixing committee of the War In
dustries Board. declared that when
the history of the world war has been
written it will be revealed as a mon
ument to the American steel indus
try. Telling of his experiences with
the general committee of the Amer
lean Iron and Steel Institute in their
efforts at stimulating the war produc-
ton of steel and the ALLEGATION of
orders, he said that one of the things
that impressed him most was the dis
parity in costs of different manufact-
uring plants.
Marcel Knecht, director of the Off
cial bureau of French information,
said that n symbol of the economic
revival that Is to take place in France
was the recent relighting of the first
steel furnace at Senelle, Maubeuge,
located in the district that had fallen
under the devasting hand of the Hun.
Joseph G. Butler, of Youngstown,
told of the tremendous part that the
steel industry had played in the war,
and said that had the Allies been un-
able to rely on the great American
basic industry Germany would have
triumphed. He cited statistics to show
that the United States had supplied
not less than $4,000, 900 tons of steel
for war purposes.
Frank f. Marquard, superintendent
of the byproducts coke plant at Clar-
ion, Penn, read a paper reviewing the
progress of that branch of the indus
try. He said that in recent years the
value Of byproduct ovens had been
recognized and their construction
greatly extended.
Judge Garys speech, which was made
at the opening of yesterdays session
of the American Iron and Steel Insti-
tute, was followed by others of more
technical nature. S. w. Stratton, di-
rector Of the government bureau of
standards, told of the work of the bu-
reau as related to industrial problems
f. I. Llewellyn, Of the Federal Ship
building Company. of Kearny, N. j.,
and the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Com
pany, Mobile, Ala. spoke on the
Standardization of shipbuilding ma
terals.' Other speakers: 7. F. Baily,
president Of the Electric Furnace Com
pany, of Alliance, Ohio; c. j. Walker,
manager of the American Bridge Com
pany's forge plant at Gary, Ind, and
Henry NJ. Howe, professor emeritus,
Columbia University.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Furs
Mink Wanted in Large
Quantities for Fall and
Winter Wraps

Sales of raw and dressed furs by
dealers to manufacturers is increasing
rapidly. The dealers say that the fur
manufacturers had little stock on hand
with which to begin the present fall
season and have been compelled to buy
heavily in order to fill the orders for
fur garments and wraps that are pour
ing in on them. There is a consider
able call for mink, which promises to
be one of the leading furs for fall.
Mink, it is said, is one of the few furs
that are popular both for summer and
winter. At present large number of
one and two skin mink scarfs are
worn. Larger mink scarfs, capes and
coates promise to be fashionable this
fall.
The manufacturers ESQ are buying
squirrel, Hudson seal. mole, kolinsky
and japanese mink in large quantities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Buyers Arrived
invited
8243 A.. P.
Women's Wear and Millinery

IA 81, LTIMORE, Md.---Jess Hanneman Co. ;
III L, W; sapinsky says ready to wear lie West
RA1TIMoRE, Md,.ioei ei' Gutman: i'gi Mr.
Nassau. dresses 200 Fifth Avenue.
g, nlRMI ,' 5hi i,;.i MGHAM, Ala.-D. G. Berger Co;
ienthal. 1850 Broadway.
Diamond Bros: Mr Diamond
"gmgny IH1isrE% Wsar ret etc; broadway Central
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-Miss E. ]. smith
,CHlCAGo-sears Roebuck Co; Mrs
Lferson. ready to wear; 1l5 Filth ave
CHICAGO-G. Wagner. millinery goods
,.I,l GI,LEVELAAND-A. J. Jalkut Co: A. l.
) cnI1-nIi1 lHuti nmIIii11in1sry; CumberIand ..
ready to wear; Pennsylvania
DEN ' Pr, COL : Josln's; @. Mason,
waists; William T. Knott. % East Twenty
DENVER. Col. - .Ioslin, D. G.. Co; Miss
G. Mason, waists. 2S East Twenty sixth
Street: Woodward
DUBUQUE. Iowa Roshek Bros T. H.
Roshck, Jobs. silks, dresses; 1888 Broad
GARY, 1nd.--Mtss Muriei Kish. milli-
LANCASTER. Penn.-Donovan Co; Miss
G: fIirsh waists, cloaks. suits. furs; 120
SMAn est Ihfy ssSonS s5ee r sn,3 r91m d 14lo
nue. room 12i2. ' -'' ''''' ave-
PEORIA. IN.-Obendorf; l.. H. Obcn-
dorf, ready to wear; H. c. Lyons, 1888
Broadway.
PITTSBURGH-Franl< g. seder: Miss NJ.
Mccain, skirts. 364 Fifth Avenue. 10th
floor.
PITTSBuRGTT-Su Sullivan Bros: J. r Sui
livan. flowers. feathers and hats, Grand.
PORTSMOUTH. y. I'm. Goodman
womens wear: Albert
SlOtN FAILS. S. D.-Bee Hive Co c.
NJ. Rohdc. jobs silk dresses, Roshek Bros.
1888 Broadway.
YORK Penn-P Wiest's Sons Co: Miss
M. n. Spargue ready to wear, 277 Fifth
Avenue. I'd floor.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Chemicals
LoWer Prices for Caus'ic
Potash Quoted in
Dull Market

Caustic potash has been reduced
again by producers and sales are re.
ported on the basis of 35 cents a poaad
for the 1892 per cent test. This pro,
IS for less than carload lots. Carload
lots might be had at so cents. II y
said. There is little demand. The ~
10 per cent grade Of the material nas
been reduced even more SHARPLY anu
a price of % cents pound has oesa
openly quoted
Retiners have lowered prices on say
petre in an cndeavor to arouse ereaie,,
interest. Spot supplies are large ana
a further cut would not DC surpriSi',s'
Crystals are quoted at 16 ard ios
cents a pound, with other grades "
proportion.
The market for light soda ash =
better Producers are quoting Sic ,
hundredweight for the Is per cent ".
at the works. Dense ash is STEADY anu
demand from glassmakers IS inp'0''
ing