New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
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Textiles
Textiles
End Of the Fall Selling
Season in WOOlIens
ApDrOacIing

The end of the fall selling season in
the woollen goods trade is almost in
sight. While the initial business
placed during the abnormally short
selling season was large, mill agents
confidently expect more business to
come later on. It is certain that the
orders taken so far have not been
evenly distributed and that many mills
have booked more orders on certain
fabrics than they can fill. This will
necesstate q general trimming and re-.
adjustment Of orders, in which buyers
will find themselves snort Of much
wanted fabrics.
After the revision Of orders the buy
ers are expected to place new orders
Tor other materials III order to take
care Of their complete cloth require
ments for the fall season
Buyers have taken more interest in
wofsteds during the last week than at
any time since worsted goods have
been shown this year Initial showing
prices OF worsteds we're considered
high by most buyers, but after care
ful consideration Of the facts it is re-
allied that these prices ore as low as
Wbfsted Is made from llhe long fibre
wool and cannot he manipulated or
adiiltefated with cotton and sh0dd| 10
the extent That Wo6llei goods can. tie
Gently laos w6fsted Yafn used ~
making goods TO weigh about ID ounces
10 The yard, have advanced ~ price
IRON, about NJ 40 n naund te $500 and
MID, However, most Of The Wofstad
mills anticipated the rise IN prize and
purchased large supplies at the low
figure,
may he necessary for some of the
mllls To purchase more worsled yarn
later on, and the price of finished
goods VIII be increased corresponding
~ A first class worsted cloth weigh
ing about IA ounces to the yard, the
proper weight for fall wear, sells for
"a or $500 Il yard, regular.
Since there is apparently slight
chance Of prices going down and on
the other hand, strong indications that
prices will advance, there is tendency
among some of the clothing manu-
facturcrs to keep their cloth cost down
by purchasing II or 10 ounce fabrics.
This condition obtained several years
ago, and resulted in much dissatisfac-
ton, but some manufacturers are in
clined to try it again.
with the selling season for fall fab
RIGS drawing to a close, attention is
being turned to the spring, 1920, sea
son, and many manufacturers are
making tentative plans for that season.
1t is generally believed that the spring
selling season will open at the normal
time, about the middle Of July. this
year. and that most mills will be able
TO show their samples at that time
Novelties in stronger and higher colors
than ever before will be shown, it is
believed. The fall 1919 season, which
should have begun last December, did
not open until February this year, and
the great majority of lines We're not
displayed until the present month
Even yet some of the mills have not
shown all of their fall goods. This
applies particularly to worsteds
=, Cox & Schneider viii show next
Tuesday fancy all worsted Broadbrook
fabrics for fall 1919. Stripes and hair
line checks will predominate, and the
principal colors will be green and
brown. Several of the samples show
neat hair lines in red; blue, white and
green.