Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
BUSINESS NOTES

Commercial failures this week in
United States are 140 against 1875 last
week. 1913 in the preceding week aud
I'D in the corresponding week last year.
Failures in Canada number Is against
10 last week, II the preceding week and
81 last year.
Although rosy promises were held
forth by the mills that the opening Of
the heavyweight season for 1920 would
see readjustment of conditions to their
normal state, there is talk in the market
now that the allotment system will be
carried over to next year. Some of the
largest factors in the market are I'm
derstood to be preparing schedules on
which the purchases of their customers
will be based.
Attempts made by some retailers of
furnishing goods to locate supplies of
mocha gloves have met with little sue
cess lately. The market seems cleaned
out of all desirable makes. Buyers do
not wish to change from trademarkcd
lines owing to the fac that the guaraE e
tees accompanying these purchases can
not be found in other quarters.
The report of the vat dyes committee
of the National Association of Shirt
Manufacturers to that organization
which was made yesterday, takes to
task the war trade board and it's DIVES
advisory committee for the present fam d.
inc of these colors in the United States.
ard the effect this shortage has had on
the shirt industry.
Not great deal of change has taken
place in the demand for linens in the
last week. The general run of this mer
chandise is seasonably active. in spite
OF the increased prices asked for the
goods and the difficulty of obtairing ade
quatc deliveries. Large shipments were
received in this country recently, some
estimates putting the total amount high
err than that received in any other grour
of shipments since the war began, but
| it was said yesterday that these goods
supplied only small part of the Quan .
| tity needed to fill the demand for liners
i'll this country.
Following gueStionnaire sent to the
members of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association for the purpose oi
finding the number of stores using bonus
or commission systems in paying their
employees, second queStiouuaire has
| been prepared to obtain more comDre
hensive data on the subject. The first
circular brought go replies from tho
| 100 members of the organization, auC
disclosed that ass stores have bonus OF
commission systems. There were IL;
that have never adopted such system
and 4S that once used such payments
but have abandoned them. Out of thC
45S employing bonuses or commissions
215 stores have used them more thar
three years and "a more than five years
In pos stores bonuses are provided fol
non selling help, 307 report bonuses fol
buyers, and 160 for other executives.
The program for extending and i'm
proving the factory facilities of til,
Maxwell Motor Co, Inc, in Detroit
will involve the expenditure of 50 900,
! 600, it was announced yesterday. Par
of this sum was raised by the sale o
old buildings. which are being replaced
In August, september and October o
this year the output of the Maxwell
plants and of the Chalmers plants un
der Maxwell management amounted t
10000 Maxwell cars. 1900 Maxwell
trucks and 1000 Chalmers cars.