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New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
SAYS Stores Violate
Luxury Tax Regulations
Retailers Association Decries
Practice of Merchants
Paving Impost

Steps will be taken TO prosecute
stores that violate provision of the
luxury tax law which states that the
consumer and not the store must pay
the tax. Several of the smaller shops
in New York, some Of them in the
Thirtyfourth Street shopping district,
freely advertise that they are paying
the luxury tax for their CUSTOMERS, ac-
cording 70 John w. Hahn, secretary
Of the National Garment Retailers Az
ISOLATION.
This is NOT only against the law"
said Mr. Hahn, "but Is an unfair
method Of competition. The atores
who observe the law and collect the
tax from their customers do not intend
TO stand for this sort Of competition
and / have personally warned some Of
the offenders that they must desist in
this practice. II they continue 10
pay the tax for theirs custornerg after
this warning the association win pro-
ceed 70 inform the proper authorities
and aid Ia the prosecution Of oFenderg.' -
The association held "a meeting at
the Waldorf Astoria yesterday at
which plans were discussed for laying
recommendations for the repeai Of the
irxury tax before Congress. By the enG
of next week IL is expected the associa.
s'on viii have It's campaign fully devei-
eced and will be ready to inaugurate
" as soon as possible after Congress
eShfenes in extra session.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Metals
Rural Districts Placing
Many Good Orders for
Wire Products

Increasing demand for wire prod
ucts was reported yesterday, substan-
tial orders having been placed by job
bers and consumers in the rural dis
tricts throughout the country. Stocks
in the hands of dealers are said to be
low, and further heavy buying on the
part of dealers is expected.
With the expected settlement OF
steel prices the metal trades look for
ward to the appearance of orders for
structural work, which has been lag
ging because of unsettled price condis
tions. Manufacturers of metal prod
ucts anticipate large demand for
their goods when definite action is
taken in regard to railroad Improve
nents and extensions This demand
is expected to develop in the i'm
mediate future. Some of the rail-
roads are already asking for bids on
minor construction work, such as
small bridges and similar structural
work. The settlement of steel prices
between the producers and the rail
road administration will also, in the
opinion of the trade, be the signal
for the long delayed and sorely needed
resumption of building construction.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
To Extol Merits of
''Shoddy'' In Woollens
Dealers Say 1t Serves Purpose
Not Understood by
the Public

Preparation of "a campaign of inten-
sive and intelligent advertising of the
merits of reworked wool and woollen
rags" was delegated yesterday to spe-
cial committee at the annual meeting Of
the. National Wool Stock Graders AS
sociation at the Hotel McAlpin. Ac-
cording to the reworked wool and rag
men, the campaign advertising virgin
wool" is giving the public an impress
sion that reworked wool, or "shoddy,"
as it is known commercially, is lacking
in merit and is deleterious to woollen
goods in which it is used.
"Shoddy," according to those who
deal in it, performs definite function
in the making of piece goods and has
merits which the general public know
little about. The advertising cam
paign, to be begun in the near future,
is intended to correct this alleged mis-
taken impression gained through the
"virgin wool" advertising.
The committee named to handle the
campaign consists of Samuel Kaplan,
New York, chairman; Winsor H. Wat
son, New York; Mark Sherwin, Bos-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Textiles
Heavy Orders for Colored
Cottons by Western
.JObbers

Lively domestic buying, supplement-
ed by fair export orders and evil
dences that numerous kinds of fin
ished goods were becoming scarce, was
the chief development yesterday in
the markets for drygoods. Trade in
bleached goods continued active, and
some of the principal sellers, of col
ored fabrics asserted that there had
been an thrush of orders from jobbers.
1t was stated that large retail dealers
in the West had started to purchase
colored fabrics from the Jobbers in that
section, the goods to be delivered the
coming fall. 1t is unusual for retailers
to buy these goods so early in the
season.
Export orders for colored goods
were received from number of
sources, but the appearance of orders
from London elected the most favor
able comment.
A leading selling agency announced
that so many orders had been booked
for fancy tlannels ana tickings that it
had become prudent to cease tempo
rarily selling these goods.
Unbleached goods, sheetings, drills,
sateens and materials made of fine
combed yarns were in brisk demand,
but business in print cloths continued
quiet. Second hands-that is, holders
ether than the mils-were reported
to have sold print cloths at u cent a
yard under the prices quoted by the
mill agents.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Fllrs
Mink and Fisher Sell at
Big Aduance in
London

Mink and fisher furs are in great de-
mand abroad, according to report of
the sale of G. M. Lampson & Co., in
London, received yesterday by Alfred
Fraser, American agent for Lampson.
COMPARED with the sale in the spring
of last year, both furs advanced 25O
per cent in price, stone marten 100 per
cent and lynx 80 per cent compared
with the sale in the spring of 1918.
C,yet cat, baum marten, Russian sable,
beaver and ermine each advanced 80
FER cent, compared with last year, at
the spring sale.
"The advances noted at the Lampson
sale" said Mr.. Fraser yesterday, "indi-
cate that the London market is most
active again I do not know for sure,
but think the English fur dealers are
operating largely in the sale now. Be-
fore the war most of the furs sold at
the London sales were sent to Germany
to be dyed, dressed and manufactured,
and then sent back to England for re-
tail sale.
During the war England developed
her own fur dressing, dyeing and man
ufacturing industry. For that reason
presum- English dealers are buying
furs at the sale. Then, too, the restric-
tions on importations of this would
give the French fur dealers an oppor-
tunity to operate in the London mar
ket once more. All these factors pos
sibly are operating to stimulate the
market there.
Dealers can buy blindly at the Hud-
sons Bay SALE" he said, "and know
they are getting exactly the quality
they did last year or ten years ago
The advances noted at the Lampson
sale indicate that the London market
is most active again. ! do not know
for sure, but l think the English fur
dealers are operating largely in the
sale now. Before the war most of the
furs sold at the London sales were sent
to Germany to be dyed, dressed and
manufactured, and then sent back to
England for retail sale.
During the war England developed
her own fur dressing, dyeing and
manufacturing industry. For that
reason I presume English dealers are
buying furs at the sale. Then, too
the restrictions on importations of
this would give the French fur dealers
an opportunity to operate in the Lon
don market once more. All these fac
tors possibly are operating to stim-
ulate tho market there"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Good Prices Obtain at
Government Wool Sale
Highest Figure for Fleeces Is
63 Cents; 1000, 900 Pounds
Disposed Of
Business Neaus Bureau
Special Correspondencs

BOSTON, May 8.-Prices for the
better grades of whole wool feeces
were we'll sustained at the government
wool auction here to-day. There was
good demand for all grades and only
nine Withdrawals because Of the fail
ure Of bids to reach the government
minimum price were made out of the
169 lots offered. The highest price
for fleeces was 63 cents 2 pound, paid
for Kentucky three-eighths bred cloth
ing wool, subject to a shrinkage of 43
per cent in securing and cleaning.
Ohio three-eighths bred staple fleeces
brought 50 cents pound. Slightly
more than 100000 pounds of fleeces
were sold.
The heaviest buyers of these woods
included Studley & Emery, who took
twenty lots; the American Woollen
Company, which took eighteen lots; (;
C. J. Webb & Co., Boynton Wool
Securing Company and Fred M.
Blanchard.
A few lots of Texas and California
wool sold fairly we'll and good prices
were obtained for Territory woods.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Brings Furs From
Canada by Airplane
Shipment to Newark Concern
Made to Show Utility of
Flying

NEWARK, May s.--Flying a Cur
tiss JN-4 tractor type biplane,
Lieutenant E. E. Ballough, of the Cana
dian air service, arrived here to-day
from Toronto, Ont, via the air line
route, with cargo of $1,000 worth Of
raw furs The shipment was sent by
T. Eaton & Co., Of Toronto, to Bam-
berger & Co., and consisted of bear
skin, twenty-five coon skins, two dozen
wolf pelts and one hundred weasel
skins.
Lieutenant Ballough made the trip in
nine hours actual flying time. He left
Toronto Monday afternoon. His first
stop was at Clayton, N. Y, the port Of
entry into the United States, where he
stopped to pay duty on the furs., His
next stop was Watertown, N. Y, and
from there he flew to Coxsackie, on the
Hudson. The last leg of the air voy-
age was made yesterday, when the
aviator came down the Hudson at a
ninety-mile n-hour clip.
The flight was made to demonstrate
the commercial utility of the airplane.
Lieutenant Ballough was formerly an
instructor at the Canadian flying camp
at Borden.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
High Costs Prevent
Europeans From
Competing inU. S.
Federal Reserve Board Saws
Foreign Countries Will
Find 1t Difficult to Pay
Unless Situation Changes

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Higher pro-
ducing costs in European countries
than in the United States at the pres
ent time are viewed by the Federal
Reserve Board as a serious handicap
to the development of their postwar
export trade to the United States as a
means of paying of their Indebtedness
to this country end liquidating pur-
chases of raw mp terial. Manufacture
ers in European countries, it is pointed
out, are at decide 4 disadvantage in
competing with American producers.
I'm many lines Of production" the
board says, European costs are now
apparently higher than in the United
States; this being true of textiles and
other items in which Great Britain
seemed formerly to enjoy a decided
competitive advantage. The existence
of high money costs abroad will neces-
sarily alter the competitive situation
which had existed before the war and
will raise the question how foreign
countries are actually to pay off their
Indebtedness unless the price situa-
ton is favorable to shipments of goods
to the United States"
Marked revival of industrial activity
in the United States is predicted as
result of the disposition of business to
abandon the attitude Of hesitation and
postponement in the increasing con-
viction that existing prices and condi-
tions will not be altered materially for
some time.
"rhis disposition on the, part Of
business" the board says, "has rem
dered the question of control of prices
by public authority less urgent than
it seemed to be a few weeks ago.
What is now happening seems to IN
dlcate that business will, after a
period of initial readjustment in prices,
proceed upon a level not far removed
from that established during the war;
leaving the question as to the ultimate
level of prices to the future and to
more slowly acting forces"
Price reductions, owing to inflated
credit conditions throughout the world,
can can be effected only gradually, the
board says, by change in conditions
OF supply and demand.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Working for Perfect
Score in Loan Driue
Business Can Be Resumed With Confidence When
Oversubscription of City's Quota Is Assured,
Says Head of Upholstery Trades Committee

COOP, hard business sense and a
consciousness of their patriotic
duty are impelling those identified with
the upholstery and lace curtain indus
try in New York toward their goal in
the Victory Liberty Loan drive, which
is an oversubscription of a quota of
S1,600,000, according to Sidney Blu
menthal, chairman OF lne loan COM
mittee for this unit of the Rainbow
Division.
Our industry" said Mr. Blumenthal
yesterday, "has succeeded in beating
its quota and expects to do SO again.
An oversubgcription to this loan will
be an indication of the reserve power,
OF the determination and the loyal
spirit of this nation. 1t will arouse
unbounded confidence by us in our
selves. 1t wall engender a spirit of
nope and optimism which will result
IN quicker resumption of big bust
ness and The earliest arrival Of un-
bounded prosperity.
Indeed, argument in many instances
ought not to be necessary to persuade
business men of the money making
opportunities connected with this issue
of bonds. 1t has been shown that
concerns with a present taxable income
or 100000 and over can make all the
way from IL per cent up to 25 per
cent, according to the amount of in
come, to the extent Of an investment
arranging from half million up.
Many corporations with earnings up
to 70 per cent Of their capital can we'll
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Chemicals
English Users Place Order
Here for 100 Tons Of
Potash

An order for 100 tons of potash was
placed here yesterday by English con-
sumers. The order came as a surprise
because American producers regard
France as the logical market for English
consumers, France having acquired the
Alsatian potash deposits. 1t is not
believed that this order indicates any
further extensive buying of American
potash by English users, who are in a
position to obtain tho French product
at lower rates than the American. Not
only can the European potash be pro-
duced cheaper. but it has the advanta ge
of a much shorter haul and low freight
rates.
Manufacturers of phcnol are send
ing large supplies of that chemical 10
plants for conversion into pierre acid.
it was reported yesterday. Substantial
have been placed in this market by
tho foremost European countries. The
product is used to a large extent in the
manufacture of ammunition and nigh
explosives. 1t is also used tor dye
making.
Caustic soda is firmer because of in
creased demand. Several large lots
have been sold for both domestic and
foreign account within the last two
days. Stocks are rapidly being con-
sumed. Orders were booked yesterday
tor 100 tons of caustic soda for shin
mcnt to Japan and 200 tons for Java
Citric acid is weaker. offerings being
made as low as 81 a pound, datv paid
for shipments from London and Genoa
Reduction in the price of acetic acid
has lot stimulated the sale of thai
commodity.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Retailers Expect Early
Rush for Straw Hats
Mems Headgear Will Cost Is
to rs Per Gent More Than
Last Year

Two more days of warm weatber
such as New York had yesterday, will
START a run on mems straw hats bv
Saturday, retailers believe. A few
hats have been sold already, but the
season has not begun in earnest. de-
clare the retailers. It takes about
three or four days of real warm
weather to drive the men in from the
streets to discard their felt hats for
the braid straws and panamas and
other varieties of summer headpear.
New York retailers are prepared for
the first rush for straw hats. Most
OF them have sufficient stocks on hand.
they say, to take care of their demand
during the first week of the season.
but they are beginning to be alarmed
about reserve stocks. Deliveries from
the straw hat manufacturers are said
to be as far as three weeks behind
now. A shortage of labor in the hat
factories is given as the chief excuse
by the manufacturers.
Retail prices are between Is and %
per cent. above those of last wear.
one prominent mems shop, which
claims to sell as many straw hats as
any store in the city, this year offers
its cheapest hat at $3.50. Last year
approximately the same grade was
carried by this concern and sold at 50.
Because Of the general high prices
the retailers expect to see a large de-
mand for panamas, bangkoks and leg
horns. If a fair grade of ordinary
stiff straw hat will cost the consumer
S5 or Sc, they say, he will be willing
to pay a little more to obtain a soft
straw hat, hitherto considered a luz
ury BY many.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09

afford to subscribe up to $1,0o00o0
worth Of bonds, with an investment
that will yield almost per cent on
the money actually required, to wit,
10 per cent Of the total amount of sub
scription.
"1f this feature has been made clear.
at least, if it has been made to pene-
trate into the minds of all the business
men, the loan will be oversubscribed
in an unparalleled manner.
"Can the mind grasp the possible dis
aster and sorrow which might have been
ours if the undaunted courage and the
unreckoning self-immolation of our
finest boys and men had not cut short
year-but another six months-how
many here would have mourned their
sons, their brothers, their dearest
friends? The note of gratitude, of eter-
nal thanksgiving of those who returned
from the firing line or were saved from
going into it is overtopped by the joy
of those who, having been forced to
stay at home, were spared the sacrifice
of their dearest kin.
"Yet all the government asks US to
remember is the slogan, Finish the
Job' Pay up-not in blood, as we
might have done; not in agony; not
even in treasure-but out of the
plethora of our bounty, to lend to the
government at good interest for short
while what is needed. The golfer would
say: This drive must be follow
through drive Then our score will
be par and we can go back to business
and profession in the proud conscious
we will find our life above par because
of It,"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Fur Dyers Leaving City
Labor Conditions Force Remov.
ais to Connecticut and Yonkers

Moving their plants to points outside
of New York is believed by three of the
large fur dressing and dyeing estab-
lishments to be the solution of the
labor difficulties which beset them.
Other plants are said to be considering
I e same policy.
The Federal Fur Dyeing Corporation
is removing its plant from Brooklyn to
small Connecticut town, another large
plant is said to have obtained a site in
Connecticut to which it will move soon,
and yesterday third concern was re-
ported to have obtained site in Yon-
kers.
The owners of the dyeing and dress
ing planss are of the opinion that the
settlement of the strike, which appears
to be near, will not be permanent, and
that further trouble will develop. To
avoid this they are considering moving
their plants to towns where they can
obtain non-union labor
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Negotiations OFF; Expect
Strike in Garment Trade

Negotiations between the Cloak, Suit
and Skirt Manufacturers Protective
Association and the International La
dies Garment Workers. Union over new
terms Co be included in a prospective
labor agreement in the cloak, suit and
skirt trade to succeed the one which
expires in August are reported to have
ceased, and the union is conducting a
ballot to determine if the sentiment of
the workers favors a strike.
1t is expected the strike will ma
terialize by the middle of next week.
Union leaders declare that in the bal
loting thus far 80 per cent of the
members favor a strike.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Rubber
Buying Of Mechanical
Goods for Railroads
Hearfens Dealers

Railroad companies are again in the
market for rubber mechanical goods.
Their purchases are small, but rubber
goods manufacturers look upon this
change in the situation as an indica-
tion that better business will shortly
develop. While building conditions
have not improved to any large extent,
it is said, many industrial companies
are now overhauling their plants and
placing orders for new equipment. AS
result more orders for rubber belt
ing have been placed. 1t is reported
that a number of orders have been re-
ceived for betting of this type from
concerns which formerly used leather
equipment. The marked increase in
the cost of the latter commodity is
given as reason for the change.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Business Money

Ihe commercial paper market is lit
Tie changed, with rates quoted at so
ia per cent. The general level is 81
Business borrowing continues so
meagre that even banks admit the sup
ply of paper is not equal to the de-
mand. But May and June have always
been good months in the market so far
as the demand for paper was concerned
and brokers assert they can see no rea-
son why they should not be good this
year.
A decided Improvement in the de-
mand from the banks is expected to
az, develop next week. That is because
the Victory Loan campaign will be
over, and while the actual financial
condition of the banks may not be
greatly changed, they will know "where
they stand" They will know the ex-
tent to which depositors have with
drawn money to take the loan, and
how much they have been called upon
to lend to customers to carry the notes.
This certainty should lead to less eau
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
gIJSTNESS NEWS BUREAU,
Tribune Building
I54 Nassau Street
Rainbow Loan
Units Job Only
Half Finished
Subscriptions by Large In
dustries Yesterday Help to
Carry Total for Division
Above $780, 100000

Three additional trade committees or
tho Rainbow Division yesterday hiied
their ouotes-the carpets and rugs
trade committee, the commercial
schools committee and the upholstery
end lace curtains trade committees.
New subscriptions reaching s52,so3'-
7so Yesterday brought the grand total
OF the advisory trades committee up to
$780,, $685. ,4S0, it was announced last
night by Craig Colgate, chairman. The
workers who canvass the 120, 900 indus
trial firms Of the city must raise
SLIGHTLY more than half of their quota
to-day and tomorrow in order to cover
their full allotment of 669,128,0oo.
In their determination to bring in
subscriptions for every dollar of this
sum workers in the Rainbow Division
will susnend ell other business to-day
and tomorrow and devote all their en-
ercy to the job of bringing the serious
ness of the situation to the attention
of the business men of New York.
Large contributions aided many of
tia committees. The baking indus
tries committee received q subscription
Of s2.0O0,000 from the National Biscuit
Company. The American locomotive
Company turned in 9200O,OO0 sub
scription also.
William Goldman, chairman of the
clothing and allied trades committee,
announced yesterday that his COM
mittee had passed the SO per cent mark
In its drive to All its quota of $6,000.-
900.
Craig Colgate, chairman Of the Ad-
visory Trades Committee, last night
announced that 46 per cent of the
quota Of the Rainbow Division has been
filed. The standing of the various
committees in the Rainbow Division
follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
The Drop i'm Steel Output

Production of steel in April by thirty
companies representing s4.03 per cent
of the output was 2,239,7Il tons. This
compares with 2,662,265 tons in March.
2,704,6S3 tons in February and 3.107,-
77s tons in January, according to the
American Iron and Steel Institute.
The April production of 2,239.7If
tons by s403 per cent of the plants
was at the rate Of 2,665, $40 tons for
the entire industry for that period, or
at an annual rate of 31,9Ss,440 tons.
This is more than 10000, 900 tons less
than the actual ingot production of the
country during the past year.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Rabbit Skins Offered in
Large Lots at St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, May s---Rabbit skins
from Australia and New Zealand were
the largest offerings on the Interna-
tional Fur Exchange to-day. Half a
million pounds of Australian rabbit
and 10000 pounds from New Zealand
sold at the morning session for total
of $685., ,000 Prices advanced 25 per
cent over quotations last January, ac-
cording to the official market an
nouncement.
The largest lots went to hatters and
felt manufacturers.