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New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
COLORS-Toxiile
.9fil!s Bny !Nary Blue

Aside from some active buying of
navy blue by the textile Wills there
was little activity in .A- lyestufs
market yesterday. Dealers state that
manufacturers are doing bushes. dl-
rect with consumers in many instances,
the high prices being asked for colors
enabling them to make . good profit.
There seems TO be little possibility
Of an increase in the imports of Swiss
colors for some tine to come Pro
longed strikes at the Swiss works and
unusual demands in Europe for Swiss
coioIs have diminished the supply Of
goods or hand. A representative of
one Of the largest Swiss concerns
stated yesterday that the greater part
of the Swiss output is gong to Eng
land under the terms OF an agreement
made during the war whereby the
Swiss granted England buyers op-
ton on their dycstuffs IN return for
raw materials and tonnage. France, it
was stated. has also been buying large
quantities Of Swiss dyes.
i he market for Swiss dyes appears
more active than it really is One
consumer desiring colors places orders
with many dealers in tha '-.' t
one may be able to buy the goods. This,
It was stated. creates false demand.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
IENTiLES-Speculafors
.4drunce Prices on GRAY Goods

for the first time in many weeks
gray goods Of standard size yester-
day were sold by SPECTATORS at the
same price quoted by mill agents. A
orlsk demand from converters caused
the secondary market, that Of the snec~
ulators, to advance 61-60s 10 Is cents
q yard, below which figure mill repre-
sentatlves have refused 10 sell their
goods. Brokers were .iubilant over the
volume OF sales made, and in the face
OF the steady demand pred icted that
prices Will quickly advance. Most of
the buyers favored the mill goods,
however, and some believed that un-
less sneculators find ready market
TOR their offerings they will force q
movement Of them by again quoting
under the mill prices.
Most all quarters of the cotton goods
market reported an active day Con-
verters of fine goods took many orders
tor silk and cotton fabrics at prices
ranging from 25 to 80 cents q yard.
Manufacturers of underwear and
dresses were the principal buyers One
iarge firm offered large lot Of fine
prnted goods Tor 35 cents yard. This
was regarded as an unusually low fig
ure, as number Of other concerns
stated they could sell the same fabric
in the gray, that is to say, not printed.
at 81 cents. The variance between the
printed and imprinted stock is ordi-
narlly at least 3 cents yard.
Towel manufacturers are concerned
over the tremendous shortage of linen
reported by the Irish mills. This is
due to the decrease in Russian flax.
which has been so marked that exist
ing stocks in ireland viii soon be con
sumed. The growing demand for linen
towels in the face Of this shortage has
resulted in an increase in prices Of
over so per cent in the last sixty days.
Jobbers are now paying from So to $25
dozen for the towels Cotton towel
ing is in steady demand, with popular
fabrics retailing for about % cents a
yard
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
IEATHER--Orders for Shoes
Rapidly Piiing Up

Manufacturers have not sent out anv
salesmen with spling samples SO far
this yea-, although normally these
men would be on the rad in .julv and
August. Things are reversed this sea-
son. Buyers are coming to manufact
urors with such large orders that the
necessity Of drumming up trade has
been eliminated. Deliveries Of shoes
have been delayed. while orders at the
factories have piled up so fast that
refusals have been necessary. No
order from any dealer for shoes will
he accepted unless the manu- 'acturer
has sufficient leather to assure its
being filled.
Dealers stated yesterday that white
goods. including canvas shoes, keas
and outing shoes, normally ordered in
March and April, must be contracted
for in October and November this year
Manufacturers have served this notice
in order that deliveries may be on
time.
Retailers to-day are purchasing
larger quantities of shoes than under
normal conditions. They believe that
prices next spring win be higher and
vantage of lower quotations. According
TO the rules governing sales between
retailers and Wholesalers the former
have the privilege Of cancolling orders
This affords the retailers some pro
tectAon in the present market, for
should shoes suddenly decline, though
who esalers state this is unlikely. the
retailers can cancel their heavy orders
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
RUBBER-lNarkef
Adrances as Manu- facturers Buy

Manufacturers Of all sorts of ubber
goods bought crude rubber freely yes
terday. This buying, coupled with cable
advices from London and Singapore re-
porting extremely strong markets. made
the local market firm. Quotations On
spot at the close were strong, nearly y
all grades closing considerably higher
than on Saturday. Rib smoke sheets
brought 541z cents, an advance OF 8
cents over the preceding close. For
first latex, ~ cents a pound was
asked, also up cents on the pound.
Paras also were active and firm up
river fine bringing Sc cents and "a
cents a pound for up-river Caucho
October December ribbed smoke sheets
were quoted at SO cents at the close,
and October December first latex bring
ing / cent more.
Large rubber goods manufacturing
concerns are so busy filling orders for
motor vehicle tires that the depression
OF the mechanical rubber branch of the
industry has been more than offset.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Government to Sell
lis Surplus Leather
S800,000 y Worth To Be Offered
in Boston Next
Thursday

Surplus leather valued at over $780,
geo will be sold 10 the highest bidders
by the Surplus Property Division Of
The Office OF the Quartermaster Cen
s'al, at plblic auction in Boston. be
sinHing Thursday The leather is now
or Inspection At the Zone Surplus
Property Office.
The leather to be auctioned includes:
Back harness leather backs. 10000
pounds; black harness leather sides.
1900 pounds; russet harness leather
lacks, 27.o00 pounds; russet harness
eather sides. $4,000 pounds: russell
''fap leather sides, to I ounce, 1000
square feet; russet strap leather sides.
to lo'2 ounce 10000 square feet:
rsset strap leather backs, 31a ounce.
-rgVV square feet; russet strap leather
lacks, 70 ounce, 10000 square feet:
'asset strap leather backs, 7 to S
sahce' 22S.eg0 square feet; russet strap
sather backs, 9 to 1919 ounce, $4,000
s1afe ieet, russet strap leather bel
,ss' oe'oVo square feet; russet strap
ssther bellies, centres, 10000 pounds;
sssset shoulders and scraps. 1000
pounds; rasset bag leather sides. 5000
sasafe feet; la.igo leather sides. CO.
WV y. square feet; latigo leather backs.
a.y a.g'y square feet; sole leather backs
iaa ina BENDS, $4,000 pounds: smoked elk
,tsa'her ta SIDES, 1900 square feet; raw
s. n.ae calfskins, $1,000 square feet;
snespskln sne lierkin leather. $1,000
fes, fsuars ieet; shearings, 5000 square
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Keen Bidding Marks
St. Louis Fur Sale
Cunther PAYS Top Price Real
lied for Mink; Total Re-
ceipts Now s8,65O.OOO
.Spcrfol Correenon,,r,,

Spccinl Correspondence
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-At the close
Of selling tonight at the international
Fur Exchange, s1,275,oO0 was an
nounced as the approximate sales for
the day, bringing the sales to date to
approximately ss.65o.ooO To-day's
market was characterized by steady
prices throughout. The only advances
announced n the official market quo
tations were Wallaby, 10 per cent, and
Australian red fox, per cent.
To-day's session opened with Aus
traiian furs left from Saturdays un-
completed schedule. Australian opos-
sum brought steady bidding, but 10
sensational prices. Large choice blue
sold from 81 g S5.75. Small and
medium blues from s2 70 s4. and reds
went from $50 20 s225 The collec-
ton os IlS 600 totalled around $780,
600
A large crowd assembled TO bid on
$4,000 mink. The opening bid was
s20.50 for eighteen large dark north
vest Canadians. Tire next was $3.50
for twenty-nine medium and small
fine darks. Aaskas brought from sl5
to $40, mostly coarse; from SS 10 sl3
was paid Tor coast Alaskas. Prime
Northwest coast misk sold from So %
so for mediums, while fine large dark
Northwest coast skins sod from sl5
to s2G.
Centrals, large and extra large, sold
from s. to 81, mixed primes and sec
ond casters went for SO. Prime
medium and small Iowas and Caro-
linas brought from s. TO $3.50.
The choicest lot in the collection.
Alaskas. vent TO Gunther Of Fifth Ave
nue.. "a $3.50, this being the top price
of the mink sale The collection to-
tailed around S675.0OO.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
CIiF1lICALs-Esport
Euyina Stimulates Noykot

Good export business to South Amer
ica in heavy chemicals. especially nj
t4ic acid and sodium sulphide, has
stimulated the domestic market I'm
til the end Of last week. buying for
export account had been small, but
the placing Of large orders Friday,
Saturday and yesterday convinced deal
ers that a good volume Of business
may be expected henceforth. as there
is scarcity Of heavy chemicals in South
America and Japan. Such chemicals
as soda ash bichromate Of soda and
caustic soda. which have been weak on
the market in the absence Of export
buying, are expected to show improve
ment from now on. Caustic soda has
already partly recovered from the re
cent inactivity. Purchases by domcs-
tic consumers as we'll as by Japanese
and South American buyers has caused
prices to advance from S325 to $3.50 a
hundredweigh
Domestic tanners and dyestutfs man.
ufacturers are also purchasing large
quantities Of sodium sulphde. Manu-
facturers are we'll s2ld up for the so
to 62 per cent fush grade and are
quoting TO 5ls cents a pound for Oc-
tober-November delivery
Only small Quantities Of anilne oil
are available on the spot market, with
prices firm at so cents pound This
quotation cannot be shaded Prices for
October delivery are q and 2S cents a
pound
The Monsanto Chemical Works is
offering the government phenol at 12
cents pound. Despite this, second
hands continue to quote 144 and l5
cents pound for nhanol
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Price Tendency of Mems
Worsteds Is Upward
Advances Made by Jobbers to
Protect Their Diminish.
ing Stocks

Upward tendencies Of prices Of mems
wear high class worsted for immediate
use were noted among cloth jobbers
yeterdasy. The rising prices were not
due to any extraordinary demand. It
was said, but to the desire Of jobbers
to conserve their decreasing stocks as
much as possible. Among some iobbers
the policy Of cutting orders in hals
has been adopted.
Demands for woollens and worsteds
for immediate use by both mems and
women's clothing manufacturers is at
a low ebb. Jobbers OF mems wear
fabrics who serve the merchant tailor
because of the strikers of journevmen
tailors in various sections of the
country.
Interest in the allotment of fabrics
for spuring use continues strong. Some
Of the larger jobbers are reported to
have placed heavy orders with mill
agents and several are said to have
accumulated large stocks from past
pro duction. New fabrics for spring, es-
pecially in mems woollens and wor-
steds, are restricted largely TO plain
Weaves.
There is said to be distinct short
age of serves and similar twilled
twillod goods, because of the manu-
featuring difficulties in the way OF
producing such fabrics. Serges are
reckoned as the slowest weaving fao-
rics nth elist Of possible productions
and for this reason have been elimi-
mated wherever possible. Production
has been concentrated on the palmer
fabrics in an effort TO get out more
yardage in given time.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
METALS-Copper
offered at Concessions

Copper in the hands Of brokers' and
spectators continues to be offered at
concessions below the 231a cent quota
ton asked by the leading producers on
September deliveries. Reports we're cur
rent yesterday that offerings of spot
metal were made as low as 22H cents a
pound.
The American Smelling and Refining
Company announced an increase in the
price OF lead from 6 to 6A cents q
pound. This action followed the more
active market of the last few DAYS.
In the iron and steel trade market
conditions continue to be somewhat af-
fected by the uncertain labor situation
| but Southern blast furnace interests
according to reports, are flooded with
inquiries for 1920 pig iron
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
JEWELR1--Watc atch Manufacf-
urerS Far Behind in Deliveries

Watch manufacturers are far behind
in filling orders or their books, but
with labor conditions at the factories s
showing q gradual improvement it is
expected that delivery schedules will
before long show some Improvement
Retailers are carrying low stocks and
are urging the early delivery of orders
so that they will be in & position to
handle at least part Of their winter
holiday trade.
Many OF the larger retailers have
been in the market for some time plac-
ing orders for goods to be delivered
next year. Manufacturers, however,
refuse to make promises on deliveries,
and these retailers confess consider
able doubt as to their orders being
delivered. Watch factories are work
ing short of skilled labor. and This.
coupled with the enormous demand for
Christmas goods, has caused a general
scarcity of watches
Importers Of Swiss watches are re-
ceiving fairly large orders for small
timepieces from the other side. but
American manufacturers have not been
so fortunate in supplying the Swiss
trade with the American kind. Ac-
cording to reports received q good de-
mand exists in Switzerland for watches
Of American make and design, and
this demand, together with the Swiss
manufacturers inability TO get the
American goods, has left Swiss mar
kcts practically bare OF this make of
watch
Several large manufacturers who
complained q short while ago about
he Swiss watches coming into this
country as being inferior in quality
to those received before the war re-
port that the worhmanship is improv
ing ranidir. The Swiss watcilmakois
are getting mucn higher wages than
formerly, and with shorter hours Ger
tain to come in the near future the
vorkmcn IN that side of the Atlantic
have doub' ed their efforts both in
workmanship. and production. Wages.
however, in that country are still much
lower than those received by American
Watchmakers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
manufacturers See
c;ens of Revival
In Dress Buying g
r.n,and Runs TO Quality
Rather Than Quantity;
Cloak and Suit Market
Dull

crorded show rooms Of the high
.,..s dress manufacturers yesterday
~ the comparatively empty appear
80 -. Of the selling quarters Of manu-
,...rrsrs OF low priced lines seemed
h.r out the contention of the ma
.,,;tv Ct the trade that the present
IN season in women's apparel will
-, largely to "cuality.' Manufact-
srs of the more expensive dresses
~,-s inclined to think that the ex-
'....d revival Of buying had set in.
waist manufacturers also were
,.;rlv busy yesterday taking orders
.-,m buyers for retail stores.
IN contrast 10 the activity in dresses
II waists. cloak and suit manufact-
...,s repor.ed business in their lines
81, dull. The warm and rainy weather
...t has obtained so far, say the
.i,sk and suit manufacturers. is hold
:,r hack orders FOR additional sup
,l;ss bv the retailers. A period OF
.s.r Geld weather, they assert, would
Ind the women OF the countrysflock
..r r. the stores fer new fall outer
,nna,el. As consequence the retail
,-s would be forced into the whole
,,,s markets to oyoer replenishmcnts
- tbei- stocks. While fall dresses and
ra,s.s are being sold in good quanti-
,;.s bv the retailers. it is said. no great
movement Of coats and suits in retail
circles has taaen place yet. and until
the trade has tested out present prices
.-d styles OF the merchandise pur-
csased in July with the buying pub
Ii activities in the wholesale market
will be slow, according TO the manu-
.scturers.
When the cloak ard suit buyers do
arrive in The market they will find
la. prices, in many instances, have
,3vanced since the heavy buying period
!, July. The greatest advances have
:een made in the fur trimmed gar
-erts, because Of the rapid increases
IL the prices Of all kinds OF fur trim
nngs Despite the high prices man
ctac.urers have brought ont many
coats AID suits trimmed with fur
,llars and cuffs, panels. edgings. etc,
saich they expect 10 sell readily.
The manufacturers are beginning
70 plan for their spring production.
Spring woolleas ard worstods, they
say. are costing them from 25 to 40
per cent above presen, fall prices,
while spring silks for outside and lin
ing use have increased in price any
where from sc to 50 per cent over the
market price OF .ail silks.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
British Trade Expert Asks
US. Be Commerce Con,r,ude
SIR Arthur Shirley Benn, NJ. p, Representative at
International Conference, Urges Two Countries
Pull Together as They Did in Great War

Tho English-speaking peoples of the
world who were comrades in war, must
become comrades in commerce if the
"orid is to be clothed and fed, it's
devastated regions restored and inter-
rational trade returned TO normal
! his Is the view of SIR Arthur Shirley
benn NJ. p, who is in America to rep
resent Great Britain at the lnterna-
tonal Trade Conference to be he d y
Atlantic City, September 80 to October
Q. at the invitation Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Inc object Of the sessions is to reach
decisions which will speedily dispel
the uncertainty that now beclouds in
lerhational transactions and stabilize
and quicken the processes of produc-
tlon on both sides of the Atlantic."
conditions created by the war in
which tho speaking peoples
were fighting for the same cause as
comrades in arms and often shoulder
to shoulder can never be wiped out and
must produce results Of the manifest
nature said Sir Arthur at the PLAN
Hotel yesterday. cone Of these rcgl rs.
which am most anxious to see quick
" established, is better understand
ing and mutual confidence
"America AIoof in Past"
Gas we all know the British Tr,pj~a
inherited from England her place as a
world power and she is CARRYING on the
old British effort Of endcavoring to
trade with the merchants Of the world
and to do so on mutually satisfactory
lines.
America, which has held moro or
less aloof in the past from realizing
her position as a world power. can no
longer do so, for with her people, her
wealth and her civilization her power
must be felt all the world over. The
people Of America heretofore have
been the debtors in their trade rela-
tionships with the rest Of the world :;
now they arc the great creditors. Thev
must concern themselves with foreign
trade. They must send their goods to
the countries requiring thcm. OF
course, thy cannot be expected to
take in exchange shirloads Of |. o. Us
That is one Of the problems to be
solved and am sure ii can be solved
| cannot see the slightest reason why
The English speaking peoples should
no. pull together and be comrades in
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Furs W orth S7,OOO,OOO
To Be Auctioned Here
Variety of Pelts To Be Of
fered at Sale Next
Month

About s7oOo,o0o worth Of furs. it
was announced Yesterday, Will com
prise the Offering in the annual fall
sale Of the New York Fur Auction
Sales Corporation, which viii begin on
October s. This is said TO be about
twice the value of the Offering in the
fall sale last year The auction will
be held in the Masonic Temple, West
Twenty-fourth Street, and the selling
IS expected to consume weeks time
Among the interesting offerings are
3,100 Russian pony skins. which have
not been seen in the market for sew
eral years until this season. and 1900
Russian sables, including quantity
OF Crown sables. which under the old
regime in Russia were reserved for
the Car and his immediate fanny.
The $4,000 muskrat and 5000 black
muskrat skins listed, is said 20 be
small IN comparison with the great
demand for this article, so widely
used in making Hudson seal
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Labor Shortage Holds
Down Cotton Business
Mills Accept Few Orders Owing
10 Inability to Obtain
Weayers
Special Corresnnnllo,,c

-'I|''e'~e
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Sept. IA
A general scarcity of weavers to oper.
ate the looms at anything like their
full capacity in the plants of the New
Bedford cotton mills has had its effect
on the fine goods situation, and few or.
ders of any size have been accepted
during the last week. In a few scat
tered instances small contracts were
taken, but these were the execution
rather than the rule, and we're only &C
cepted where the manufacturers had
overrun on certain classes of goods or
who're orders have been COMPLETED
earlier than had been anticipated. The
latter holds good in only few of the
mills, however, IS the majority of the
plants are suffering from an overpro-
duction Of yarn, the weaving depart
ment being unable to keep pace with
the other departments Of the mills.
reports that certain combed cloths
could be purchased at considerable re
ductions from recent prices did not
have any effect on the local market. and
there was no cutting Of prices from
previous levels. Considerable inquiry
was noted for the more fancy style
OF goods, suggesting that any diminu-
tion of price was confined to the more
staple lines. Most of the manufacture
ers are refusing to book any further
ahc9d, although good sized order for
voiles was in the market for several
days without producing single offer
from the mill men. The majority Of
the manufacturers are so we'll sold up
to the end of the year that they can
afford to wait until the secondhand
selling has passed of, and this is what
most of them are apparently planning
to do.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16

Until the auction in st. Louis and tho
forthcoming sales in New York and
London are out cf the way, and prices
well established, it is not believed that
many large deals will be consumated
In keeping with rising prices in st.
Louis. furs here have taken the nm.
ward tendency This is particularly
true of the trimming furs, now in good
demand by the cloak and suit manu-
facturers. Nutria, beaver, sheared
conev and other close cropped furs
are advancing steadily Sellers Of these
furs look for brisker trade in the near
future when more Of the fur trimmed
garments for midwinter use are ex-
pected to be ordered by apparel re-
tailers
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
FJRS-Affention
Centred on St. Louis Scale

With many of the larger raw fur
dealers and manufacturing furriers at
tending the auction in St Louis, deal
ing in the local fur market has de-
clincd greatly. Purchases Of skins be-
ing made by manufacturers now are
small and ara made mainly for the
purpose Of filling in depleted stocks.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
The News OF Business

DohhD activity characterized the paper
Yesterday Relatively few bills flowed market
on 'e oher hand the banks
thought that perhaps banking the
OF the third nstament Federal
Tor smaller demand Although
VI Unprecedented conditions
easier money eondons as result of the Treasuy borrowing
programme The market in paper ~
5M yesterday
WIN the supply OF demand
large enough to absorb
the S5oooOo0o acceptance credit renewed bv
Morgan Co., the National City Bank Guaranty Company
ana the National Bank of Commerce. en- market by
the end of the month, s
Rates on bankers acceptances unchanged, follows
banks.
banks.
al
For delivery within thirty Eligible bank bills are
quoted at 76 eligible non-memb bank bills at and
ineligible bank bills at per cent ~
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Okla'lo1na's Shirt Tail BRIGADE

A thousand citizens Of Okmu' roe.
Ok'a.. have signed pledge to wear
their old clothes for three morths and
as long thereafter As they hold out. or
until prices are reduced Eastern mil
lionaires. according to the news dis
patches. are retaining their old shoes
and having them resoled and patched
With both the proletariat and the
veted interests economlzing on cloth.
ing, the best time for further ad-
vance in the price Of clothing viii be
about next spring. when eyerybodys
clear out Of clothes.