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New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Silks
" hOlesalers and Retailers
Both Enjoying Good
Business

Stormy weather yesterday restricted
business in manufactured silk fabrics.
Comparatively few buyers visited the
Of business done during the week was
satisfactory. Retail dealers paid fre-
quent visits to the market, and mer-
chants from the South and West
bought freely to replensh stocks
Fancy colored silks received most at
tcnton, but the palmer weaves were
not neglected.
In some instances buyers had diff
Guilty in getting just the kind of goods
they wanted. Sellers reported that
had been advanced. Manufacturers
stocks were said TO be running low
and the current demand for spring
weaves was sufficient 60 absorb ship
ments from the mills almost as rapidly
as the goods were received by selling
agents. Price concessions on some of
the low grade fabrics have disappeared.
Some reports indicated that supplies of
these fabrics were still plentiful, but
the consensus of trade opinion was
that buying had made considerable in
roads on the quantity of goods that
sellers had been carrying.
All reports received by selling agents
made it clear that retail dealers have
enjoyed an active trade, and it is eX-
pected that recorders, except during the
Liberay Loan campaign, will continue
quite liberal until we'll into the month
of May.
Road statesmen have sent in salts
factory volume of orders for fall
weaves, particularly for high colors
But travelling men concede that they
will have to do much more soliciting
this year than they found it necessary
to do last year, when the needs of the
government took up a large proportion
of the silk industry's output.
Buyers seem to have become recon
ciled to the view that they will be un-
able to get concessions on fall fabrics
and the tendency in this regard is ex-
pected to stimulate buying once the
Easter trade in spring goods is out of
the way.
Artificial silk. spun silk. which is
made from waste materials. and raw
silk have been in active demand
throughout the week Japanese raw
silk has advanced about 20 cents q
pound, owing to good buying by Amer.
| lean manufacturers and larger takings
by the Japanese mills. Stocks in the
United States are light, and in order
10 make deliveries on contracts some
Of the importers located In New York
have been compelled to purchase Sup
plies from their competitors.
Tho higher prices demanded for tn,
japanese raw product have awahcnet
interest In the Chinese product. but, at
stocks Of this grade Of raw silk are not
large. trading has been restricted
However, some Chinese raw silk waf
reported hn having arrived on the Pa
cine Coast or Friday. The Italian gov
ar "a a. az tad ta tat. -
control over tho product on May 81
next. and as "A result some Of the i'm
porterH here have made preparations te
resume trading in the American market
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Quality More Important
Than Mere Quantity

Let the growers first thought be not
the number OF acres he snail or shall
not plant to cotton, but the quality Of
the cotton he is to grow on his land
Let him exercise the utmost care ih
the selection Of seed. Cotton Of less
than seven eighths Of ali inch staple,
as you all know, is Of about tile same
spinning value MS the bulk Of the col
Ton or india and China. When you
raise cotton Of this grade you place
yourself N competition with the iii
fetiot product and The under paid labor
Of the Orient, Is 1t meta therefore,
economic folly Of the FIRST order TO
grow cotton In America that, by fea
son OF ls grade and staple, ranks IN
the markets Of The world with lhe cot
ton of lndia and thina
Cation buyers, may he permitted To
say IN passing, will help toward the
aeoomp1 shment of reform or the FIRST
importance If they viii buy cotton on
It's merits at the primary markets, m
stead of following their present Gus
tom of paying an average price. Too
often, local buyers pay the same for
cotton of three fourths of an inch as
they would for one inch and one and
one sixteenth inches. | feel that | am
we'll within the truth when | say that
the cotton fraternity can do more in
evil than our Federal and state agr
cultural departments could do in de-
cade by making the differences in
grade and staple effective at the time
cetton is disposed of by the farmers.
In other words, if man growing an
inferior variety Of cotton receives for
it in the seed five dollars "a bale less
than his neighbor growing Il better
variety Of cotton, there is little, if any,
doubt that the inferior variety will be
discarded more quickly than would re-
suit from any other method that could
be employed The New England spinner
wants good grade Of cotton and is
willing to pay a fair price for it. The
British spinner wants a good grade of
cotton, and he also is willing to pay
price that will assure an adequate re-
turn to the grower. Help them to get
what they want by putting an end to
selling cotton in the seed. Instead, see
to it that each bale is ginned and sold
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

South America is regarded by fur
manufacturers as a particularly invit-
ing field for the DEVELOPMENT Of export
trade. Owing to the reversal of the
seasons, the demand for winter apparel
in that part Of the world is naturally
most active about the time when people
in the northern hemis phere are begin.
ming to lay aside their heavy wraps.
The fur men, therefore, figure that by
increasing their sales south Of the
equator it will be possible to keep
their factories busy during the period
when home demand for fur garments
is comparatively inactive.
But in laying plans for al active
campaign to develop foreign trade it is
not The intention Of The fur manuraet-
ufets to devote All their energies Ia
the South American markets.
Competing With Paris
Fer senie years past, and especially
since The start OF She war, American
made fur garments. according TO David
g. Mills, manager Of the Associated
Fur Manufacturers, Inc, hayn com
peted successfully with those offered
by Paris houses, though no great effort
has been made to engage in export
business. The time has now arrived
Mr.. Mills believes, for the fur manu-
facturers in this country to strike out
more boldly for foreign orders
Some of the larger concerns in the
fur industry" he said yesterday, "are
making plans for an export trade drive
on a large scale. South America pro
vides an excellent market for the in
dustry to develop There is a strip of
the west coast from the equator to
the extreme southern end Of the South
American continent whore the climatic
conditions are conducive to the wear
ing of furs, while in tho northern sec
tions the high altitude at which the
chief points Of population are located
the sale Of fur garments could be de-
vcloped, even though the country is in
the tropics.
"Argentna, on the West coast, pur-
chascs large quantities Of furs, and
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

comes also at time when failures are
the smallest in generation.
In spite of this, borrowing is good
IN some lines. The wholesale groccrs
are fair borrowers. In the general
prosperity OF the country, people seem
to be eating more. The wholesale gro.
GERS are among the leading exporters
of foodstuffs to devastated Europe.
The leaf tobacco people are now
making their commitments. Borrowing
from that source is large Borrowing
in the tobacco trade usually reaches its
apex in July and falls to its low poinl
around January.
The business of commission drv-
goods houses was bad in January. 1t
was 100 per cent better in February
and 80 per cent better still in March,
Prices of goods are high and borrow
ing has been spondingly large.
IN the woollen trade, after soar in
prices during the war, the bottom fell
out of the market about one month be-
fore the armistice and the trade. though
1t has been picking itself up, has not
yet completely recovered. In this line
commercial borrowing has been small.
Paper of four to six months matur-
ltv has been firm during the week at
5 II per cent.
The main feature of the bank ac-
ceptance market has been the evidence
of preparations on the part of the
banks for the Liberty Loan. They
snow preference for paper maturing
before the campaign begins or whic5
can be resold at profit at that tim,
Fifteen to sixty day prime trade ac
ceptances were quoted at 505la per
cent; sixty to ninety days, 5M51a Der
cent; indorsed trade acceptances, Az
per cent, all maturities.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Colors
Textile Mills Show Pref.
erence for Bright Colors
in Inquiries for DYES

More inquiries from the cotton and
woollen mills encourages manufacture
ers Of dyestuffs to look for larger
business. Buying approaching normal
volume, however, is not anticipated
until the labor troubles which are now
preventing many of the textile mills in
the Passaic district and New England
from operating have been settled The
inquiries now being received, manu-
facturers say, indicate tendency
among both the woollen manufacturer re-
and the cotton goods converters to use
more bright colors in their products.
Larger buying of cooring materials
by the leather and paper mills is re-
ported
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
}cwelry
PenciihoIders and E0uw
tain Pens in SiIper and
Gold Sell Veil

Gold and silver pencllholders sh,a
fountain pens, distributed iafge's
through the iewelry trade, are repoflsa
10 be selling better than before US tn
war. The use or metal writing ~
struments by thousands OF soId'sssss .
while in the service, according ~
leading manufacturers, has devs',
opod habit which will be continue.
In civilian life, and the gold and s'iss'
pens and pencilholders are beng SUI aa.
stituted for the more rugged nishsaT n'a
used in the trenches. Prices, It Is sa's' ~
do not seem TO deter hnyers from =
lecting the highest grade of goods.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Tight Skirts Tax Ingenuity
OF PetticOat Manufactures

The fashionable narrow skirt is said
to be making more business for the
manufacturers of tatfeta and other
silken finished material petticoats. A
petticoat of a cloth which does not slip
easily is inclined to bunch up under
the narrow skirts, it is argued, and
hence the great demand for mate rial S
of high polish.
The narrow skirts also have created
a demand for the bifurcated garments
known as pettibockcrs, petticoatees
etc. These are really bloomcrs with a
founce falling from the knee. When
the feet are held close together the
garment resembles the old-fashioned d
petticoat. but gives greater freedom
in the stride under the narrow skirts
For the same reason the knitted silk
and satin bloomers are in great favor
now.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Wool Sale Successful
Good Grades Find Ready Mar
kei at Auction
business Neios Bureau
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BOSTON, March 29.--Nnety- one per
cent Of the 10OOO,0 900 pounds of greasy
territory wool offered at the govern
mcnt auction of wool to-day was sold.
The sale was considered n good one by
both government officials and the trade
Choice wools and staples and half
bloods sold we'll above the minimum
and fully on II parity with prices paid
for similar woos at previous sales.
The low and medium grades huggcd
the minimum and a few Of these were
withdrawn.
Large quantities Of heavy fine woods
we're purchased by top makers and wool
scourcrs. The sale to-day brought the
total amount Of wool sold during the
live-day series up to about 10000 900
pounds. One hundred and ffty-two lots
were sold before any withdrawals were
made. Only thirty lots out Of the 365
offered were withdrawn.
The American Woolen Company was
buyer of heavy weights of wool, tax
ing nearly 2,250, 900 pounds.
Other prominent buyers included Jo-
seph H. Wheelock & Co. Charles J.
Webb & Co., Hills {, Nichols and Grim
Minis e. Pcirce
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU:
Tribune Building
lS4 Nassau Street
By Rufus r. Wilson
Secretary, the National Association

secretary, the National Association
Of Cotton Manufacturers
From an address delivered before the Teras
Cotton hssociation)
ME domestic shortage of cotton
goods becomes minor matter
when compared with that which
now confronts the people Of Europe
and Asia--a shortage which also must
lie made up In the early future. in part
nj least. Whence are to come the
goods to repair this shortage? In
France and Belgium, which In 1914
had 100000 cotton spidles, the mills
have been rendered useless by the
Germans, who deliberately sought to
ruin competing industry, and 1t will
he months, perhaps years, before they
esf be restored TO their eid.time eff
cheney. The mills OF teds, IN Poland.
where Ave years ago i,s16,01g spihdlss
we're In operation. have practically
ceased TO exist, while Russia, which
before the war beastad al Moscow the
largest eettan mill in the world, CON
suming thousand bales of cotton a
day, is in industrial chaos and for a
long time to come will have to import
most of It's textiles-proyided it has
the money with which to pay for them.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Diuersifed
Production

What should take its place? Adop-
tion of the balanced, well-considered
methods which one of your agricultural
leaders has aptly described as "safe
farming" By safe farming" is meant
the planting of sufficient acreage to
food and feed crops to sustain the fam
ily and the livestock, and the remain
der to cotton, where the latter can be
grown to advantage and with profit.
Thus the planter secures a rotation OF
crops on the same land, and by so doing
conserves and maintains soil fertility,
which, as you know, is rapidly ex-
hsustsd By planting land continuously
TO one crop. IN ether words. have con.
stant care for the quality Of your soil
thus growing larger and better crops
on fewer scrss. Produce on the farms
OF ths South the food and feed Of the
south. The man who stakes his all on
single crop IL a gambler In futures
The cotton grower should guard against
the disasters which are ths penalty OF
sseh gambling, by Arst securing the
living for himself and family from
Whatever part Of his land he needs "a
devote 70 this purpose, and then dc,
voting the balance Of his land to that
wisely eaualized production which ia
the surest guarantee OF prosperity.
Indeed, the policy which in the long
run will assure the largest measure oi
profit for both grower and spinner Ia
the one which, with due regard TO,
tho increase in consumptive demand
which keeps pace with growth in popu.
Istions will from year TO year make
reasonably certain q crop OF uniform
volume and qusiity. A bumper crop
one year and small crop anothe,
year spell loss for both grower and
spinner. A small crop means abnor.
nal prices. When it Is followed by a
bumper crop, the spinner who has
bought his raw product at thcge abnor-
Eal prices faees demeralizing cancel
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Sweden Buys Tungsten

Exports Of tungsten and ferro. .tung-
stem from the United States during
the month Of January amounted to a.
$40 pounds, according to the report of
the Department Of Commerce. The
value of this metal is placed at $685.
$40. Sweden. which was not included
l.. the December reports, Is credited
with taking 1890 pounds, worth $32,-
0c0, while 1000 pounds went to Canada.
January imports of tungsten bearing
ores amounted to 873 tons, valued at
S913,146. Hong Kong supplied 474
tons and China 270 tons, while com
parativcly small amounts were imported
Peru.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Infants Wear Active

Manufacturers Of infants wearing
brisk business they have enjoyed since
the beginning of the year At present
the strongest demand is for wash
dresses. rompers, creepers and other
garments suitable for outdoor play
clothes for small children. Light
weight sweaters also are selling well
in the pale shades Of lavender and
yellow az y relief from the staple
pinka hNl lln.a.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
From Cotton Plants
To Munitions Factories

More than half Of Englands cotton
mills were during the war converted
into munitions and airplane factories
and during the period Of readjustment
that country is likely to have all it
can do to supply its home needs and
meet the demands Of it's colonies over
seas. The cotton mills of Germany,
il is safe to assume, are substantially
intact, but the Germans are without
raw material, and will not, in all prob
ability, be allowed to import any until
they arc readmitted to commercial
fellowship with the peoples from
whom they must buy--a condition
which awaits upon the slow processes
of the peace conference and surely
will not be realized before next au-
tumn. The mills of Spain, Italy, Switz-
erland and Scandinavia may soon be
able to operate to their former ca
pacity, provided they can pay for
needed raw material and that their
machinery is not so badly worn as to
require replacement. Japan, with it's
100000 cotton spindles running
double time, can help England to
supply India and China with goods
Of the 149,OOO.oOO cotton spindles
throughout the world 30,000,000 are
now idle or otherwise unproductive,
lack which must be in large meas
ure supplied by the spindles of Am
erica. 1t is this condition that the
Southern grower must be prepared to
meet in making the cotton crop of
1919 and the crops of subsequent
years.
Low priced cotton is no longer to be
looked for or advocated, for it spells
benefit for neither the grower nor the
spinner. Neither does it seem to us of
the North that the present is an op-
perfume time to seriously consider re-
stricting cotton acreage. We believe,
instead, that the grower will most eff
fectively serve mis- own interests If
hereafter he makes cotton his servant,
not his master. One of your ablest
and most far-seeing publicists declared
not long ago, with careful weighing Of
MS WoruS, tudt 1T WOuIu De lHHHltely
better for the South if it had never
raised bale of cotton. He no doubt
meant that, by permitting itself to be-
come one-crop section, the South had
fallen into the habit of thinking in
terms of cotton, of basing its activities
on cotton, and of raising cotton pri-
marily for the purpose of buying food
stuffs from other sections. 1t is full
time that such a system should join
the things rejected, because they have
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
World Depends ON American
Spindles for Cotton Needs
Manufacturer Tells Planters That Low Prices Are
Not To Be Expected and That Effort Should
Be Made Toward Better Quality of Output

lation of orders, or is compelled to
fight for business with competitors
quick to take advantage of the slump
in values which inevitably waits upon
an extraordinary crop. And then the
grower, poorly rewarded for his time
and labor, blames the spinner because
the bottom, so to speak, has fallen out
of things.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Offerings to Buyers

HOUSE DRESSES chanArass and snshssfnss.
per dosnn, i'ercsles. $3.50. Immediate es'''r'
J. Shpr. Is West i7th ST.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Basic Comm mOdities
March 20, 1919.
METALS

NoIn those reported the "bd
a ~ ~"
The sun., 1919-10-08
MORSE LINER HERE
WITH 1887 ABOARD
Stauangerfjord Was Detained
by Copenhagen Strike.

The Norwegian American liner Sta
vangerfjord, in yesterday from Chris
tiania with 1,1S7 passengers. a record
for her, was detained many days on the
other side because of the harbor strike
in Copenhagen. whence she was to have
sailed for this port. Passengers booked
from Copenhagen were sent to Chris
tiania with others bound this way by
other lines that were tied up. The re-
suit was that many cabin passengers
were forced to travel third class.
Capt. V. Lassen, marine superinten-
dent of the Scandinavian American Line
here, said that when he arrived at
Copenhagen from 10000 to $4,000 work.
ers were out and that forty ships were
held in the harbor, causing loss OF
millions of dollars The strike was en-
gineered by abSut a thousand of the
younger or Bolsheviki, element. Den
mark was for a time in fear of a famine
and the older and saner workers took
charge of the situation, and with the
help of the Danish shipping firms. who
threatened to lock out more than $4,000
workmen, they persuaded the strikers,
who had violated their agreements, to
go back to work.
Miss Irmeline Nansen, granddaughter
of the polar explorer, is here to take
course OF gardening at Cornell Lith-
Cow Osborne secretary of the American
Legation at Copenhagen, returned with
his bride, Countess Lii Raben- -LeyetZau,
daughter Of the former Danish Minister
of Foreign Affairs. Mrs. Osborne is a
sculptor. 1t is her first visit to America,
where her mother, formerly Miss Moul-
ton of Boston, was born.
The sun., 1919-10-08
THREATEN A GENERAL
. STRIKE. IN PITTSBURC
Labor Men at Closed Meeting
Decry Restrictions.

PIrrsRuRG. Oct. THE executive
council of the Pittsburg Central Labor
Union met behind closed doors tonight
to discuss the steel strike situation and
the refusal of the authorities to permit
the holding of mass meetings in the
open and in some places in halls. Com
plants against the State police and dep
uty sheriffs were also under discussion.
1t was said
The meeting gave rise to a report
that the council might consider the ques-
ton of general strike. When asked as
to the possibility Of the strike spread
ing beyond the steel industry. w. B.
Rubin OF New York, counsel for the
steel workers. said that ''unless the law
lessness of the State police and other
authorities stops and the workers get
justice. Pittsburg will probably see one
OF the greatest strikes in its history Z"
Strike leaders complain that besides
free speech being denied to them the
strikers are being arrested for having
union cards and that picketing in many
mill towns was forbidden. Mr.. Rubin
and J. G. Brown. a strike leader, at
tended the federation meeting and laid
before the labor men evidence of alleged
persecution of strikers
According to telephone message
from Secretary Hinkle of the Allied Mill
Workers Council of Steubenville. Ohio,
steel workers at Weirton, w. Va. living
In company houses who refuse to return
to work were being evicted.
The sun., 1919-10-08
BRITISH NEGOTIATE
FOR THE LMPERATOR
Wish u. S. to Relinquish Big
German Ships.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Upon the basis
of detailed reports from the British For
eign Office concerning the claims of the
British Shipping Commission to the pos
session of the former German steamship
lmperator and other ships which were
used by the United States Army trans
port service and were recently turned
over to the Shipping Board, the British
Embassy has begun negotiations with
the State Department to obtain relin-
qushment of these ships to the British
transatlantic companies.
According to the British viewpoint
their Government Is in no wise RESPONSE
BILE for the acton-of the reparations
commission in holding a certain number
OF tank ships owned by the Standard Oil
Company to be prizes of war because
they were sailed under the German
flag. They do not feel that there is wa--
rant in law or equity for refusing tc
turn over other ships regularly allotted
to the British by the reparations COM
mission as an offset for that decision
especially in view of the fact that the
tankers were not given to the British
but were assigned to supply oil to Ger
many.
The sun., 1919-10-08
REPORT BANKER MISSING.
Depositors Are Anxious About
Giuseppi Baldo.

A number Of Italians, depositors In
the private bank of Giuseppi Baldo OF
2472 Arthur avenue. The Bronx. went "a
the Bronx Park police station last nigh,
and told Capt. Duane. In charge there
that Baldo had disappeared and that
they were unable to get into the bank to
draw their money or transact business.
Capt Duane Investigated and found
that Baldo had not been seen since Sat
urday afternoon, when he closed hi:
bank leaving a sign on the door saying
the place was closed "til tomorrow -
and ostensibly went to Bath Beach to
spend the week end with his wife. Fol-
several years Mrs, Bsldo has gone Il
Bath Beach each week, and Balbo has
usually Joined her there Saturday after.
noon or night.
Balbo is described as FIVE feet and
eleven Inches In height, Weighing about
zoo pounds and having a large black
mustaehe. He Is said to have usually
carried largo sums OF money in his
poclysts