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New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Chemicals
Trade in Heavy Chemicals
Shows improvement ;
Prices. Firm

Business in heavy chemicals con-
tinues to increase, with prices still
tending upward. Yellow prussiate OF
potash, because of its scarcity, is espe
cially firm. The head of one firm
which needs five tons declared yester-
day that none can be bought except at
the higher prices being asked by those
who are known to have limited supplies
on hand. Several tons, it is said, sold
recently at % cents a pound, but since
then the price has advanced to 40 and
As cents. with every prospect of the
price going still higher because of
diminished stocks.
Until few months ago large ship
mcnts were coming in from Japan and
the Far East. Recently there have
been scarcely any importatons be-
cause it has not paid to import at pre-
vailing prices. With the supply on
hand practically exhausted and the de-
mand more active, it is expected that
large consignments from Japan will
again come into the American market
Demands from Europe for heavy
chemicals continued quite active
though foreign buyers, the exporters
say, are purchasing only what they
absolutely need because of adverse eX-
change rates. There were many in
quiries on caustic soda from Soutf
Anne countries.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Textiles
Offerings of c otton
Goods Are Picked
Up Quickly

All offerings of finished cotton goods
were quickly absorbed yesterday by
the waiting buyers, but transactions in
gray or unbleached cloths were not of
such large volume as of late. Talk of
a strike Of doffers, or boys who strip
cotton, in the Fall River mills caused
Eastern concerns to be cautious about
offering goods for sale.
Mill prices for gray cloths remained
unchanged, but second hands sold some
goods at one-quarter of cent below
the prices demanded by the manu-
facturers. Some of the mill agents
frankly asserted that considerable
quantities of these cloths had been
purchased by spectators, who, it was
said, will have the goods the coming
fall, when it is likely that demand will
even be greater than 1t is at present.
Bleached fabrics were bought where
available in good volume. Some of the
leading mills are not taking orders for
these goods, enough business having
been booked for the time being.
Wide bleached shectings advanced 10
per cent in price. One of the leading
concerns has increased it's quotation
for readymade pillow cases 46 per cent
since April last. In general lines of
cottons considerable export business is
said to be pending. At the moment
individual orders are not large, but in
the aggregate they take considerable
quantities of goods from market that
is not any too we'll supplied.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Britain's Piece Goods Trade
Threatened by Rise in TOPS

Tremendous increases in the price
of tops, the long wool fbres from
which worsted yarns are spun, in COM
parison to the price of Jaw wool, is
jcapordizing Great Britain's export
trade in piece goods, in the opinion of
"The London Statist."
The rise in prices too dizzy heights
is due to the reduction # the work
ing hours of wool comb operators from
tifty-hve and one half hours to forty
eight hours per week, which means a
loss OF fifteen hours week for each
comb, since they are run in double
shifts; the enforced withdrawal of
female labor from night work. and a
further loss of half hour caused by
the three and one-quartcr hours lapse
of time between the day and night
shifts, during which the wool dries in
the machines. Under the old system
the night force began ten minutes
after the day force left and the wool
remained moist and workable in The
meantime.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Production in Women s
Wear Not Stabilized
New Labor Schedule and Shortage of Fabric Make
1t Difficult for Manufacturers to Determine
Costs; Buying Is Heavy

r ARGE orders for women's fall
~ wearing apparel which have been
placed with manufacturers during the
last two weeks have failed to stabilize
the market or to shape the policies
of the clothing producers for the
facturers was thus summed up yester-
day by Joseph Perling, Of Perling
G. Maer, Inc:
Manufacturers and buyers both
realize that prices are necessarily high
and that there is real shortage of
desirable merchandise. How long this
situation will continue no one knows
We have not progressed far enough in
the fall producing season to know how
the week work basis of employing our
labor will work out. At present it is
costing more to produce garments of
all kinds than it did formerly. In add-
tion to this fabrics have risen tre-
mendously in price and are coming
through from the mills slowly"
MIR. Perling drew comparison be-
tween conditions last year and this
year.
even in May and June of 1913" he
said. "the manufacturers raised the
cry Of fabric shortage for fall and
advised the buyers to place their
orders as early as possible. The re-
suit was that the retailers bought
more heavily in June than they did in
July. The fabric shortage turned out to
be a myth, and the retailers felt that
they had been duped into making
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Government to Sell
Surplus Cotton Goods
l4,OOO,OOO Yards of Miscel.
laneOus Fabrics Will Be
Auctioned Here

WASHINGTON, July 18.-The sur
plus property division of the purchase
and storage division of the War Depart
ment will offer for sale at public auc-
tion at the Manhattan Opera House, in
New York City, at 1O:3O o'clock july 80,
approximately 100000 yards of mis-
cellaneous textiles, valued at more than
S4,00O,O0O. These fabrics, while ac-
quired by the War Department for
weights and weaves carried in CONNER
cial lines.
The textiles to be offered at the sale
and the approximate total yardagc of
each follow: Bobbinet, 1,276,2O4 yards;
cheese cloth, 1,592,541 yards; cotton
uniform cloth, 864,317 yards; drill, L.
BAT ,259 yards; duck, 1,S9O,1O1 yards;
galatea, 140,S57 yards; black Italian,
1850 yards; jeans, 500, ,2OS yards; rain
coat lining, 76,425 yards; moleskin,
15,6OO yards; osnaburg, 923,567 yards;
outing flannel, 709,S02 yards; sateen,
S2,472 yards; sheeting, 1,91S,691 yards;
silesia, 100000 yards; shirting, 1872
yards; ticking, 1902 yards; twill, 412,-
oO5 yards, and venetian, 1S3,606 yards.
These surplus textiles are stored in
government warehouses throughout the
country, but samples of each Of the 12O
lots of textiles to be offered for sale
will be available for inspection at the
Zone Supply Office, room, 22O, 461
Eighth Avenue, New York City, five
days prior to the sale.
"No bids for less than 5000 yards of
any lot offered will be accepted" said a
War Department statement, unless
that particular lot contains less than
the established minimum quantity. All
goods will be sold f. o. b. the warehouse
IN which they are located, and each
bidder will be required to make a de-
post Of $500 in cash or by certified
check before being permitted to par
ticipate in the bidding.
"Ihe bobbinet offered may be util-
lied for hat Innings, mosquito bar and
curtains; the cheese cloth for surgical
supplies, crinolincs and tobacco bag
ging; the duck, for the manufacture Of
tents and sail cloths; the outing fan-
mel, for sleeping garments; the osna-
burg, for wall ceilings and bagging, and
the moles skin for overcoat 'linings. The
twill, silesia, sateen, venetian and
galatea are particularly adapted for use
as garment Innings"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Better Grades of
Women's Apparel
/ Ordered Heavily
Buyers Manifest Anxiety
Lest Manufacturers Fail
on Deliveries This Fall;
Popular Models Advanced

Anxiety over the possibility Of ap-
parel manufacturers not being able to
fill all orders is leading the buyers of
women's garments to make larger pur-
chases of the better grades of mer-
chandise for fall. Many large orders
were placed yesterday with producers
Of high class dresses, coats, suits,
skirts and waists. The buying of coats
and suits is said to be relatively heav-
ier than that of dresses, because the
shortage of woollen goods is more
stringent than of silks.
"The larger retail stores," said a
resident buyer yesterday, "are ordering
more of the high-priced merchandise
than they actually need in order to be
supplied when the shortage makes it.
self felt. In the lower priced garments
they are ordering only about in line
with normal requirements"
Gives Warning of Advance
Buyers are confronted with rises In
prices at every turn. One of the 1arg-
est dress manufacturing concerns in
the local trade has a sign prominently
displayed in its show rooms reading:
"Prices quoted prevail only on orders
placed now. All recorders are subject
to advance Of So to SIS per dress"
The manager of this house said that
1t was probable that the concern soon
would cease taking more orders because
1t could get no more fabrics, and did
not have the labor to produce more gar
ments, even if fabrics were available
The volume of business being booked,
reckoned in money, is tremendous. A
dress manufacturer who ordinarily
sells about $1,50O,O0O worth of gar
ments annually, said yesterday that he
began selling his fall merchandise on
July Z and up to date, in nine business
days, had booked orders amounting to
$260,0OO.
Boost Quick Selling Models
Many manufacturers have inaugur-
ated the policy of increasing the prices
on certain quick-selling models in or
der to check the buying by retailers
and turn their attention to other lines
which have not been moving so rapidly
A dress manufacturer yesterday
showed letter from a large buyer in
9 nearby city trebling an order placed
only week ago. Not one garment on
the order had been shipped. Another
buyer who had ordered seventy-one
dresses by mail a couple of weeks ago.
came in personally, cancelled the order
and wrote another one for 143 dresses
OF better quality.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Coarser Grades of Wool
Show Firmer Tendency
Need of Cheaper Fabrics in Eu.
rope Expected to Reduce
the Supply

Tremendous demands for woollon
goods, according to the First National
Bank of Boston, are responsible for
advancing prices of wool, despite in
crcasing supplies. The bank believes
that prices will go still higher. Re-
cent advances in the finer grades of
wool have amounted to 10 per cent, it
is said, and the coarser grades also
have shown some appreciation.
at has been matter of consider
able SURPRISE" the bank says, "that
wool values have continued to rise so
steadily in the face of increasing sup
plies. This is perhaps even more no
ticeablc in England, where 1,27O,000
bales had been imported for the five
months ending May 81. The new Brit
ish clip, approximately equal in secured
content to the American, is now avail
able for the market, and heavy ship
ments from Australasia are coming
forward steadily. In this country the
government has sold 311 900, 900 pounds
of wool at auction to manufacturers
and dealers, chiefly the former. The
government carries over until fall ap-
psoximately 15O,0O0O0O pounds of wool,
muCn OIL WHICH is OIL lnQllIcrcnC Cnar-
acter.
"The explanation of the strength of
the market lies in the tremendous de-
mand for goods. Nearly all the manu-
facturers here and in England are sold
ahead for six months, and the spinners
and topmakers are sold ahead for the
remainder of the year, so that except
at premium it would be a practical
impossibility to get any spinner to
make any commitments for delivery
this side Of December. Meanwhile, the
buyers of cloth are urging the manu-
facturers to name prices beyond the
first of the year, but the latter are
reluctant to commit themselves so far
ahead in view Of the uncertainties.
"The demand still is chiefly for
fabrics requiring the finer grades of
wool, but confidence in the position
of coarser woods is increasing. Mani
festly, there must be many million
pounds of wool turned into fabrics for
the people in Central Europe, and
even though they buy the cheapest
fabrics the effect upon the market will
be one of decided strength. Already
the effect of competition from Con-
tinental Europe is being seen in Ar
gentina, where considerable wool suited
to the needs of the continent is to be
had. This same competition is fore
ing up the prices of by-products in
England"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Silks
Jobbers Do Large Busi'
ness in Silk Goods;
Export Trade Good

Dress silks were bought freely yes
terday by buyers from the South and
West. Nearly all of the business was
taken by the large jobbers. Trade
with number of the small sellers
tapered off, the rain being held respon-
siblc for the decreased orders.
Leading concerns stated that they
had all they could do to attend to the
wants of their customers, all of whom
desired that their purchases be shipped
as early as possible. Some of the
poorly stocked jobbers were in the
market trying to gee goods from those
more favorably circumstanced. The
latter stated they had to husband
their supplies for steady customers
and did not court orders from transient
buyers. Jobbng concerns that spe-
cialize in export trade reported that
they had received large number of
orders for shipment to Canada, South
America, Africa, Australia and Cuba.
1t was stated that considerable of the
foreign business represented what are
known as repeat orders. The sales to
foreign interests naturally reduce the
supplies available for domestic buyers
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
interpretations

ALBANY. July 1s.-Thc following char
ters were granted to-day by the Secretary
of State. o...
Queens Conrad w Haldenwang. Charles
Stockton, George f. Triebswetter eSs
Eighth Avenue. Long Island City.
Western New York Toy Company. lncJ
s12, 500: Jamestown; H e. Nelson. e h
Anderson c. f. Carlson, 1877 Euclid Ava
enue, jamestown. n. Y.
Forman- Hutcheson Corporation. motors
5000: Hempstead, Ralph Forman. L. G.
Hutcheson. Ralph Forman. jr.. Hempsteaa'
n. Y.
seph Randa; Robert G. Peters % hu''ah1
Road. Brooklyn. -
adler & Barandes, Inc res Tes'aprsps; Recky
Adler. Louis Barandes, 2l6 East hooS'o"
Street, New York. ,o,. ,,.u
Maurice Cloak Stores Inc. $1,000 Man
haitian NJ Zimmerman. Ben Zimmerman
lsidore Cooperstack. 2lo2 Daily Avenue
New York. 49,,
"snapiock." Inc. autos; s225. coo; Man an
haitian; y. L. Young. Harry STEIN 10
sephine NJ. Breunig. lS7 st. Nicholas AV-
cnue Brooklyn.
Tns old Bleach Linen Gompany'v n,pa1 vieto; lac:
G. Cormier. William Hollinger. Rector
Street. New York.
The Uniform Dry Cleaning corporatNi0n; Ns
50.000: Manhattan. 5. Creenbaun, 'iaH
Jawetz. Charles Lishcner. 6e5 West l'''n
Street New York
MarcniOny Bros. Inc. confectOns' -ad"-
haitian; l.. MSrchiony a. Marchiony. Bar-
tolo Marchiony. 80 Charles Street Ne"
York.
one Hundred and Tenth Street -Lenox
Avenue Garage, $40. 900. Manhattan; Sam,
ue J. Bush, Edward V Mckeown, fsa"a'u
Keitman. III Broadway. New York.
Bramleh Trading. corpn comm coninissio1 $50,
merchants. $4,000; Manhattan; Mike loul,
Herman Wilhelm Lester K. Thorman' 70
Liberty Street. New York. cen.
Triple "S'' Waist Company. Inc, sov:-
00O. Manhattan: Sam d. Nechamhus, Saii.s sam.
Schwartz. Sam E. Music. 1929 br.st0~
Street. New York. ooo.
De Bruce Inn Company; Inc. sS:vVp'
sullivan County Rockiand; Charles %. %.
Ward A H. Ward. Robertson Ward 10
Bruce, ~ Y
Halstock building Company. Inc. So.
coo: Queens. c. w. Haldenans. char'es . =
stockton. George f. TrieDswetter, oo'
Eighth Avenue. New YORK.
Rose Galotta. Inc, wearing apps'el,
lo.00O Manhattan: Daniel Galotta. hoss
Gaiotta. Mae w Romagna. 2O-s "raho
Concoursc New York. ooo.
Press Machine Corporation, $50 oog'
! Manhattan. a. e. sheridan. samuel u
Walkup. a. f Lafrenta. 145l Broadway
New York .oo.
Wright Clothes Shops. Inc. $4,000;
Manhattan y Novick Sidney Haas, sam
Camnitz. II East l0lst Street, New iorA IN
Lee Zurich Alloys Corporation. S-";Vvv.
Manhattan; l.. Lee, Sol W. Zurich. heieh
/ o. Zurich, Wilson Court. Brooklyn.
The 13I West SEVENTEEN street heai's,
slo.o 600 Manhattan; a. NJ. Jacobus. HeIen
II. Jacohus. John H. Hibbard, liS BroAo'
way. New York.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Head Office: KOBE, JAPAN

sAVANNAH-Lindsay 6 Morgan Cot
e A. Coleman, carpets. rugs. draperiesl
Holland.
SEATTLE-J. S. Graham: r. S. Graham.
cloaks suits; S03 Fifth Avenue; Ansonia
SEATTLE- Marche; Mr.. McGill,
trunks. leather goods; Associated Mer:
chandising Corporation, 225 Fifth Avenue
etc: Continental.
SHREVEPORT, La-winter Co.: S. s.
Weisman. drygoods notions. mems fur
women's ready to wear millinery and
house furnishing goods: IS East Twenty
sixth Street. room 1874.
SALTWATER, Okla-Katz Dept Storet
j. katz, drygoods, clothing, etc. Pennsyl.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Forbes G. Wal.
sGs; E,f1i Miss aNsn II. Foley ready to wear 2ss
STATESBORO. Ga-Brooks Simmons
Co. l. c. Mann. general merchandise
Collngwood.
j.. sTAUNToN. va.-Bryan's Department.
Store: Mr. Bryan. ready to wear; l1s3
Broadway; care Valentine & Strauss.
STOCKHOLM Sweden-Swedish-A Ameri.
can Commercial Co. Ida o: Bruce. all
Broadway.
ST. LOU1s-stix. Baer & Fuller D. @.
Co. Miss ]. Webb, suits. 1l6 West Thirty.
second Street. room 1910
ST LOUIS-S Sander Co: s. Sander.
tailoring goods; Broadway Central
G ST @ l2uEsUs5m, i uol., b%er -. Fuller Pa, p g.
116 West Thirty second Street.
TAMPA. Fla.-M. G. Rosenberg Co.; NJ
G.. Rosenberg, drygoods. etc., Grand.
TAMPA, Fla.-s. Simovitz Co.; S. simo4
vitz drygoods, etc; Grand.
TOLEDO-H Miller Co.; II. Miller. repA
resentative; Hermitage.
TORONTO--E. Markus. drygoods; BresA
lin.
TORONTO. Canada-C. Purkis. furnsh-
ings, etc; Commodore.
UNION CITY, TENN. Verhine ready
to wear and general merchandise; Lathams
VERNON, Tex-Dxon D. C. Co; J, A.
Dixon, representing; $50 Broadway, room
110l.
VICkSBURG, Miss.-A Adler. ready to
wear; Collingwood.
WAXAHAClIIE. Tex. -- Cheovcs Bros
Co f c. Rogers. carpets; Imperial
WICHITA-Cohn Hinkel pryso"ds COZ
c. A. Shaefer. laces. embroideries, neck"
wear, handkerchiefs. ribbons, notions.
leather goods toilets art ne"dlework Mac
Crueson, china. housefurnishings.C Clarence
De Witt. bargain basement. popular prices.
ready to wear and jobs; Miss Minnie
Drake coaks. suits. dresses. infants and
childrens wear: Mrs. A Bristow, waists
muslin underwear. sweaters, neghgees, L.
j. Ring silks. woollen goods. wash goods
linens. domestics. blankets: Alex lie
Meyer; 6 West Thirty second Street.
WILKES BARRE Mac Williams; M
Malta furniture. sewing machines, 40S
Fourth Avenue: Breslin.
WILMINGTON. Del.-George r. Fritz;
w. r. Fritz. furniture. carpets draperies'
beddings Alcazar.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Rubber
Crude Rubber Firmer
and Reclaimed Product
in Better Demand

Sitter rates for sterling exchange,
increased inquiries from manufacture
ers, and slightly better buying yeste~-
day strengthened prices for crude
rubber in the local market. Advices
from London indicated firm prices.
Locally first latex sold at 39M cents
pound for spot delivery, with ma
terial to be delivered during the final
three months Of this year commanding
AZ cents. Smoked ribs for prompt ship
ment brought 3812 cents a pound, anI
Al cents for stock to be delivered dur
ing the period extending from October
to December.
Reclamers of old rubber report that
trade with them is awakening after a
long period of dulness. The Improvement
is attributed to increased buying
by the manufacturers of automobile
coverings, and rubber coats. Fair
orders also have been received from
insulators of electrical wire. England
IS buying some reclaim goods, and
Austria as we'll as Gcrmany is expected
to figure in the local market shortly.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Belgium RepresentatiSe
H Coming With Mission

BRUSSELS, July ls.--The Belgian
government has decided to be officially
represented on the mission which will
90 to America in September, compris-
ing men prominent in commerce and
sndustry in various Of the European
Allied nations, upon invitation of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States. Great Britain, France and
Italy had already decided to send rep
Yesentativcs on this mission.
Aiojs Van de Vyere, former Belgian
Minister of Finance, has been named
as head Of the Belgian section; Eticnne
Clementel, Minister Of Commerce,
heads the French contingent, and Dr.
Silyio Crespi the Italian. The mission
will make an extended tour of the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19

their purchases before they were
ready.
"This year there is real scarcity
of materials and the garment manu-
facturer is unable to produce as much
as he did. Most of the buyers are
cognizant of the factors entering into
the present situation and have shaped
their plans accordingly. They no
longer fear the high prices The
women of the country engaged in bust
ness are earning more money than
addition to this the soldier boys are
back, ready to pay for the theatre
tickets, suppers, ice cream sodas and
other entertainment which many wom-
en- had to provide for themselves while
the men were in France This leaves
them free to spend more of their
money on clothes. The economy re-
strictions are off and competition in
dress among the fair sex is as keen
as ever. All this means that the re-
taller is selling and will continue to
sell -high-prced merchandise as long
as these conditions remain"
At present it is not necessary for
manufacturers to bring out frequent
style changes to stimulate buying, ac-
cordng to Mr.. Pering.
yet been in the market and others will
have to come in again to replenish
their stocks. Of course, new models
will be brought out during the season,
but the manufacturers will not be-
forced to develop a large number of
new styles in order to sell all the
cloth they have on hand. The normal
demand will more than eat up the
available supply of fabrics"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Miss King Heads Woman's
Commerce Association

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July 1s.-Miss
Florence King, of Chicago, was elected
president of the Woman's Association
OF Commerce at meeting of the ex-
ccutlve committee of the organization
to-day Other officers elected were
DR.. Irene Behnke, of Chicago, first
ce-president; Mrs. Ora Lightncr,
Tulsa, Okla, second vice-prcsident;
Miss Emma Mayes, Indianapolis, Ind.
treasurer; Miss Anita Bauman, Colum-
bus, Ohio, auditor.
The committee voted to extend nc-
tivities of the association to the for
nation OF All international organizu-
ton
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
CO1Ors
Inquiries for Dyes
Sho,V Increase Especial
Iy From the Far East

Increased demands for. dyestuffs
from the Far East were reported yes
tcrday by exporters. Both Japan and
China, it was said, were bidding ac-
lively for basic dyes and intermediates.
A number of inquiries for coloring
materials have also been coming from
Europe recently with attendant in
crcases in sales. Whereas past pur-
chases have been confined to small lots,
orders are now coming in for heavy
shipments, principally to countries
neutral during the war.
At present South American buyers
are not 50 active in the market as they
have been in the past, although the
demand from the Latin countries con-
tinues in keeping with their seasonal
requirements.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-19
Business M0ney

Commercial paper market is on a
5A to 5h per cent basis, with bust
ness mostly at the higher rate The
majority of the banks will not buy
paper under 51s per cent, it was
learned yesterday, only the choicest
kind of bills being discounted at 5A
The aggregate of commercial bor-
rowing is fairly heavy, according to
the head of one large concern The
bills are taken in pretty good shape
and there is said to be no accumula-
tlon to speak of.
Large sugar dealers and grain mer-
chants are reported to be borrowing
quite actively in this and other mar
kets. Sugar producers and refiners are
doing a large business, and this has
necessitated larger borrowings. Grain
houses are borrowing to help finance
the new crops which are beginning tc