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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
|cOlE CLOSED MOTORS
MEET WITH APPROVAL
..,,.,a,,on ~ Ctili,y and Individu-
Ait, Eund In A"ro',po Cars
Of This season.
uv,JeRouS IMPROVEMENTS


,,t, tho first touch Of frost the
attention ~ tnc motor car users turn
P.,t,rpf.uly So enclosed cars and
n.y r..rrtNc'y seek comblna.
Ga, wear round utility ana slrik-
Inn. r.Nna'y
Tn, ,,,ul toward the acroiypc
s,t,rI.i ., and the remarkable pom.
p,r,, NJ 'h.s type In the open mod.
e.. of ,H, rl,~cnt year has caused
.cf,n.r utrhri changes In CLOSED car
limos ruV ir preparation.
oririnitnrs ~ Ncrot,pc Cars.
rH.t.... Motor car company. orig
,r,i,r, ~ 'Hr ncroiype ears. which
\b,ye hpr.mc irsrlv famous. has made
.he announcement thnuthcy will CON
r,ta these ,'rIting contours ln thclr
,,, I.fu pf enclosed car models now
t.,ly Z, he shown The distinctive
hlrh .twIs ana massive radiators thy
A,h,,r pe1u.. ..es the low panels with
Ybe,r'ri ,dr,s arc 10 hr preserved
,h,r.,rr possible and kop' similar 20
,be o. 'H'NU., found In the open
Aero l.rlN
Tl,.p new cars mean practically
tho offsf.uF ~ custom made disiinc.
,lysno,a ls stock productions which u
10 hr 'lr program of thiI COMPANY
M ordrr Wti these eGuiungcs may
suhseryc ~ the fullest degree tho
pafiIcu'1r needs and designs of the
purchaser
The Same completeness IN IN
noin'mtnis and fixtures characteristic
~ the oprr models ~ again present
IN the enclosed cara Practically
eyerv item ~ utility and service
which tho owner may expect OF the
ca he hrvs viii no built into those
nov "rus'on stock" models They
are mn itous which are absolutely es-
nnin' % me pcrforw1ucc. lur1hil-
N, sory zee and economy OF the prod
ImprnNcmcnt Over Or,ciuai
Ah,urh ir tho Tourqodpu nud
Tourrpuuc ihr characteristics ~ the
convertible am scUsor- ear with per-
mancu' roof have hecn preserved.
vas improvements have been made
over M" orlr.nh designs offered I'm
year past
Sold pillar construction prevails
and an windows which lower Into
The body panels are equipped with
reguiiofs
The TNursed,n will he offered In
tvo STYLES with and without perina.
nent glass partition between front
ard rear commandments Where tho
dividing partition IL found, the cen.
'e- rllFy norton lowers into the hack
~ the front seat ana n also equipped
with regulating device
! Inur plffcrrn, cars Offered
4 Tho line ~ hc offered under the
Cole Aero ElTht trademark for de-
livery during the fnll and winter ~
The present year viii include the two
I,ypc' " Tours"iuus hQth seven pas
lrenror capacity four passenger
fourcnupo with co'lapsihlr front scnt.
|ani a town car built on order cSclus.
lively
All ~ these cars will possess the
tamc inherent values of the Cole
chassis The, will be gifted with
he strue wonderful power range
|feNih.''v economy for which the
open models have been noted
Aside from their mechanical pcr
feciion, every accessory which may
adj tn convenience and utility has
been installed
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Act TO Prevent Slump i'm
Women's Spring Wear
Members of Merchants Ladies'
Garment Association Agree
to Curtail Output

Repeating their action Of last year
the members of the Merchants Ladies'
Garment Association have agreed not
to cut more spring coats, suits and
capes, after present orders are filled, in
order to keep the market from declin-
ing after Easter. The association, COM
posed of thirty or more of the leading
stock or jobbing houses in the trade,
benefited by similar action last year.
Heretofore overproduction around
Easter time has led to a wholesale cut
ting of prices Immediately following
the great spring style day. Retailers
have been able to come into the New
York market and pick up merchandise
at about half what it was selling for
before Easter. Competition among mer-
chants in all localities then forced a
deep cut by all retailers, with the re-
suit that spring goods taken in before
Easter and not sold deprecated lagrely
in value, causing a loss. By limiting
production to cover only immediate or
ders the big jobbers hope to eliminate
overproduction and the consequent post
Easter sag in prices, thus protecting
themselves and their customers.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Chemicals
Phenol Selling Under Cost
OF Production, but Caus-
tic Soda Is Fir,ner
Chemicals

The market for heavy industrial
chemicals continues quiet, consumers
restricting their purchases to immedi-
ate needs. The trade is awaiting
definite announcement by the govern
ment regarding the disposition to be
made OF its stocks of phcnol. Despite
the fact that the Federal authorities
have intimated that these stocks would
soon be placed on sale-a meeting of
dealers having been called to discuss
the matter and then stponed-t
are many In the trade who believe the
government will keep supplies of phe-
mol which 1t has on hand for use in
various departments. The product, it is
said, costs the manufacturers 20 cents
pound to produce but sales have been
recorded within the last few days as
low as IA cents in carload lots, while
smaller quantities bring from to 8
cents q pound.
Caustic soda is frmer, being quoted
in carload lots at $3.50 100 pounds
delivered at steamer, while the ex-store
price is about $3.50 100 pounds.
Soda ash is selling Mt SLIGO 100
pounds, either in bags or barrels. The
reason for this is the decline in the cx-
port demand for the commodity. which
is always packed in barrels, while the
domestic demand for ash in bags is
quite active.
Oxaic acid shows decided weakness.
the price yesterday being around 90
cents q pound, while last week it was
quoted at about 34 cents.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28

such bills are raro their next prefer
enCe is for bills that can be rcsold
at that time at profit; hence there
is good demand for sixty day bills.
Director General Hines yesterday an
nounced that the idea of trade accept
ances to be given to the car, locomo-
tive and equipment companies had been
abandoned, and that another plan will
be followed. The original plan con-
tempatcd that equipment companies
would draw drafts upon the Railroad
Administration, which would accept
them, making them available for dis
count at the banks. The reason for
abandonment was not given, but a
prima facie objection to the plan is
that the drafts would not really have
been trade acceptances in the ordinary
sense. They would not have been self
liquidating. They would have depend
ed upon the vote OF a Congress that had
not yet been called to appropriate the
money with which they were to be
met, and there was no certainty,
ii the appropriation had not been made
before the maturity of the drafts, that
they would have been renewed
Fifteen to sixty day prime trade
acceptances were quoted at 505L per
cent; sixty to ninety days, 5U512 per
cent; indorsed trade acceptances, AZ
per cent, all maturities
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Leather
British Embargo on the
Cheaper Grades Of
Leather Is Lifted

Announcement was made yesterday
by the Tanners Council that Great
Britain had removed the import re-
strictions on the cheaper grades Of
leather wax splits. rough splits, sole
leather offal and buff hides. Further
relaxation of the embargo on leather
imports has been under consideration
officially stated that this is not likely in
the near future. Dealers and tanners
here feel that this action on the part
Of the British government would help
to relieve the domestic situation in
that tanners who have been accumu-
lating large stocks of offal bellies.
shoulders and heads of hdes-will
now find an outlet for this class of
leather.
Wax splits is another grade of
leather that has been selling rather
sparingly in this country so that any
outside demand that may be developed
would be looked upon favorably. One
tanner declared that it is not likely
that Great Britain will find any large
quantity of rough splits of buff hides
available in this country az the de-
mand for these commodities from do
mestic consumers has been heavy and
the supply scarce. This tanner said
that recently heavy purchases have
been made Of rough splits and that he
believed the greater portion of ready
stock was now in a few hands.
All of the leather affected by the
lifting of the embargo is of the
cheaper grade and is used mainly in
the manufacture of what is termed
"ordinary Shoes" type of footwear
that has big sales in Great Britain
among farmers and miners. 1t is not
expected that this change in the ex-
port situation will have a material in
huence upon the sales Of higher priced
leather in this country, though some
dealers express the belief that an i'm
mediate outlet for the poorer ma
terial may encourage the tanners to
reduce prices on their better grade
leather.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Quality in Demand

AS the selling season progresses, the
tendency Of buyers to take better mcr-
chandise than ever before becomes
more marked. Orders placed by man
ufacturcrs Of mems clothing for high
class woollen goods show that many
houses which formerly hesitated to
pay more than SO yard for materials
to put into ready made suits are now
paying as much as IS yard and even
more. This means that many high
priced ready made suits will be offered
to the trade next fall. Suits to retail
at $50 and $40 will not be novelties.
Both clothing manufacturers and re-
tailers believe they will be able to dis
pose Of fair quantities Of suits at these
prices.
There are two or three reasons for
this belief The first is that the great
mass of people, the backbone of the
purchasing public, which buys ready
made clothing, is earning more money
and consequently can afford to spend
more. The second is that there will
be reaction from the poor fabrics
made and sold during the war period
This reaction is expected to lead to the
public's wanting and buying quality.
rather than mere price. A third reason
advanced is that more men Of means
are said to be desertng the custom
tailors for the high class ready made
shops
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU.
Tribune Building
1S4 Nassau Street
Silk Production
Near Maximum
In 5O-HOur Week
National Industrial Confer
ence Finds Output Is Lit
tie Affected by Shorten
ing of Working Time

BOSTON, March 27.-The point of
maximum production in silk manufact-
uring is declared to be "somewhat
nearer fifty hours than fifty-four hours
per week." in report issued to-day
by the National Industrial Conference
Board. An extended investigation of
working hours in that industry shows,
according to the report, that while re-
ductions to a fifty-hour week resulted
in majority of instances in a decrease
in the total weekly output. in many
cases there was an appreciable in
crease in the hourly rate of production,
and in several instances TINS increase
was sufficient to maintain weekly pro-
duction at its previous level.
Taking all establishments collcc-
tively," the report finds, "the loss in
total output was less than proportional
TO the reduction in hours"
This showing is in contrast with that
presented in previous reports of the
board on the cotton and wool manu-
featuring industries. In the woollcn
industy it was found that the "output
was maintained in only email proper
tion of establishments on II schedule Of
fifty-four hours, while in the cotton
industry reductions to a ffty-four hour
week almost Invariably involved loss
In production and usually substantial
loss. The report says the reason for
this difference in results ais largely to
be found in tho much greater impor-
tancc of skilled hand work in the manu-
facturc Of silk goods"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Coarse Woods Fail to
Attract at Boston Sale
Many Lots Withdrawn When
Governments Minimum Prices
Are Not Reached
Business Nc1cs Bureau
SnccinI Cnrrcsnnn1cncn

BOSTON, March 27.-Fine woods sold
we'll at the government auction here
to-day, but coarse sorts dragged and
several lots were withdrawn because
the government minimum price. despite
It's reduction of Z Il per cent, was not
reached by the bidders.
More than 100000 pounds of wool
were offered in the sale. The first
twenty-one lots were all sold, but no
bid was received on the twenty second,
which was withdrawn. Winslow e. Co..
Inc, took ten of the seventeen lots Of
Australian wool offered in the early
part of 1he sale, comprising about
$1,000 pounds of fine Austrian lambs
wool. A. II. Clifford G. Son took more
than $4,000 pounds Of the Australian
wool. Prices were S1.29 to $1.3i per
pound for fine carbonized lambs wool
and Sl.2o for fine short lambs wool
California wools were in poor de-
maud and several lots were withdrawn
although fine medium CALIFORNIA; sold
at $1.15. Territory and South Amcri-
can wools brought good prices and sold
we'll.
The buying was as widely distributed
as on the previous day. G. j. Wccb &
Co, Of Philadelphia, bought nearly
100000 pounds Of wool in the first 1l5
lots offered. Other large buyers were
the American Wooicn Company. the
Mlllbrook Woollcn Mills, the Hilsboro
Woolcn Mills and the Dumbarton
Woolcn Mills.
Twelve lots Of carpet wools were
offered, but all were withdrawn.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Russia Great Source
Of Undeveloped Minerals

w. G. Mitchell, Canadian mining
engineer, associated with r. Martens
e. Co., speaking on Russian cond-
tions last night at the Bush Terminal
Building under the auspices of the
Americana Russian Chamber of Com
merce and College of the City of New
York, said that the Slavic country
was the one great undevcloped mineral
land Of the world.
Russia" he said, "presents one OF
the few great undevclopcd fields OF min
cral wealth in the world. To develop
Its mineral wealth, Russia will re-
quirc outside assistance in the form
of organizing ability, in the form of
capital Investment. and there Is no
question that, particularly for Amceri-
can buaness. Russia presents alluring
possibilities for participation in an
which will parellel that Of the United
States during the last fifty years."
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Shoe Statesmen on Road
Send in Large Orders

Shoe statesmen, now on the road tax
ing orders for fall and winter models,
have been making sales greatly in ex-
cess Of those recorded this time last
year. The head Of a chain of shoe
stores which has agencies established
in many Of the smaller cities and
towns said yesterday that all OF his
road men reported business excellent
IN footwear for delivery next August,
September and October.
This man declared that while his
concern was asking higher prices for
its fall and winter models than now
prevail there was no diminution in
orders. He said that this rise in prices
was imperative because of the present
material and labor situation and the
fact that nothing indicated a change
of conditions that would warrant re-
ductions in cost. Kdskin and calf
skin are particularly scarce at pres
ent and there IL no hope of new stocks
OF this leather for some time to come.
he said.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Laboring Men EconomiSe
An Buying Work Clothes
Standard Price of Two ID olIars for Oyeras T. All.
vocated by Manufact urers to Put Their Indus
try ON Solid Foundation and Increase Sales

at top speed. During the war prices
were high and profits good. A certain
slackness crept into the trade. Now
all this is changed. We are compelled
to make goods at a price. We tried to
get away from the standard retail
price proposition, but we had to come
back to it. There is a certain psyche
logical effect in a standard price which
keeps business going. People will buy
81 overall now, but they won't pay
S2.25 or $2.35, except in rare cases.
When the 50 overall becomes an cs-
tablishcd fact don't believe there will
be much change in price for some time
to come. Certainly prices viii not de-
crease. Wages arc not going down
and raw materials apparently have hit
the bottom. But labor and raw ma
terials are the small portions of the
cost. The big item is distribution and
! think that is where future economies
arc to be made. If raw materials and
labor should increase the manufact-
urcrs must find Il way to cconomi1c on
distribution and thus keep the ultimate
price down TO tho 50 level"
Within the last few weeks, accord
ing TO Mr.. Davenport, buying Of over
alls by retail merchants has taken Il
squirt. The retailers, except those who
spcculatcd, have found their shelves
bare of merchandise and have been
compelled TO come into the market to
rcplcnish their depleted stocks, he said.
Prices for ovcralls and other working
garments are still little more than
100 per cent above 1914 prices, but have
decreased about 30 per cent from the
peak prices reached last year. Because
of this fan in prices the retailers who
spcculatcd, Mr.. Davenport gays, find
Themselves with II large stock Of high
priced merchandise on hand and no out
let FOR it except at II loss.
"Thc big orders Of the war days aro
ovcr.' he said. at didn't take brains
or shrcwdncss in those days to tell the
merchant that he could make money
by purchasing large stocks, that in
creased in value over night in many
eases. Orders now are relatively snnll,
but nrc gradually getting back TO nor
nal size, which means that the retail
ers are buying enough TO run them for
SIX or eight weeks into the future"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28

Textiles
Cingl,ana Sale Next Month
Being anticipated by
Retail Dealers

Unbleached cotton goods were dull
yesterday but there was more activity
in finished products. The lull in gray,
or unbleached goods. was accompanied
by indications of lower prices, due to
the disposition Of converters to unload
stocks bought at the low levels of
few weeks ago. 1t was conceded that
the prices for unblcached goods had
been allowed to advance too rapidly
and for that reason a reaction was re-
garded as natural.
Some export orders for brown sheet
ings were received from countries in
the Leyant, these sheetings being the
product of coarse yarns.
One of the leading mill agents sell
ing bleached goods reduced prices
about 2 cents yard on various pro-
ducts. In this part Of the market
fairly good volume of orders appeared,
the settlement Of the strike Of opera
tivcs on undergarmcnts having proved
stimulating influence.
Manufacturers of ginghams reported
q big demand for that product. A
NUMBER or the mills have launched 81
campaign to push retail dealers sales
Of ginghams during the week of April
2l-28, and the effects of the propa-
ganda arc being reflected in the de
mands that have been made on mill
agents to ship goods as promptly as
possible. In some cases requests have
been entered to ship the fabrics by
express.
Trade in fancy dress goods and heavy
chambrays, the latter being used for
making workingmen's shirts. was re-
ported to be quito large Business in
outing fnnncls that eventually 20 into
night robes and undergarmcnts, was
said to have increased in fair way,
the goods being wanted for fail dc
livery These products have been in
unusually large supply, the sudden
ending of the war having put Il stop
TO buying by the government, and also
by war relief societies. 1t is inferred
that burdcnsomo stocks hnvc been
largely worked out Of the hands Of
jobbcrs, and that trade from now on
Will tend to expand.
Some OF tho leading jobbcra reported
that by making sharp cuts in prices
they have been enabled to reduce stocks
Of those fabrics with which they were
too plentifully supplied. These mcr-
chants, it was said, have taken losses,
first to get goods out Of their hands,
and secondly to charge off the losses
IN their income tax returns.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Petroleum Institute to
Sneak for Oil Industry

CHICAGO, March 27.-The new spirit
Of understanding born of the war
would continue within the oil industry
in peace time, A. G. Bedford, head Of
the Standard Oh Company Of New
Jersey, declared tonight at the closing
session Of the National Petroleum Con-
gross.
1t was to keep the industry out Of
government hands and continue the
policy Of the war committee, he said,
that the American Petroleum Institute
had been formed. The institute, he de-
clared, would be its representative and
spokesman in national affairs.
Close cooperation of the government
and the oil industry, but not govern
mcnt ownership, was urged by Mark l..
Requa, who is retiring as director of
the oil division of the fuel adminstra-
ton.
The American Petroleum League re
elected its old officers, headed by Pres
ident c. l.. Mcguire, of st. Paul, Mimi.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Mill Asks Higher
Prices for Fall
Worsted Cloths
But Better Quality Offered
as an Offset; Other
Goods Placed OH Mar
ket at Lower Quotation

Confident that the market for high
class Hool cloths has stiffened, the
French River Textile Company yester-
day made its initial Offering of fine
worsted goods for fall, 1919, at prices
slightly in advance Of those for the
fall of 1918. 70 compensate for the
higher prices the quality has been i'm
proved. The goods are made Of fine
Australian yarn and weigh from 10
to II ounces per yard. The prices
range from $3.40 to s5.25 per yard net
Eight style ranges are offered, in
Guiding piecc-dyc and skcin-dye in both
clear finish and unfinished, French
backs, double planes and trouscrngs.
Another important offering to the
trade yesterday was that of cotton
warp wool filled sutings, 30 inches
wide, by the Ewing Textile Company.
These goods are designed primarily for
the boys and young mons clothing
trade. The prices range from 80 to 90
cents yard, according to the dccorn
tions. This price is said to be ID per
cent below that made by the company
for similar goods for fall, 1913. The
filling in the goods is all virgin wool
no shoddy or waste being used. Next
week the company will make it's initial
offering Of all wool and worstcd suit
Ings.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Metals
Smaller Demand for Cop.
per FOlIosUing Recent
Heavy Sales

Following the heavy buying of cop
per during the last few days slight
reduction in demand was recorded yes
terday. The business booked, how
ever, is still of good proportions. The
large sellers are quoting 1914 cents a
pound for the metal, with small sellers
reluctant to shade this price.
Dealers are commenting on the fact
that despite the sudden and compara-
lively heavy demand for copper prices
are not materially changed, and it is
the opinion of some of them that if
the buying continues copper may 90
to 16 cents within a few days.
Producers of hot-rolled strip steel
yesterday announced a cut in the price
of their product amounting to S15 net
ton. The new pIce is $3.05 per 100
pounds, Pittsburgh, as compared with
the previous price of $3.50 This is
the second cut in the price of hot
rolled strip steel made since the first
of the wear