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New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Statesmen Want Vote and
More Time for Luncheon

Statesmen connected with concerns
manufacturing or jobbing women's ap-
parel went on record last night as
wanting to vote even when business
calls them from their homes on Elec.
tion Day. They also declared in favor
OF an hour and quarter lunch period
each day. Both questions came up for
discussion at the annual meeting of the
Garment Salesmen's Association, held
at the Bush Terminal Sales Building.
The association numbers close to 1000
statesmen connected with the garment
Industry.
The lunch period. according to sug-
estlons made at the meeting should
last frem 1915 to 1880 daily.
The following officers were re-
elected Tor the ensuing year: Arthur
): Levy, president; Joe A. Siegel, first
vice -president; William A. Quigley,
second vice president; Sol. Wolerstein,,
secretary Maurice H. Mann was
elected treasurer to succeed Robert S.
Watts, who resigned the office
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
JEWELRY-Refdilers Say
Stocks Are Fast Disappearine

With shipments from the factories
still far behind schedule, stocks of
jcwelry on shelves of retailers have
become reduced to the point where
many dealers foresee the loss of a
large amount of trade if new supplies
do not arrive soon.
Orders placed by local retail deal
eers in June for delivery that month
have not arrived yet, as production
has been interrupted by strikes, trans
portation delays, inability to secure
skilled jewellers, and the scarcity of
stones and precious metals.
Although prices for diamonds are
nearly double those of last year, buy
ing continues in large volume. One
carat stones now command from $500
to 5000, whereas last year plenty were
to be had att $3.50. Clusters of da-
monds that sold for S75 last year are
to-day selling for SITS.
Prices forN cheaper stones, such as
sardonyx, amethyst, onyx, jade, tur-
quoise, moonstones and bloodstones
have also advanced considerably in
price because of their scarcity.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
French Merchants Buy
American Furs at leipzig
Germans Do Not Hold Large
Stocks of Russian
Goods

French dealers who have gone to
Leipsig for the purpose of renewing
business relations with the German fur
lercnants have, according to Norman
l. Bacon, president of the New York
l'ur Auction Sales Corporation, who
as just returned from a four months
zip abroad, in many instances
rought back furs of American origin
rocured by the German manufact-
Nrers and dyers through neutral coun-
tries.
The fur houses of London and Leip-
zig. Mr.. Bacon says, are also in COM
municaton. and it is expected tina.
the English concerns will make strong
efforts to retain German business.
While much favorable comment on the
quality of the dressed and dyed furs
imported from the United States is
ieard among foreign buyers, it is Mr
Bacon's belief that any relaxation of
surely be taken advantage Of in Ger
many. The large stock of Russian
pelts which it has been assumed the
Germans had succeeded in procuring
seemingly does not exist
There can be no doubt" said Mr.
Bacon yesterday, that the world s
stock OF raw furs on substantially all
articles is Snort AS goods came to
market in Europe they were quickly y
snapped up with an advance in prices
Unless the exchange situation initiates
700 strongly against Europe the late
belligerent and neutral European cour-
tries viii be prepared to pay even
more than the present high prices, a.
the manufacturers are anxious to Sc.
cure raw materials with which to bring
their factories to capacity productions
A large number of European buyers
he added, are expected to attend the
1ur auctions to be held in this country
during the coming fall and winter.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
The News of Business

NEW YORK banks the
They had not been avid
abstinence
Clearing House Association Friday had fallen
all the bills flowed the
taken at bills
Duness continued prevail market
of bills possible for
the market New York practically
mercial market
Rates bankers acceptances quoted follows:
Thirty
DAYS DAYS
Eligbe membe
Eligible m
Ineligible bills
For delivery within thirty Eligible
quoted at 716 eligible
eligible bank bills at per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
SlLkS-Yokohan,a Quotes
Rnu SIX 25 Gents HigIler

Business in the silk market yester-
day was quiet. There was a continued
tendency on the part of those few buy
ers who made their appearance in the
showrooms to shop" but bargains
were not easily found. Some merchan-
disc was offered, however, by garment
manufacturers at attractive prices.
Some of these firms acquired large
stocks, and it is believed that the COM
parative inactivity Of the market dur
ing the past week has caused them to
become apprehensive regarding the fu-
ture.
Jobbers reported slight falling off
III the demand for some fabrics which
during the past month have been ex-
tensively purchased. Satins, as a re
suit of decreased demand, were sell
ing about 10 per cent lower yesterday
A medium quality, which recently sold
for S1.65 yard, was marked at S1.A0
Dealers in silk goods for shirts
voiced the belief that prices will be
higher next spring. They argued that
productions are, as a whole, completely
consumed for the present, sales having
been made for delivery as far ahead as
the spring of 1921.
Limited transactions in the raw silk
market here yesterday were in contrast
to fairly active day in Yokohama
Japanese cables reported that buying
by American firms was sufficient to
bring about general advance in
prices. Shinshiu No. ! was quoted at
500 q pound, and Kansai double extra
at $l0.25 pound, an advance OF %
cents over Saturdays figures.
Some American importers are look
ing confidently toward China as com
potitor in the American market for raw
silk. Japan has always held undisputed
sway in the marketing of the prodvct
Chinese and Italian silks, while used
by American manufacturers, have never
entered this country in sufficiently
large quantities to be considered as
competition to the Japanese importa.
ton. Now, it is said, Chinese reelers
are showing willingness to operate ir
conformity with American demands, ant
it is believed this will materially in
crease the consumption of their prod
uct in the United States
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Notwithstanding OF
Spectators Cause Less Anr;ofx

The cotton goods market yesterday
while devoid of any large volume of
buying, was firm with prices advanc-
ing in some basic fabrics. The steady
disappearance of merchandise con-
trolled by spectators is relieving
manufacturers and mill agents of the
uncertainty which prevails when goods
of such character are known to be
held IN large quantities for the mar
ket. Most all factors are cndeavorinp
to Clrcumvont the activities Of spccu-
lators by refusal to sell merchandise
IN quantities sufficiently large to permit
of the accumulation of stocks for such
purposes.
With the realization that virtually
all gray goods being bought are going
into immediate consumption, owners
of remaining stocks of this class of
merchandise are advancing their
prices, and yesterday the quotation on
64x60s, a standard cloth, were 16h
cents yard.
Operations in print cloths consti-
tuted most Of the activity. Bleached
goods are scarce on the market and
with a continued demand for them it
is believed that buyers who do not
now take those stocks offered will find
great difficulty in obtaining the fabric
later. The constant demand for gray
SOttS II OilI DIcdCUtIS ana CoINeTlcTS
is rapidly eliminating available stocks
from the market and that serves to ac-
centuate the belief that bleached
goods will be scarcer in the future.
Commission houses reported that
many manufacturers throughout the
country are asking for October and
November deliveries of merchandise
purchased for spring consumption.
Ordinarily the mills carry these stocks
over the winter. but the scarcity OF
goods has led the manufacturers to
assume the storage and thus assure
them of having the stocks when the
season opens
Most Of the large firms in the mar
ket will close their doors at o'clock
this afternoon out of respect for the
memory Of James Harper Poor. senior
member Of Armory. Brown e. Co., who
died Saturday. Funeral services Will
be conducted from the residence Of
the family, East Hampton, l.. J., at that
hour.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Years of Effort I'll av
Brought About Harmoni-
ous Relations Between
Employees and Employers
Much W elfare Work
Working Conditions Excel
lent, While Underpaid
Labor Is Not Wanted
By w. H. Onken, Jr.
Editor Electrical World

Copyright, McGraw- Hill Company
TIME electric lighting industry
is singularly free from labor
difficulties because in those
plants which are privately operated
(and they constitute the vast maj jor-
ity) the interest of the management
extends to the health, material well
fare and to some degree to the hap
piness of the employees. This is
neither charity nor philanthropy, but
sound economy. Certainly there is
no enterprise where continuity and
reliability of service is more i'm
portant than in the electric light
and power business. Whole cities
depend on it for their street light
ing, water supply,N transportation,
industrial, business and domestic
life, so that it is essential that there
be no interruption of the service.
While labor is an important ele-
ment to that service, it is not the
most important. A water power sta
ton with generating equipment
enough to supply half dozen large
cities requires less than fifty men to
operate it. The business requires
large capitalization, with but small
return on the investment
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
National Agreement
Reached Recently

This agreement consists of
declaration of principles based on
the proposition that he vital inter-
ests of the public and of employe
and employer in industry are insep-
erably bound together, and that all
will benefit by continuous peaceful
operation of the industrial process
and the devotion of the means of
production to the common good. The
principles are as follows:
l. The facilities Of the electrical
industry for service TO the public
will be developed and enhanced bv
recognizing that the overlapping of
the functions of the various groups
in the industry is wasteful and
should be eliminated.
Z. Close contact and a mutually
sympathetic interest between en-
ploye and employer will! develop
better working system, which will
tend constantly to stimulate produc.
ton, while improving the relation
ship between employe, employer and
the community
8. Strikes and lockouts are detri.
mental to the interests alike of en-.
Pioye, employer and the public, and
should be avoided.
4. Agreements or UNDERSTANDINGS
which are designed to obstruct di
rectly or indirectly the free develop.
ment of trade, or to secure to special
groups special privileges and ad-
vantages, are subversive of the pub.
lie interest and cancel the doctrine
of equality of rights and opportu-
nifty, and should DC condemned.
5. The public interest is con-
served, hazard to life and property
is reduced ard standards Of work
are improved by fixing an adequate
minimum of qualifications in knowl.
edge and experience as a require
ment precedent to the right Of an
individual to engage in the electrical
construction industry, and by the
rigid inspection of electrical work,
old and new.
6. Public welfare, as we'll as the
interests Of the trade. demands that
electrical work be done by the cleo.
trical industry.
7. Cooperation between employees
and employers acquires conAtructive
power as both employees and employ
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
FCRS-Corernmem 10 Offer
Big Lot OF Sealskins at ST. Louis

Because of the shortage Of highly
skilled labor in the fur industry and
rapid increases in wages that employees
are demanding and receiving, manu-
featuring furriers are endeavoring to
cut down orders as far as possible
Some of them are refusing orders now
and others are limiting the amount Of
merchandise they will permit Gus
toner to purchase. Many of them say
that the recorders from customers who
bought earlier in the season are suffi-
Gent to keep their production capacity
taxed to the utmost
1T is time for every one in the fur
business" said Fred Kaufman, of
Kaufman & Oberleder, yesterday. "to
operate 'conservatively. It is impos-
slble for the trade to produce all the
merchandise it could sell this season.
ihdlVldua manufacturers who try to
take on all the business they can must
nnecessarly outbid their competitors
Tor labor and raw materials. This is
sending the prices higher each day"
Approximate amounts of some of the
offerings in the fall auction of Funs-
ton Bros. & Co., at st. Louis, begin
n'ng September 10, were made yester-
day by George B. Herzig, Eastern rep
resentatlve of the concern. These in
c!ude 10000 Alaska sealskins and be-
tween 700 and 800 blue foxes for the
united states government, 900 SOUR
Iels. 1000 900 moles. 100000 skunks.
100000 muskrats. $4,000 laccoons. 90
Ooo mnks, 1000 Russian sables. SO 600
red foxes. 5000 white foxes, coo silver
foxes, 10000 Australian foxes. l. 900
cross foxes, 5000 to 1000 martens and
$1,000 Russian ponies. This is the
hrst offering of Russian pony skins at
st: Louis auction in the last five
More than 100 members of the New
OK 1ur trade have signfied their in
.ts tehtlon OF leaving for st. Louis about
The middle Of next week.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
CiEEMlGALS-Potask Easier
German Competition Feared

Dealers in potash yesterday were in
'ned to lower prices in the hope Of
dlsposing of their stock at the best
prices obtanable before German com,
petition sets in. Though the supply of
potash in the hands of dealers is small
all seem anxious to sell before the
lifting of the embargo on the German
munate has time to affect the market.
No shipments from Germany are ex-
pected for some time, because of labor
troubles. industrial and social chaos.
disorganization of the mines and the
breakdown in transportation in Central
Europe American manufacturers of
potash state their business will he
ruined b. German competition. Thcv
are protesting the removal of the EN-,
bargo and requesting its rcenforce-
ment.
Bichromatc OF soda was in hettar
inquiry yesterday than for some time
past. Prices asked were 1414 cents a
pound, but little could be obtained at
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
LEATHER-Esporters 4re
Buying Better Grades OF Shoes

Expectations of shoes are once more
running heavy, dealers stated yester-
day. For the last ten days there had
been some slackening up of export
shipments, principally because the
low-priced shoes, sought by foreign
buyers, were hard to find. From these
exporters have turned to higher grade
footwear to satisfy the demand from
abroad. Shipments to Denmark, Greece,
Egypt and the Balkan states are the
heaviest in the export trade
Shoe dealers in the local market
complained Of the difficulty in obtain
ing stocks from the manufacturers
Shipments are from five to six months
late because of the heavy demands for
footwear and the interruption of pro-
duction by strikes and walkouts. Buy
ing from domestic sources has not
slackened, and every shoe in stock
could be disposed of, it is said. An
advance of 70 cents d pair for chill
dren's shoes was noted in manufact-
urers. new price lists received last Sat
urQaV
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26

this figure. Manufacturers, it is said,
are contracted ahead for the next three
months and are asking Is to 16 cent a
pound. The inquiry for caustic soda
also showed marked improvement and
prices remained firm at 1925 hun
dredweight. The export demand for
caustic soda has absorbed most of the
stocks on the market and little is OBJ
tainable on spot. Manufacturers, it is
said, are Offering contracts over the
remainder of this year and next year
at $2.75 a hundredweight.
Dycstuf makers and textile mills
keep the market for yellow prussiatc
Of soda and acetate Of soda in an ami
mated condition by making large pur-
chases. The export demand for acetate
of soda is reported excellent.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
METALS-Copper and Lead
Reported in Better Demand

The situation in the copper market
was declared by prominent producer
yesterday to be better than it has been
for weeks. Domestic consumers are
placing orders in larger amounts, and
the demand from abroad which ap-
peared early last week is continuing.
1t is realized, however, that foreign
business will not reach big proper
tions until satisfactory credit arrange
ments can be made.
Lead was reported in more active
demand with the quotation held firmly
at 6 cents a pound by the leading pre-
ducer
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
RS become more completely organ

ers become more completely organ
lied.
8. The right Of employees and en-
ployers in local groups to establish
local wage scales and local working
rules is recognized, and nothing
herein is to be construed as in
fringing that right.
The difficulties which the contrac-
tors have experienced with labor are
thus being eliminated by mutual un-
derstanding and agreement, so that
in those branches of the electrical
industry which involve the genera
ton, distribution and use of cleo
tricity harmony and cooperation
prevail to remarkable degree.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Jnderpaid Labor
Is Not Wanted

Thus the electric lighting indus
try has grappled with the social and
economic problems before the states
enacted liability laws or welfare
work became so prevalent, on the
theory that a man we'll taken care
OF is better than man who is
neglected. underpaid labor is not
sought in the electric lighting busi-
ness the managers feeling that no
community can afford to ask a pub
llc service corporation to pay a wage
other than that necessary to guar
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26

Estredge, Rebecca S, as guardian
D. l. Roberts ..-..........- 3s@
Goidstein Samuel l. - Modern
Hat Works. Inc c....-......-..-.. 5ess3
Hohner. Charies-A. Winston. 1899
Jacobs. Adolph Interstate Elec
trio Lamps and Fixture Com
pany)-I. Samuels ........... 574H
Loosic, Albert. and Daniel Cas-
Company 1898
Leichtman, Louise. Jacknowttz 1870
Leichtmen. Louise. Jacknowitz sss5
Goldberger. Benjamin NJ. also
known as Benjamin n. Cold
berg-D. Heydemann ...-.... s4ass
McGovern. Louis--Finchley. Inc. 1880
Mcndelsohn Emanuel-H Gruper l0035
Mapes. Jennie A.--G. II Cory et
al, executors fcosts) ......... li9c
O Brien. Fanny L.--Unitcd States
Cutting Machine Company 49,. 1s4eS
Pisarcnco. Louis - y Lamport
tcosts) ..................... 1osW
iurety Wet Wash Laundry Com
pany. Inc Massachusetts
Bonding and Insurance Com
pany ..................... 1l5it
Pe-ine. William. and Sterling
Place Garage and Sales Com
pany--Prnn Oil Company Inc 73z.2s
Pope. Helen n. and Catherine
Burke-H. Grandis .......... 374M
Ramlose. George, and Laura E.
I. Elustrup .......... 1.4o<.Oe
senser. Sidney Jordan. Marsh
Company .................. 22407
Sterling Place Garage and sales
Compan ny-Pcnn on Company. 2s9e+
Vernon. Victor Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company ......... 1850
In Bronx County
Prout Motor Trucking Co Inc
F Hanratty .....e.........-.. ,seI.4o
Sisholz Samuel-A A Adams e5.7S
Salarnon. David Is. Gladstone
ct al ..................-. ssA.s
Wadman Jacob. and Pauline-A
Modansky Observation-Disclosures. 720
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Paris Market

!, PARIS, Aug. 25. - Trading on the
hourse was sustained to-day. Rentes
were quoted at 81 francs 55 centimas
exchange on London at "a francs =
centimes. and the per cent loan at 80
francs 45 centimcs. The dollar was
quoted at from s francs s centimes to
3 francs 13 centimes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Business Troubles
Schedules in Bankruptcy

SIMON CANDEI-schedules of Simon
Candel. dealer in furs 40 West Twenty
ninth Street. show liabilities OF s43,7o7
and assets of s2o.es1 Secured claims.
Matilda FORTUNATE. $1,000; Morris cooDer
$1,000 Unsecured claims. Uinograd &.
sons, 1890; Simmons & kaufman. 81 900,
r, FIorence Candel. sl.750: Lerner & Son.
sl.'ss: ~ Romc. 5000; Steiner & Haus
ner sl.5oo Adolph Cohen, 220 Broadway,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Central of Georgia Railway

Net income afte:- charges and taxes
OF Sl.20a.2S6 was reported by the Cen
tla! q Georgia Railway for the calen-
ael Year OF la,S. Allowing for pre-
ferred dividend requirements and de-
daetion Of 2 net debit balance Of
S340.7S2 accrued in the period prior to
January E191S, there was surplus
equal to t.1o per cent on the $5,000,000
common stock
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
SlOiU Turnover
OF Cash Capital

Once IN five years is the best that
can be done in turning over the cash
capital. AS a consequence the in
terest account and the depreciation
account often times outclass the
wage account. Hence The policy of
keeping employees contented and
happy so that uninterrupted service
will prevail.
Over ten years ago the great cleo
trio light and power companies of
the country gave serious thought to
the labor problem, inasmuch as the
continued expansion of the industry
necessitated harmony between capi-
tai and labor. Five main thoughts
stood out above all others. Briefly,
they were as follows:
Are our employees receiving all os
the results Of their labor to which
they are entitled?
Are they adequately compensated
in the event of industrial sickness or
accident?
Do we take sufficient interest in
the welfare Of our employees when
they are in sickness, distress or ac-
tual want?
Are there any other available
means by which the efficiency of
labor can be fairly increased?
Can the differences between capital
and labor be lessened or removed
without decreasing the efficiency Of
labor?
From consideration of these
questions grew many forms of util-
ity-employe relationships. The more
prominent are accident insurance..
sickness insurance and death bene-
fits, service annuities, profit sharing,
employees savings and investment
funds and life insurance.
The electric lighting industry be-
lieves that the cost Of accidents in
herent to the industry should fall on
the industry as a whole and not on
the employe or his dependents.
Therefore in most companies full
wages are paid during illness. the
company bearing the full RESPONSE
bility of restoring the injured en-
ploye to health as rapidly as pos
sible. In case of death the depend
ents are properly and literally pro-
vided for
The formation of employees CO.
operative benefit associations has
been encouraged by public utility
companies, many Of whom have
made contributions to that end al
though the sickness has no connec-
tlon with industrial accidents. Ser
vice annuities are also provided for
male employees who reach the age of
sixty-tive years and have given con-
tinuous and satisfactory service for
ten years. In order to secure part
ner and not employe service profit
sharing has been adopted in many
companies, the annual dividend bear
ing fair relation to the incomes
paid the security holder. Thrift is
encouraged by means of savings and
investment funds, the deposits be-
ing guaranteed by the utility.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Business Items

Miss Pearl Berke has beer appointed
assistant manager Of the new waist
department which the Bush Terminal
Sales Company will install on the sew
enth floor Of its building, 130 West
Forty second Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-26
Satisfied Judgments
In New York County

Akin. Arthur and Fidelity and
Casualty Co. of New York
People Of the State Of New
y, York MAJ 22 1919. .... $500 90
Di lieto, Aniello Washington
Square Lumber Co.)-En.pire
Moulding Co Inc, May IT. 1919 2s2.79
Feinbl att Mnnie-iy A. sam
mick June I. t919......... l0L74
Garbarino, Teresa-A. Bauer
Oct. II. l9l6.......... 166 IN
Goldman. Samuel. I..-Hanson &
Jenks Co. July Ii. f9l5 1Y5S-
McNulty, William J-S Priugle
=, ct al. adrnrs.. May "A, 1919. sss.2a
City Of New York, May l6 ~ i75.os
Phngest. Sigmund (Pfngest En-
oroidsry Works)-A. Fihlstein.
Thornton, John A.-Rapid Tran
sit subway Construction Go.
et al. (costs), June o. 1872 lfsgs
Tobin. James and Mary-S J.
Foster ct AL Aug 8, lel. 5I4a7
Nirth. Max--Rotisc MID Realty
Co, May p. 1919. ......... 1855
Verne Eugene and Fidelity an
Casualty Co., OF New York
tcopie of the state ot New
York July "a. 1918 ......... 1909 90
Finkeistein. Isrsei--Ai. knopf.
Oct. is, 1918 ................. I.73eol
In Bronx County
Fusco, iuseppe--Na tional Surety
Co., Jan. 8, 1918 ........... 1860