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New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
.Je1ueLry

Manufacturers of jewclry are deeply
concerned over the filling Of the many
holiday orders which they are receiv.
ing daily. Holiday buying is appear
ing earlier than usual and comes wher
the manufacturers are still much be
hind in producing their regular fal
orders. From the way The retail trade
is ordering, there is every indication
that the Christmas business in jewelry
proportions. Platinum jewelry of al
designs is meeting with unusual favor
and, although there has been shortag &c
of this metal. manufacturers are able
to meet part of the demand with goods
left over from previous seasons.
During the week advices were re.
ceived from the British syndicate stat
ing the price of diamonds had AGAR
been advanced. An increase of 10 pei
cent, it is reported, has been made fol
large stones and 20 per cent for the
smaller sizes. The latter have become
so scarce that many jewellers have
found it necessary to substitute dia-
monds of the larger sizes in brooches
and other settings Of that class.
Numerous inquiries are being re
ceived by silverware manufacturer:
from South American firms in regard
to export trade. Many of these con
Germs formerly bought their supplies
in Germany, but now prefer to dc
business with American manufacturers
Doubt is expressed by several large
manufacturers of the ability Of Amer
lean concerns to take on foreigr
orders for early delivery. They point
out that the silverware factories ir
this country are having considerable
difficulty, on account of labor condi.
tions, in filling domestic orders, and
unless production increase materially
do not see how the foreign countries
can be supplied for some time.
Foreign buyers who have been unable
to place their orders for clocks with
the. manufacturers are visiting the
!obbers and, although they are paying
IN some cases as much as 20 per cent
more than they would pay TO the manu-.
iacturer, arc placing heavy orders
Mail order concerns are also doing CON
siderable business through export
channels. These companies are placing
enormous orders with the manufact
urers, which is one Of the main reasons
why the American clock making in
dustry is in such a prosperous con
dition.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Leather

There was no deviation from the up
ward tendency in the hide, skin and
leather markets last week. New high
records all along the line We're estab-
lished, with dealers anticipating still
higher prices in the not distant future.
There is none too plentiful supply
of hides available and with increased
competition due TO the presence of
foreign buyers there seems to be no
to come. The leather market at pres
ent is reall dealers market, with
bids and sales being made at unheard
of prices because of the general feel
ing that still higher prices will be
seen shortly. Some speculation has
come into the market because of this
situation and skins are changing
hands two and three times at ever
increasing quotations.
Predictions Of higher prices for fall
and spring shoes are heard on all
sides. Shoes seem destined to ad
vance greatly in price because of the
high prices for leather and labor. Man
ufacturers are complaining because Of
the high prices they are being forced
to ask. 1t is causing them the loss OF
many good customers and is putting
the shoe people in bad with the public
price Of hides advances the price Of
shoes must follow. A tendency on the
part of shoe dealers to buy large
quantities and hoard stocks is being
discouraged.
1t was stated that shoe buyers in
Boston recently were not content to
order spring samples only, but insisted
Oh placing complete case orders for
next spring. Manufacturers are try
ing to discourage this because of the
increase in the volume of business it
would bring about and because it is
bad business to order stocks so far in
advance and pay for them. A great
deal may happen in six or eight
months which might work disaster to
those who stocked up in advance.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
rlrs

Reports reaching manufacturing
furriers from retailers conducting
August fur sales last week, indicate
that the predictions for record
breaking season this fall and winter
are justified. In all sections of the
country it appears that women are
buying furs at the higher prices asked
in greater quantities than ever be-
fore. Retailers have spread the news
that furs will advance in price later
on and this has stimulated sales now,
it is believed.
The women Of the country are show
ing favoritism toward Hudson seal
coats, according to information gath
cred at the August sales. Those who
can afford to pay close to $1,000 for a
fur garment show a preference for the
long coat, cape coat, dolman or wrap.
The short, thirty-inch coat, comes in
for second choice and ranges in price
from about $3.50 to $3.50. according to
the quality of the skins and the trim :
ming. In the shorter coats the women
prefer the novelty styles.
Because Of the ease with which mec-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
FINANCIAL MEETING
SINCLAIR CONSOLIDATED
OIL, CORPORATION
NOTICE OF

Special MnETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
30 the Stockholders Of
. Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation;
: -Faks Notice that tho following is q
Spy of q resolution adopted By the Board
III Directors of sinclair Consolidated on
Ga Delaware Corporation) az
IN. specisd meeting thereof duly called
Ixnd held on the Goth dag Of July. 1919.
i siorty OF the whole Board having voted
IL favor of such resolution, namely:
RESOLVED. that it IL. in the
Judgment of this Board OF Direc
tors. advisable and most for the
benefit OF Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation that said Corporation
should be dissolved and TO that end
and as required by law that meet
ing OF the Stockholders of said cor
, poration to take action upon tins
resolution be- and It hereby il.
called to be held at the ofiice OF
said corporation. Rooms 3l23-3l2e,
No. 12o Broadway, in the Borough
Of Manhattan City and state OF
New York, on the .5th day of Au
gust 1919. at II o'clock A. NJ. and
that the Secretary OF this corpora
tiop be. and he hereby is directed.
within ten days after the adoption
OF this resolution, 10 cause notice
OF the adoption OF this resolution
TO be mailed TO each stockholder OF
said corporation residing In the
, United States and also beginning
within such ten days to cause
ike notice TO te inserted in
newspaper published in the County
of New Castle. state of Delaware,
at least three weeks successfully.
once a week next preceding the
,ine appointed aforesaid for
said meeting of tockholders.
Pursuant TO such resolution NOTICE
is HEREBY GIVEN that a special meet
'itS OF the stockholders OF Sinclair Con
solidated Oh Corporation Ga Delaware
rprporation) Will be held on the 2oth day
II Aug Sust. 1919. AT eleven o'clock in the
[drenoon. at the office OF the corporation,
lpoms Sl2S-3l2o. No. l2o Broadway in
The Borough of Manhattan. city and State
pt New York. for the purpose OF taking
action upon the foregoing resolution, and
for the purpose of considering and de-
.ermining whether this corporation shall
be dissolved.
Transfer books will be closed at the
close or business August l. 1919 and will
remain closed until the close Of busines.
Aug ust 2Sth. 1919. or such other date to
which the foregoing special stockholders
meeting may be adjourned The transfer
books will be closed permanently upon the
reg uisite vote of stockholde TO dtssoIyc.
Dated. August /. 1913
A. STEINMETz. Secretary.
by ORDER OF tho Board OF Directors
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

markets will work upward. Consider
able quantities of the fabrics that
were sold by the government will
eventually find lodgment in foreign
countries, particularly in Siberia.
Because the mills are averse to ac-
cepting additional orders many Of the
visiting jobbers were compelled to
seek the local jobbing concerns for
goods, and to journey from house to
house in order to amplify their pur-
chases of finished fabrics for prompt
and near future shipment. Specula-
tive buying was discouraged by the
refusal of a number Of the sellers to
accept orders for the full quantities
offered. Hard" buyers, men who in
normal times were wont to quibble
about prices, seemed to have revised
their attitude to the extent Of paying
the inordinately high figures now de-
manded by the sellers.
Business IN gray or Unbleachcd
goods moved along narrow lines, the
mills being inconspicuous as sellers
because they have large quantities Of
goods under order and because they
expect to obtain higher prices in the
near future. Limited sales Of these
fabrics were put through by convert
'ers or spectators at Il to Y cent
under the prices demanded by the
manufacturers. Even these specula-
tive interests seem convinced that if
they hold their goods larger profits
will be Forthcoming. These views are
predicated on the belief that consider
able pent up foreign demand will be
let out when credit terms have been
consumated in this country.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Apparel

Heavy buying of women's garments
Tor fall passed through it's fourth week
IN the wholesale markets, with prices
rising and high class merchandise be-
coming more difficult to find. Manu-
facturers who are not plentifully sup
piled with cloth arc refusing orders
now, and other manufacturers arc not
permitting their customers to purchase
all they desire. Two distinct schools
OF thought have developed in the trade:
those VINO think the retailer chould
order his full seasons requirements
now and those who believe his initial
purchases should be conservative and
that he should return to the market in
a month or six weeks.
Most of the large retail concerns
Of the country, it is learned, have
time for high class merchandise, but
are holding off purchasing the bulk
of their medium and lower priced gar
ments until later on in the season.
From some quarters of the trade
come reports that deliveries are COM
ing through better than anticipated,
and this has led some retailers to be-
lieve that plenty of merchandise will
be obtainable all through the season.
In articles which are not subject to
sudden style changes, such as waists,
retailers are ordering six months
supply now.
Few mems clothing manufacturers
are in position TO accept more orders
for fall and it is believed the bulk of
:the buying of fall stocks by retailers
has been completed Labor conditions
in the trade are reaching a crisis. The
scarcity of workers has led to the bid
ding for services by manufacturers and
demands for higher wages by employees
in violation of labor agreement and
wage scale in the trade. Attempts to
stabilize the labor market were begun
last week at a conference between
representatives of the organized man
ufacturers and union officials.
Clothing for next spring, production
of which will be begun within few
months. is expected to reach q price
level hitherto unknown, because Of the
scarcity and high prices of spring
fabrics and the labor conditions.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Speculation a Big Factor
In Recent Price Advances
Rising Market Has Tempted Many Converters to
Hold Basic Cloths for Resale at Higher. Prices
Instead of Making Them Into Finished Goods

NE isapt to think being
commodities
estmg phase of the business situation
has extended
boards ticker
lnconsiderabe
notable example furnished fabric
This commodity sold
grade known Large quantities bought that
the production of other But
Finding rising market and confronted with labor troubles
which
speculation Withholding there
already shortage naturally forced upward
And although
Tor there has displayed little inclination dispose of the
material 1t estimated the that labor troubles
The mills
billion The holder of
therefore, hold
his
textiles
in in
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Ro,o Silk

Trade in the local raw silk market
last week was only fair. Owing to
lower prices in Yokohama. in which
importers here reduced the price Of
Shinskiu No. to $3.50 pound, as
compared with the record high level Of
$40 quoted at the close of the preced-
ing week. kansai double extra dropped
from $l1.2b to $1,000 pound.
Adyces from the Chinese markets.
which are reported to be bare of sup
plies, indicated that prices there were
being held at firm levels. Cables from
milan told of active buying for Amer
1can and European account. Italian
extra classical silk was quoted in the
local market at the equivalent of $1O.50
pound: This price. according to some
OF the importers, had much to do in
bringing about the reductions scored
IN the Japanese product. This years
Italian crop Of raw silk is reputed to
be 30 per cent under normal.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Cotton Textiles

! animated buying at the govern
.nent's auction sale of surplus cotton
sabrics, heavy purchases by retail
pfs still higher prices on finished
goods were the main Developments in
the textile trade last week. Mill agents
sl.ving almost nothing to sell at the
turrent price levels, are awaiting de-
.clopments regarding labor and the
Nrobablc price of raw cotton before
spening their books for spring busl-
hess. AS the War Department re-
yeived about S5,0O00o0 for goods that
we're valued at sA,0oC00O. the mill IN
scrests feel that prices III the primary
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

Fchandise is moving from the retailers
hands in the sales now, they are send
ing in recorders to the manufacturing
furriers and wholesalers in good
quantities. The wholesale market mas
advanced its prices on an average of
Is per cent, it is said. since the re-
tailers made their first purchases.
Some of the scarcer furs have ad
vanced more, lynx going up 33 pc
cent and Japanese mink 40 per cent.
Russian mink, which is in strong de-
mand has brought extremely high
prices and is now used as a material
for coats and wraps in only the most
expensive and high grade lines. 1t is
finding a wider use in small neckpieces.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

turers, perplexed by the difficulties
they are having with labor, are said to
be reselling the silks they bought
earlier in the year, when prices were
considerably lower than at present.
The silk mill interests, feeling that
the agitation for q forty-four hour
working week, already granted to the
Paterson workers, will spread to other
districts, are loath to consider busi-
ness for next spring. But some Of
them are preparing to display the
spring shades about September l..
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
COI0rs

seasonal dulness characterized the
color market, with dealers patiently
waiting until the regular fall buying
season sets in, about the latter part Of
August or the first part of September.
American manufacturers are causing
the dye merchants some concern be-
cause OF their unwillingness to place
quantity orders. Consumers of dye
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

on the crest of hill, it had from the
time of the Oldest inhabitant been used
as a point frim which all distances
were measured. In giving directions,
a place was always said to be certain
distance this side of the tree in the
road" or certain distance beyond the
tree in the d."-Detroit News.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Famous Michigan Tree
Is Victim of Proareas

The "tree in the road mile and
half west Of Hartford has been cut
down to clear the way for the p.r,
concrete road. This maple tree CIV
nosed TO be more than 100 years old
was the most famous and most char
ished landmark of the region.
standing in the middle of the road
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
COUPONS
American Telephone 4 Telegraph Co.
Fiye-Year SIX Fer Cent Gold Notes


It Coupons from those Notes. payable by
heir terms on August /. 1919. at the
office or agency OF the Company in New
York or in Boston. will be paid in New
'lOrk by the Bankers Trust Company, -
Wall Street.
G. D. MILNE, Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Curb Market

Note.-The Tribune assumes response
biity for the accuracy or authenticity Of
curb market quotations. Transactions and
prices for the week ended August | were
follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
American Telephone { Telegraph Co.

.Sevcn-Year SIX Per Cent Convertible Gold
Bonds
y Coupons from these Bonds. payable by
their terms. on August l. 1919. at the
e3onice or agency of the Company in New
g. York or I'm Boston. will bn paid in New
York by the Bankers Trust Company. Is
NAH street.
G. D. MILNE. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Bonds

- eo Nci
Safes to0o omitted. High. Low Last. chang
80 'Al&I l-y rs w.tooIs 9s7s 1908 -
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Toxic Wants Good Roads

Leading citizens of Toxic have fe-
Gently organized q society to boost
good roads.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

'Unlisted. isell cents per share.
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31
To Have Branch In
 Fort Smith Soon

The Joe Lyons Machinery Company is making preparations to maintain a branch house in Fort Smith. Clarence shuford and George Blair will be in charge. The branch will handle all kinds of machinery and Armledef trucks. which will be shipped direct from the factory, thus saving the ex- pense of reshipment from the Little Rock warehouses. The Fort Smith branch will have the entire State ot Oklahoma under it's supervision
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31
MANY IMPROVEMENTS BY
 ENTERPRISE HARNESS GO.

Extensive improvements and re- rairs have been made in the auto ac- cessory department of the Enterprise Harness company, Fourth and Louis jana streets according to Carroll Thomas, member of the company. All accessories have been arranged in come compactly in a manner that saves time both to the customer and the dealer. New cases have been put ii, and the shelves newly painted. The company, which is agent for the fa- nous Johnson Lights and Rollsemout, reports large business in both or these lines The Rollsemout is a pat ented device for rolling out bumps and dents in the lenders and bodies of cars. The company carries John son Lights for any make car
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31
Biz Local Houses
 Buy In Home Markets

When the manufacturers and job bers of a city the size of Little Rock can boast of the leading retailers of the city as their best customers, then those manufacturers and jobbers are doing real business.
 "one of our very best accounts is Little Rock retail dry goods store, says J. T. Beal, president of the Beal- Burrow Dry Goods Company. We have this week sold them 200 bolts of a fine-grade zephyr. This concern Wilt take several times this amount before the wear is over and in addition will buy great quantities of staples The home retailers are wise to the fact that they can get better deal here than by going outside for their wares
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31

Cotton mills of the Carolinas,
 Georgia and East Tennessee are all rlnningk overtime and are very pros porous. The editor of the Trade Rec ord in a recent tour of the South easter States, took occasion to visit
 number of these mills to see if there was present any indication of inc two objections which have been offered when cotton mills were talk ed fore-undesirable labor and cheap fuel. Nothing was found that would give the mills handicap over Arkansas in the production of cotton goods, and if anything, the advantage is in favor of goods manufactured in Arkansas.
 The mills of North Carolina manu- facture all the cotton raised in North Carolina and import many thousand bales annually. South Carolina turns the most of it's cotton into cloth right at home. East Tennessee raises very little cotton, but it has string of knitting mills devoted to the manufac- ture of underwear and hosiery that make a heavy demand on other South ern States for their supply of raw material Georgia has all kinds of mills and uses a gl eater portion of the home crop.
 In most parts of the cotton manu featuring country, the mills are SUD- piled with hydro-e1ectric power, but even where this power is available there are many mllis operating with cCa1 as fuel, and they are compet- ing with the others successfully. Some operators declare shat they save by the use of coal as the hydro-electric power is uncertain, breakdown often losing a day before the cause of the trouble is ascertained. An owl flying against two wires caused a break that tied up the entire Sequatchie val ley of East Tennessee for a day or SO
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31
SILK SHIRTS
 FROM COTTON
ARKANSAS LONG STAPLE IS USED TO MAKE SOFT SHIRTS THAT ARE WORN BY
 DAND!ES.

Nine-tenths of the people who have lived in cotton country all their lives know nothing about the grading of cotton, and large percentage of these have gone through their years without seeing the staple pulled out to make a proper display.
 Through the office of s. Y. West & Go. thousands of cotton samples pass yearly, each sample representing bale bought from an Arkansas planter There are racks all over the big sort ing room to hold the samples until tbe cotton has passed on east, but one little corner is sufficient to care for tie samples of long staple cotton.
 Syd Y. West is the presiding genius over the grading room, and few class. CTS in the country can equal him for speed and accuracy. He handles hundreds of bales a day ,and often carries on very entertaining conver-
 
 has an understudy this year who is making remarkable headway, Rober6 G. Allen Jr., who in the summer months acts as secretary of the Little Rock Baseball Association.
 If any community can grow finer cotton than some Arkansas vicinities, they have long. way to go. A speci- men of what is grown in the Cabot district was shown the editor of the Trade Record in this office last week. r. was a full inch and three sixteenths staple, and when the fibre was drawn out it resembled lace. According to the cotton classers, this cotton is in 1auch demand, and that which has such a long staple is used in the man ufacture of silk shirts.
 The office of s. y. West & Go. has been the mecca of Eany Eastern and foreign cotton men during the past week, as it is the leading concern of the kind in Arkansas. These men are looking for cotton, but have been fcrced to lay off the market until the danger of wet cotton has passed. They oeclare that many of the big sellers have gone very short, and the crop Icing far less than they anticipated, they are paying high prices in order te make deliveries and save them selves from the higher prices which gre sure to come.
The Pulaskian., 1919-10-31
ARKANSAS MAPS
 FOR TOURISTS
SUPERIOR BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY ISSUES MAP SHOW ING ROADS OF THE
 STATE.

Roads of Arkansas as they will be when the improvements now under way are completed, are being issued to the trade by the Superior Builders Supply Company. The map is a very comprehensive affair, and every county is covered in detail
 Every county seat is shown con hected with highway supposed to tC, and which ultimately will be, au automobile road. Four roads are shown in heavier red lines than oth. ers, and two of them lead out of Lit lI'. Rock. One enters the state in Randolph County near Warm Springs l and when it reaches Walnut Ridge, follows the Missouri Pacific Railroad to Texarkana. It is designated as the International Southern Pavedway. The ether road follows the Rock Island ] Railroad from Little Rock to Mem phis, with branch extending north l from Forrest City along the Helena branch of the Missouri Pacific, as far enc connecting with the International Payedway at Pocahontas, and the oth- CT following the Cotton Belt Railroad into Missouri. The other featured | highway enters the state at Arkansas ] City and at Pine Bluff cuts across through Sheridan to Malvern and then to Hot Springs. It passes into Okla Eoma near Mena, and is labeled the Indian Trail A fourth road runs down the western border of the state, entering Arkansas at Sulphur Springs, thence to Gravette, Bentonvillc, Rog CTS, Fort Smith, Mena- and through Texarkana into Louisiana near Dodd- This map is by far the best yet is. sued and should be I material aid to | ridge.
 sued and should be material aid 10 persons jcurneying over the state in automobiles. The Superior company has had d large quantity printed, and Will give them to all who apply, whether they are connected with th., l trade or not.
 The spirit of this company in go- ing out of it's way to promote auto mobile travel in the state is to be commended.