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New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Piece Goods

BALTIMoRErF. Dupkin & Co; r Dupkln.
BATH. y Y---E. D. Alden (dry goods etc .
Grand.
BLUEFlELD. W. Val. Grccnrpon drysoods.
nosToN l.; Iiailey, piece goods; Murray Hill
BOSTON-thsndler & Co W n Nulcahoy
linens ianncls and house keeping goods 2So Fifth
BOSTON Elodgott ordwsy & Weber. " "
Webhcr. whito goods and draporlcs quilts and
toWclugs; S36 Broadway
CilIcAGO-B. Cohen q Sons: Il Cohen wool
lens and cotons. COMMODORE
s,i .IiIc cssu cAGo-I Fielder, piece goods: Latham
o'Farrel silks; 4oi Fourth Avenue. 18TH floor.
'HiCAGo-M- belle & Son: ID Mayer men.
furnishing goods. hats. caps and tailoring; Herald
CINc1NNATI-Ironan Factories Co.: O. A Ber
man, manufacturers overalis; Pennsylvania
,nN hh-M. Heller Co. NJ. Heller piece goods
tNDTANAPoLrs- STANDARD Uniform Co II =
ksiiehor. manufacturers uniforms and clothing; Me
, LANcAsTER Pa. Cror. drssoods. Get
Los ANGEr.Es-,acosy pr,u r. s.,o-
,n,laikcts. bedding, wash goods. white goods lnngs.
linens dress goods. siks and velvets, 1850 Broad.
way, 18th floor.
MONTREAL. Quebec 4; ;rccnshicld's Ltd. L. w.
Andersen: cotlons; Manhattan.
NEwBtHGiI n y.-F. A. Earl drygoods
NEW HAVEN shartcnbcrs & Robinson. w 7.
Dry Goods Alliance iot Fourth Avenue
m,s cloak. and suiis; iis2 nrosdway Bresiin.
PHfLADELrHIA--Gros Bros s. Gross mira
"r,sis az, and dresses: Imperial
hair. coitnn linen and silk iabrics Ininga vel.
vc's white goods. wash goods. dresscs domestics
.,enons notions buttons. silk and cotton threads
SAN rRANcisco--cla,bursh Bros T.. J. Clay
hurgh,, silks, velyets SIX aud cotton fabrics: 20
NASIIiNGToN-M. t;oldenberc Co; L. s.
heosc. inens, otc. Grand
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
General Merchandise

BOSTON-W. Filcnes Sons Co: T.. r. Kirsten
treasurer: ! 10 West Thirty second street
t5ItAG0-i. otto. general merchandise Grand
ChltAGO-L- KuclIl. general merchandise Cm.
berldud.
c,nlcAco,J. Levin. drysooas and FURNISHING
CHICAGO - Mutual Trading Co. G. Smith
general NOSE continental.
Chiffon. Wis knauf & Tcsch. " " hnm1
geenossrai mdse; AZ West Thirty fourth Street nnr
=. GLoyERsvILLE y. y.-Mar,in & Naylor O.
L. g. Naylor. drygoods; III Madison Avenue
M" haven. Conn., Stanley. general NET
chandise: Aberdeen
~ NEWPORT NEWS. vas. Nachman: Mr. s
y seminar drygoods ready 10 wear furnishing goods
cIna glassware and general mdsc Imperial
PARAGOtLD. Ark-Bertg Bros. : BERTH.
ufysoods, general mdsc.; 1850 Broadwsv sth fopl
=. LrtfSBi re. Va Nashville Dry Goods Store
MI tncer. ladies' and mems wear: McAlpln.
,tr.'I't->1 f,nn.-S. }. kotzcn. woolons no
nall cotton linen and silk fabrics: lninss yelre,s.
"nlte goods wash goods. dresses doinestics rib.
puus' p' notions. buttons. silk and cotton threads.
broadway Central
Waiick.
SALISBURY. n. CD oesrcchcr. notions. Grr
goods and ready to wear. Marie Antoinctte.
NsIERTONS. n. Y.-The Regal Clothes Shop
u. "chS. mems "omcns and chlldreus clothing
ana furnishing goods. Imperial
;, aot NGSTOWN. Ohio--Suouss Hrshbcry Co .
n. 'oidstein. bargain basement goods 1sl Madison
Avenue; Park Avenue Hotel
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Silks
Nouelty Silk Goods Still
Hold Buyers attention;
R0tU Silk HIGHER

Some Of the silk manufacturers
booked goodly number of orders yes
tcrday, but with most Of them the dav
was a relatively quiet one. The attcn-
tion of the few buyers who visited the
salcsrooms centred on the so-callcd
novelty wcaves, and it was reported
that merchants from the smaller cities
OF the United States had placed what
were deemed to be remarkably large
orders. Manufacturers of plain fabrics
seemed to be doing only fairly. but
some who depend upon the cutting-,Ip
dress trade frankly admitted that goods
were being moved by sacrificing
prices. Displays of fall shades arc in
crcasing, and although few of the
leading houses have taken quite large
orders from Canadian merchants
trade in autumn styles as yet has not
developed with much show of enthu
siasm.
Japanese raw silk, which was in ac
tive demand, advanced 10 cents q
pound, and the Chinese grades also
were said to be in better call. The
Japanese rcclers now visiting the
united States were credited with hav-
ing stated that present prices for their
products do not allow of room for
profits. Importers who formerly did
thriving business in Italian raw silk
reported that they expected to sec some
Of this material in the American mar
ket tho coming summer. The Italian
government, which has held all avail
able supplies at the prohibitive price
OF vi a pound. will relinquish control
OF the raw silk after May 81. This
will tend to increase competition, which
operation will work to the ADVANCE OF
American consumers.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
business M0nev

Instead of showing improvement
lately, borrowing by business has de-
clined more than ever. The most nota-
bic aspect of the market is the scarcity
of notes bearing the names of large
firms. One broker finds that the
largest customers on his books are
borrowing only 80 to 25 per cent of
normal, and this seems to hold for
most Of the dealers in paper. Small
names are by no means plentiful. but
they have not ceased borrowing to the
same extent as the larger businesses
The dealers maintain that they could
sell perhaps three or more times as
many notes to banks if they had the
notes to sell.
1t is not primarily a question of
rates, either from the side of the
borrowing business or from the side
of the banker, though the latter is
more interested. 1t is simply that
business does rot want to borrow the
money. The banks have not been in
terestcd greatly because they have had
worries of their own The chief factor
all along has been the necessity the
banks arc under for taking the issues
of certificates Of Indebtedness as thev
came out every two weeks; and this
factor will continue to be more i'm
portant until a month from now.
when the Victory Loan will be noated.
The present local factor has been the
turning of the tax payment checks bv
the government
The general rate for paper contin-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
TELEPHONES,
Beeknan 8243
Beeknan 5000
Business Ready to
Embrace Bolshev;k;
At Least, "Red" Russian r..
resentative Says Trade Wa;,.
Only on Recnpn;t;a.

L. c. A. K. Martens. who
recognition as Ambassador - :,
United States of the Russian Sue s"e
government and the immed;s.o "
sumption of trade relations ha..
the two countries, told The Tea TIL
yesterday that he had reason :. s's
lieve that the business men bero u
ready and willing to buy from and sss
goods to the Bolshevik,. 'sA
At his temporary Offices .. o..
Broadway, the representative Of .psss
Russia has been endeavorinp 70 60.
out the attitude of manufactures
this country, and he asserts that s.n.s
ment is in favor of non-interfars.Mu' SsMu'
IN the settlement of Russia's fs'es fnr,',
government and for the CARRYING ~ oi
commercial intercourse. He said ho -" y, :,
not feel at liberty to make nnb,;s ula
names of any American inst;tn,;ea .rs sae
that had expressed themselves s'',s ss ls
reported 90 ne
In addition TO the S20O,O 900 0oo wh;.,
Mr.. Martens said that the Soviet .sa a..
ernment was prepared to place at eua. SUs.
IN banks in Europe and the IIn;yoS GSsS
States to cover the price of ;n;t;ai
purchases, he declared that the So";s. S;a.
republic was ready to finance fore;~s
trade further by shipping raw ms
terials and by extending mining "s, ama
railroad concessions. 1"u
If the State Department would cor
sent tc recognize the government, =.
Lenine and Trotzky and lift the blo.S
ade and the ban on foreign eychsnn.
relations with Russia, the Soviet "sn
voy" said that New York would hecomn
the centre of barter between the t,,o two
countries. He is already selectiru
Americans and Russians for "Boarss
of Trade of Soviet Russia" which ba
purposes to establish in this CITY ~
represent the Supreme Soviet of Ns'
ttonal Economy, through which all
trade would have to pass. Mr.. Martens
said that the cooperative societies Of
Russia would be unable to trade with
foreign countries without the specfc
approval of each transaction by the
Soviet, which would have a monopolv
on foreign trade
Representative of export houses
here said that Mr.. Martens was IN.
known to them. The State Department
has acknowledged the receipt Of no
credentials regarding him.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Finds Yankees Flexible m
Making Goods for Export
Buyer for Big London Store. After Visiting Manu-
featuring Centres, Says This Country Is Ready
to Make Things Want ed in Quantities Abroad

since the war we are to have those
great incentives to dress, the EPSON
races, Ascot race week, the Henley re-
gatta and Cowes yachting week. These
are social functions of the highest or
der and they will undoubtedly stimu
late the demand for fine clothing
among the British and visiting public"
Soldiers Buy Ready Mades"
Mr.. Arid was asked what he thought
of the future of American made cloth
ing in England.
1--WE have developed the production
of women's ready made garments to a
high point" he replied, land I don't
believe American manufacturers in
these lines can hope to compete with
the English factories. In Harrods we
make lot of the women's clothes we
sell right IN our own shops, and other
large retailers do the same [ think
there is future, though, for mems
ready made clothing. The sale of
creasng rapidly in England for two
reasons; First. because the retailers
are pushing it through advertising and,
second, because in demobilization
many of the soldiers want their ci-
william clothes quickly and can't wait
until they are turned out by a tailor.
once used to wearing ready made
clothes these soldiers will continue to
buy them. but am not of the opinion
that ready made clothing will ever
supplant the tailored or bespoke
clothing, as we call it over there, to
the extent that it has in America. Be-
tailored suit made to measure in Lon
don for about SIS, and there was one
we'll known firm in Scotland that turned
out made to measure suits at S5 apiece
Ready mades could not compete with
such prices, of course, but now that
cloth IS so expensive, more so in Eng
land than in America the ready made
suit is coming into it's own
prices have not dropped in Eng
land to the extent that many people
thought they would when the fighting
stopped, and we don't think they will
drop any further for another year.
Wages are still high, and it is be-
lleved that any attempt to reduce them
from the present level will lead to
serious trouble. Then, too, the vast
number of women who entered indus
try during the war are reluctant to
give up their positions. Many of them
were formerly in domestic service, but
they won't go back. They have tasted
good money and the things they can
buy with it and they want to keep It
work in the factories. Sealskin coats
were known as munitions workers
way they spend their money. and as
long as these people spend the high
wages they make the retail stores will
prosper
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
-, T-:
AAS ArAOune > rage OF BUSINESS news

Gently to handle the foreign business
of the leading independent steel com
panies, said yesterday that important
inquiries had been received from
South American countries, the Far East
and practically all the so-called neu-
trail countries of Europe. India alone,
he stated, was in the American mar
ket for approximately 100000 tons of
steel to cover it's 1920, 1921 and 1922
requirements.
L. A. S. Clarke, president, and his
associate officers had their busiest day
yesterday since the organization Of
the new export combine. They re-
ported a heavy increase in inquiries
for orders of foreign origin. MIR. Clarke
sails to-day for Europe.
Representatives of the building trade
did not take the same optimistic view
of the future as the steel men did
They expressed the opinion that
prices would have to drop still lower
before there would be any appreciable
increase in buying from that source.
They argued that the building con-
struction companies could not afford
even the reduced prices for steel so
long as their operating costs continued
as high as at present.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Miscellaneous

stery. Latham
BOSTON Leopold Morse Co " J MARKS. Br.
ra,nc"ais. chi:drrns and boys clohng Rrslia
=, hpSroN-Fi Filenes W. Sons Co. Freie1ck '
Street.
>, BRADFORD rcnn.--t- 4 Fischer & Co. l.
fischcr groceries. Commodore
20 TON ohio--Jasulek. Meyer & Co. sir- Jas
hui.T ns wholesale leaf tobacco: Contincnlsit
DENVER. Col Soils Cigar Co. t. Sols
msnufaciurers cigars; Pennsylvania
g.. a. bIIENil.LE. Teiin.-Snith & Akns. "
KANSAS CITY. No-Dur & Repp Fypiiu's
%; - ~ Boctwinklo drsperes reilns, ssnss
ball representative: Holland House
.,,,,'s,, rNs,DNipENcE. PENCE. r. ii. W Hacking. pain's'
rRovlpENcE. II. Morgan Co. NJ Morssn
Ro'bEsTER. y. Y.-rhe Stein Block Ca &
A Meyer, trimmings. 200 Fif,h Avenue. Room ~
,,os,ars sa nAc, . sImNcaI & liyds J. II. WiisDA
Wilkes BARRE. re,n.-H H. Roth 90. u
H. 10th; electrical supplies: Pcnnsylvsnia
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
War on Inscriptions
Buyers Is Declared
Associated Dress Industries Saws
Practice of Unjust Cancel.
latiOn Must End

War has been declared upon un.
scrupulous buyers who operate in tho
"hoisesale market for women's an
parel. The vigilance committee of the
Associated Dress Industries of Amer
lca yesterday made known it's inten-
tlon to place an immediate check
upon buyers whose methods of doing
business are questionable, and particu-
larly those who indulge in unjust can
cellatlons. The following statement
was issued:
I'm the course of the year there are
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
worth Of merchandise bought only to
be cancelled at later date. This must
be stopped. An order placed must
remain an order and cancellation is
uncalled for and unjustifed unless the
order is not filled as per specifca-
tions."
David N. Moscssohn, executive d.
rector of this national trade bodv.
said: There is no room in New York
or any other market for that matter
Tor the unscrupulous buyer, particu-
larly the unscrupulous resident BUYER
A buyer who is found guilty on more
than one charge of illegal practice will
find the showrooms of the dress manu-
facturers closed to him and will stand
a good chance of being ostracized from
the women's apparel industry of the
country through the joint cooperation
OF other trade bodies with the As
sociated Dress Industries of America
The legitimate resident buyer is an
asset to the industry and is ready to
work with us to stamp out the evils
IN the industry, and we are with the
responsible buyer because he is a fac
tor in the trade and worthy of respect
but the other kind must and will be
eliminated"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
American Potash Now
Available for Export
Seocks Said To Be i'm Excess of
Quantities Domestic Users
Will Buy

Lack of domestic demand for Amer
lean potash has left fairly large stocks
of the product in the hands of the
manufacturers in this country, and
as consequence they are to-day in a
position to sell to foreign buyers.
Eugene Suter, head of a large chemi-
cal export concern, is enthusiastic over
the possibility of selling American
made potash abroad.
"The progress Of the American pot
ash industry" he said yesterday, "has
been so rapid that this country is actu-
ally in a position to export potash
salts in cargo lots at short notice.
"The domestic demand for this
spring fell somewhat short of expecta-
tions because of the efforts of the
planters in the cotton belt to reduce
their acreage for the next crop by
about 25 per cent. There is at pres
ent enough potash in this country to
take care of the requirements for next
falls business so that little or no
foreign potash need be imported into
this country for some time to come.
whether or not the domestic fer
tillzer industry will be able to com
pete in price with the Alsatian and
German potash in six or eight months
from now remains to be seen This
may be entirely possible for some of
the domestic plants that are advan-
tageously located and which work at
a low cost of production. Some works
in California and Nebraska, however.
have recently discontinued the produc-
ton of potash.
"One of the most hopeful signs for
ports is the inquiry which comes req
ularly from foreign countries. be-
lieve that a good foreign trade in this
product could be developed if ocean
freight rates were brought down to a
more reasonable level
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Buyers of Woollen Goods
Put Quality Before Price
Mills Are Reported Swampcd
With Orders for Fall
Flannels

Mills producing high grade woollen
goods for next fall report more Of
demand for these fabrics from the
manufacturers Of mems clothing than
ever before. In fact, some of the
makers of medium prices clothing have
this season for the first time visited
woollen selling agents who cater to
the highest class trade. There is
distinct trend to place quality before
price
A prominent clothing manufacturer
said yesterday that his firm believed
that the average suit sold in the retail
stores next fall would be priced at
something above $40, and this despite
the fact that woollen goods can be
bought cheaper now than those which
went into last falls clothing.
More orders for fannels for mems
wear next fall have been secured than
the trade can handle. This, it is said,
is the reason for the trimming of
flannel orders by the American Woollen
Company, Parker, Wilder e. Co. and
other large sellers Of this cloth. Blue,
green and brown are the most wanted
colors. One explanation of the Amcr-
cans cutting down on flannel orders is
that by trimming these orders the
mills can probably force the purchase
OF other materials, and so operate other
looms that are not suitable to the pro
duction of flannels.
While many selling agents for
woollen mills report that they have
sold the production of their mills on
TALL goods for the mems wear trade
Tor many months to come, manufac-
turers of clothing have by no means
illled their entire requirements in
cloth. The market has not reached a
point of sterilization sufficient to in
f1uence the clothing makers to buy all
that they will need for next fall, it is
said. and there is much more busines,
coming in the near future.
Fears that worsted goods, because of
their relatively high price compared
with wollens, would not sell we'll this
year appear to be unfounded. Those
who know fabrics know that worsted
cloth will give more wear than wool
len cloth. That, it is said, is the rea-
son that many clothing manufacturers
nave increased their orders for wors-
ted within the last few days. Several
of the leading clothing makers, it is
SAID, have become convinced that as
reaction against the poor wearing
fabrics, necessarily put out during the
war, the consuming public will do
mand the ultimate in wear in clothinp
next fall
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
4 MEXICAN manufacturers a

4 MEXICAN manufacturers are
I1not stubborn. Z. H. Aird, repre-
sentative of Harrod's, Ltd, the
large London retail establishment,
who sails to-day for England, after
canvass of manufacturing centres
in this country, said that he had
found them not only willing but
anxious to enter foreign trade and
ready to go so far as to make neces-
sary changes in their machinery to
produce goods according to specifica-
tions of foreign buyers. w. D. Ager,
American agent for Horrod's, will
sail to-day on the Adriatic with Mr..
Ard. They. are carrying with them a
great quantity of samples of Ameri-
can made goods to show to the store
executives in London.
"Before | left England a few months
ago." said Mr.. Aird yesterday, 81 was
informed that l would find American
manufacturers unwilling to desert
their fetish of Standardization in or
der to produce goods suitable for the
1orelgn market | am sailing for
nome tomorrow. and one of the first
things shall tell my people upon ar
irving there, is that they are wrong
IN this particular instance. During
my soJourn in this country I met hun
dreds of manufacturers of all kinds
OF products. Except in a few cases
nave found them quite willing to pro-
duce the kind of goods we want. Of
course, the embargo which the British
government has placed upon importa-
tons prevented our placing any large
orders here, but as soon as the en-
barge is lifted, we will be ready to
buy literally in American markets.
mere IS great future in England
Tor American made goods.
Merchandise Shortage General
"You Americans have no idea of the
shortage of general merchandise now
IN England. 1t is no longer a question
OF trying to sell our goods over the
counters. The big question is to OBJ
tam supplies to take care of the or
ders that pour in upon us. Our sales
force has become slack, for there is
little or no incentive to make sales.
lhe sales people have become mere or
der takers. During the war almost
every bit of machinery of any kind in
the country was devoted to war work.
1t Will take year for us to get back
to anything like normal production of
civilian goods.
I'VE have planned and confidently
expect to increase our business by
S5,OOO,0OO this year, and no small per-
ccentage of this increase will come
from the mems and women's apparel
sections. When hostiitics ceased the
ban on extravagant clothing was lifted
and never before has there been so
much dressing as there is in England
to-day. This year for the first time
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Textiles
Coiored Cotton Goods Are
Attracting More Atten-
ton in This Market

Lighter buying of the rougher forms
of cotton goods, livelier trade in colored
fabrics and fairly good business in
bleathed products were the principal
Developments in yesterdays move
mcnts in drygoods. Prices for gray
goods were slightly lower than earlier
in the week, and it was intimated that
some dealers who had bought goods for
speculation had taken their profits. In
the fancy fabric division of the mar
ket shirting material received consid-
cradle attention from buyers, and it
was reported that some good sized or
ders were placed. A few of the COM
mission houses stated that it was diff
cult to get full supplies of colored
yarns suitable for weaving into high
grade shrtings.
The yarn trade in general was re-
ported to have improved little, but
sellers agreed that business is by no
means satisfactory, and it was intimat-
ed that further curtailment of output
was likely unless business, as we'll as
prices, materially expanded. Buyers
of colored goods when placing orders
insist that shipments be made as
speedily as possible, showing that
stocks in the hands of jobbers and
manu- ldCluTelS Oh IllilSneu garments
are light. Commission men asserted
that buyers have been giving some in
dcations that they believe prices are
as low as they will go.
New England manufacturers of ging
hams are engaged in drive to stimu
late retail dealers sales of that mate
rial during the week of April 2l28.
Business in this product, as distin
guised from that of the Southern arti-
Gle, was said to be in excess of mill
outputs. Commission men said that
export orders continued to furnish a
fair volume Of business to the cotton
trade in general. Hayti and other West
Indian islands were stated to be among
the most recent customers. Mill agents
manifested little concern over the
break in sterling exchange, the embargo
imposed by England on imports OF cot
ton goods having temporarily curtailed
exports from the United States
New-York tribune., 1919-03-22
Reduction Expected
To Increase Export
Steel Business

5, Steel men predict that the first cf-
feet of the agreement on prices
reached in Washington between the
leading representatives Of the industry
and the industrial board Of the De-
paftment Of Commerce will be the exc
septlou Of large number Of orders for
gzpoft which have been held back pend.
snx settlement Of the price question.
:. Au ofsiejaJ of the Consolidated Steel
corporation, which was organized re-