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New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
General Merchandise

ANEE ERSON. Mich -1.od,,ie,a =. r...A..
NJ fa9cnq, en- ,,g gensral n merchanes Airsasr
chandise. Hermitage
m BAITIMon, Al !, No. Gleioi.man. general
BAR NEsNlI. F.r.-Harfison store r
- Harrison. dry goods clothing. carpofs
ana q = general ln,ise. PENNSYLVANIA
r. CuARLOTTE- c \ C-J l.. Carter E
Co; J. l.. Carter. general nerchandise.
-, cn,EsTER. CT ;',H. Penn. Dodd general
r, CHICAGO Martin & Martin Co: ". r
rul'oh' representing. l3 East Thirty anh
C1NcINNATG-1line's. 7. A str,aer
mdse mgr. 4o4 Fourth Avenue. 1lth aoor
{ liSN El lAND-M. Bernstein. general
mSrehandIse, Sl1 I.1t,5i !, Aberdeen
n'Gsn mgr. 404 Fourth Avenue. llth aoor
DETRoIT.-Nlne Garment CO.. ! 4
Nndr,ss. mdse. mgr; 40t Fourth Avenue.
FORT WAYNE Ind.-G. Lat. general
nl9re hsndlse a. Pennsylvania-
COX mARTFoRpM Alien & Co: dry
Fourth Avenue, llth floor
HORNELI, Alien Store. o Z. Allen;
HOUSTON Tex.-Levy Bros Dry Goods
Co. A.. n Levy. drygoods. 1850 Broad
LYONS. \ Y-Ieidoneer & Son. r
i"lde enEer groceries. Herald Square.
MlNNEAPOL1S- -Garvev Bros W. Car
VeX N.,I, s9nrral ,r,, m,erchandise: Grand
woln"n's. misses and chillren's rarnen's
and furnishing goods pcuus5 lsanfa
FAIMERION. Penn. v Nsvitsky.
eenctal meroha ndise. Herald Square
PilLApblPliA frankfn Sweater
Mills a J. Litchensfein. repfesenting,
Bresiin
LADEIPUfA -- Cohen BIOS. l.
Cohen, drysoo9s, notions. furnishings and
caps. oodward
ROCHESTER,. y. Y.-P Rapp 5rygoods
ana fancy Aoods. Commodore
SH AMpklN. Pom Burd. general
SfRINGF IrLD. Mass Dickenson
CO., a e. Dickenson. dryFoods ready to
wear notions. hosiery, gloves ana boys
wear, Continental
TACOMA. Wash.-Lindberg & Co; T
vanfa
WASH NGToN-M Fischer. general
merchandise. IonnsyIvnnin
WASHINtfTt)N- I<a'n1fr general
rnerc chaodise. Pennsylvania
WASllIN NfiTON. y. VOID yard
Iaihr"p. dfyso"ds etc. W . beere't
u"fc hhndise manager. a34 Fourth Avenue
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11

pany produces but two sizes of yarn,
a fine grade known as $50 denier, and
a heavier yarn known as 800 denier
1t is sold in both the bleached and un-
bleached state and each size is made in
three different grades
The finer yarn is largely used by the
manufacturers of hosiery, who would
use fully 80 per cent Of the entire out
put if the company would allot it to
them, according to Mr.. Salvage. The
use Of fibre silk in the hosiery trade has
increased prodibeously in the last few
years. Silk manufacturers are using
constantly increasing quantities, and
several of the novelty fabrics produced
by the leading silk manufactu with
in the past year are made almost wholly
of silk fibre. Manufacturers of shirt
ings and fine cottons for other uses
are also large purchasers of the finer
grades of artificial silk. The manufact-
urers of sweaters and other knitted
articles use the heavier grade Of yarn,
as do also the makers of the fashion
able tricoctte and other knitted silk
fibre clothes.
"Within the past few weeks" said
Mr.. Salvage, 1--WE have received numer-
Gus complaints from individual sweater
manufacturers that they are unable to
buy silk fibre yarn except at abnorm-
ally high prices. Some of them say
they are paying as high as 81 pound
for it. SO far as we are able we try
to keep the resale price of our product
down to reasonable limits. The dealer
is entitled to fair margin of profit,
but obviously if he charges 81 pound
for yarn which he obtains from us for
$3.50 he is making an inordinate profit.
We can't sell directly to every user of
artificial silk yarn in the country, al
thought that would be the only method
by which we could control the price alb
solutely.
Because we can't supply the full
demand for silk fibre we have discon-
tinued our development department
which we maintained for some years to
develop new uses for our product. We
believe that in time our product Will
be used in knitted underwear, in the
manufacturing of rugs, in a cloth for
garment Innings and in countless other
directions.
I'm 1914 about 2O,OOo.ooO pounds of
artificial silk were produced in the
world. The production of real silk,
am informed, totaled only about
so 900, 900 pounds, and has not increased
much in recent years. There is slight
possibility of increasing the supply of
real silk to any great extent, for it
depends on sericulture, but the ability
to increase our product is limited only
by the capacity of our mills. We have
the forests of the entire world to draw
upon for our raw materials.
1--WE do not want to develop our prod
uct as an imitation of real silk Real
silk never will be displaced in many
cases by artificial fibre. The latter has
higher lustre than real silk and in
some cases is not as desirable as the
product of the silk worm, but there
are thousands of uses for fibre silk
which have not been dreamed of as
vet. But until we can supply the great
existing demand we cannot afford to
develop these other uses"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
German Monopoly
In Potash Broken
Control of Alsace Deposits Will
Place France in Position,
to Compete

WASHINGTON, April 10 A report
on potash in Alsace, by Commercial
Attache Erwin ". Thompson, at Copen-
hagen, received here, says:
Potash is Germanys only natural
monopoly. Whenever the war after the
war has been mentioned. the Germans
always said potash knowing that the
requirements for fertilizers for many
years to come Will be very great. The
Statist' estimates that England will
need double her normal quantity for
two years after the war. and the same
is the case with regard to France
That the American agriculture grain,
sugar beets and cottonl is also hard
up for supplies from Europe is seen
by the fact that half of Germany's pot
ash export normally went to the United
States. With the loss of her potash
monopoly Germany loses an important
economic weapon with which to secure
raw materials from overseas.
The potash fields in Alsace are very
important, being estimated at 100000
600 tons pure potash), valued at about
$4,000 100000 marks. The first Asace
deposits were found as late as 1904,
and the relative production for recent
years, according to 'Wirtscha ftsdenst.
was (metrlc tons reckoned as pure
O0taSh
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
MiareLlanrOus

'alftooro e. Joeceei basers supplies
CRAM.
nosiou ] i crowley Z. ro.. ! = Crow
Icy Continental
lioaton s. ropy. eenefn nHe. Aisoa
noaroV nfowulnr tinr 2 ce.. cloth
inK, rto.. Miss = T.. r3Hn. children
clothing. furnishing goods aug haf-. 10
frppor square, lHfhaf
Buffalo ii 1tfuupofR. clnlhiHf afl
j"elrF frnpNy lFauit.
1hienso =. Keiier. gonorai fire Penn
Detroit j iovy rouorai llne nsIic'
er5l ln', 'uinberland
Lancaster. POM J. " herman com
pany J W Bernap, jobs ln notions h0s-
i"ry. speoialfies. HeIald Squurf
Montreal-ls lsfyson, Mr- Bryson. erpss
Grand
NEW LONDON. CONS A. ooisnHf
Co. S. Hess. gloves and fancy goods i''
Fourth Avenue.
oneida. y Y--Dougiass & Co. II. iour.
less. Jobs in tobacco ami confectionery.
Ponusyi iVnnla.
Philadelphia Bush. novelties Yoff
iItlshnrgn j. Sappcr. Eeuesal lInr Ncsf
ing apparel. Herald Square.
PHILADELPHIA -- Pioneer SusienH1
Co. l.. n ueimwerdinser, iiffs suspen.
PHILApEIrHIA Washington uosie-,
and mfrs hosiery. Pennsyieauia-
ROC NrNESTEK~-S -Siblcy. Lindsay e ...s s
Co. Miss II. peardori infanfs war. 80
Fourth Avenue 10th floor
WORCESTER. Mass Barnard SUNNI
Putnam co. drygoods. Miss Is. hioi''''
muslin underwear. so4 Fourth Avenue
SCHA ANTpN-Stoer a FISHER. >. "a'
lagher. upholstery. Imperial
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Fashionable GoIors for
Fall Not Vet Decided

One reason why the women's cloak
and suit makers hesitate to place their
orders for fall materials at present, is
said to be the uncertainty concerning
fashionable colors for fall. Usually
the leading producers of women's wear
fabrics get together at the beginning
Of each selling season and decide ON
the leading colors for the approaching
period This has not been done yet, so
far as the fall season is concerned.
The garment manufacturers. therefore.
when they buy fall materials now, con-
fine their purchases mostly to the
staple colors, such as blue, black and
brown.
While green is one of the most pop
ular shade in fabrics designed for
mems wear, tho manufacturers of wom-
ems garments are not taking green
shades. Here and there a peculiar
shade of green is tried out by a manu-
facturer of coats and suits, but green
shades generally in women's wear lines
arc regarded by the cloth selling
agents as "stickers." There is no eX
planation for this beyond the whim of
fashion.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11

tory Liberty Loan up to about $500
000,o0O They involve little payment
on the part of the banks. Those insti-
tutions merely set that amount down
on their books as a credit to the gov
ernment. But this vast amount tied
up in such credits works to the detrl
ment of time money. The tendency
toward restrictions of time loans was
greatly pronounced yesterday. When
the credits are drawn against by the
government call money rates arc af-
fected.
1t is said that many of the United
States Grain Corporation bills are now
being rebated
The acceptance market is awaiting
with interest the announcement of the
terms Of the Victory Loan expected to
be made next Tuesday.
Fifteen to six day prime trade ac-
ceptances were quoted at 5a5M per
cent; sixty to ninety days, 5M5h per
cent; indorsed trade acceptances, Il
per cent, all maturities.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Still Plenty of Work
For Silk Worm TO DO
Shortage of Artificial Fibre Causes Complaint in
Trade and Producers Are Not Trying to Develop
New Uses for Yarn NJ ade by Synthetic Process

Such large demand for artificial
silk has sprung up within the last few
years that a shortage in the supply due
to the curtalment of output during the
war, is causing users Of this synthetic
fibre to complain.
There is only one concern in this
Countrywide Viscose Company
ing artificial silk. Of the six mills in
France only two are said to be oper-
ating now, and neither Of the two mills
which operated in Belgium before the
war has been able to resume. There
are only two mills in Egnland, but
neither of them is running at full ca
pacity. The Swiss production also is
far below normal.
As explained by S. A. Salvage, di
rector Of the Niscose Company, this
concern owns the patents under which
artificial silk is produced in this coun-
try and Canada The invention. which
is said to be an Improvement over the
older French method, was perfected in
England The Niscose Company has
two factories, one at Marcus Hook,
Penn, which has been in operation for
several years, and a new factory, estab-
lished about year ago lat Roanoke,
Va.
"In 1914, before the war. our pro
duction capacity was about $4,000
pounds Of artificial silk yarn a week. y
said Mr. Salvage "By enlarging our
Marcus Hook plant and building the
new factory at Roanoke we have been
able to increase our production to
100000 pounds a week, and hope soon
to be able to turn out 100000 pounds n
week. Even though we have increased
production more than 400 per cent in
the past four and onc-half years, we
cannot keep up with the constantly in
creasing demand for our product.
During the war. the importation Of
artificial silk from abroad ceased al
most entirely. 1t is picking up bit
now, but the prices are much higher
than the prices we quote on the domes-
tic product. At present our highest
price is $3.50 a pound, while the Brit
lsh made article of similar grade sells
for $3.50 the French and the Swiss for
about So. Our own production costs
have increased enormously. Before
the war We used much wood pulp i'm
ported from Norway. During the war
and at present we use New England
and Canadian pulp. This is much high
or in price, but even if we were able
TO get Norwegian pulp it would cost
several times what it did before the
war. Also, our labor costs have in
creased matcrialy
"Althoueh VIC are the sole producers
of this article in this country. and
could easily fix prices at any figure we
chose, we adopted a policy of making
only certain percentage on our pro
duction costs. The finest yarn we pro
duce, which sold for $50 pound be-
fore the war, is sold to our dealers and
our regular accounts to-day at $3.50
There is no possibility of this price
decreasing within the next year Pos
slbly 1t never will 90 back to the old
price
Mr. Salvage explained that the com.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Trying to Win Back
Trade Lost by Strike
Local Dress and Waist Manu-
facturers TO Intensity Sales
Methods

New York dress and waist manu-
facturcrs are beginning the work of
winning back the trade which went to
other centres. notably Philadelphia, /,
during the strike which has terminated
with a new labor agreement between
Local manufacturers make no secret
of the fact that much Of their normal
trade was diverted to other cities
during the strike. They believe they
can win II back through speeding up
production ar practicing intensive
sales methods.
Production at present is far from
normal, and it Will be several weeks
before it reaches the stride it had be-
fore the strike. Untitled orders will
occupy the attention of manufacturers
for some time to come The pressing
demand upon the part of retailers,
swept away all the reserve stock on
the manufacturers shelves. Stock
that had been packed away for some
time was shipped out during the strike
and accepted by retailers who had diff
fculty in obtaining adequate supplies,
it is said
Although the new labor agreement
nominally settles the labor difficulties
in the trade, manufacturers are not all
optimistic regarding future labor con
ditions and many Of them viii CON
tinue the policy of establishing plants
in small towns outside of New York
where the tendency of workers to or
ganize into unions is less marked.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
t.OlOrs
Small Quantity of Red
Dye Arriues Here From
.S,rifSPvIunfI

Supplies of extra concentrated Rhod-
aminc-"B.' red colorlng material
have arrived from Switzerland, but the
quantity is not large enough to relieve
the shortage of this dyestuff materially.
A price of $50 a pound is quoted for
the dye, while Rhodamine- B the un-
concentrated product, is selling at
about $40 a pound. The extra concen-
trated quality sold at So a pound be-
sldered an expensive coloring material
as compared with other importations
from Germany. Several large textile
houses are said to have large stocks OF
colors acquired before the war still on
hand. These houses were in the habit
of stocking up far in advance Of their
needs, figuring that no price fuctu-
atlons would take place and they re-
fused to sell their dyestutfs to specu-
terests is promised. Besides Indirect
despite the fact that they were in many
cases offered ten and twenty times the
price they had paid for their supplies.
When these stocks, which have been
greatly reduced, are exhausted, larger
buying Of dyestutfs by the textile in
terests is promised. Besides indirect
inquiries for substitutes for German
dyes to be shipped to India similar
demand is reported by several dye
makers as coming from China. Japan
and South American countries. The
genera demand from these sources is
for acid colors
A bright. fast pink is now being man
ufactured in the United States which
is said to be moro nearly like the
product formerly supplied by Germany
than any dye as yet made here. The
American product sells for $4 a pound.
while the present price of the same
German dye is around SO.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Rubber
Crude Rubber .Sf0cks in
Bins Of Manufacturers
Reported Small

Importers report that the crudo rub
Der bins Of the manufacturers are prac-
tically empty and that stocks Of manu-
factured goods in many cases arc also
in need Of rcplenishment. Notwith-
standing this condition manufacturers
arc only buying the crude material in
small lots. In some cases where "a
factory ordinarily would place an order
for twenty tons at ii time it ia now
buying in fvc-ton lots. Smaller con-
Germs formerly buying in hve-ton lots
arc content now to order onc-hAlf ton
at time.
In all branches Of the rubber goods
industry, with the possible exception
OF the tire business, production Is at a
low cbbs. Makers of mechanical
goods declare that the settlcment Of
pcaco terms will remove the feeling OF
hesitancy that is holding back their
business. They expect conditions will
bo greatly improved within the next
few months, with big orders coming to
them about july
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Congress to Hear
What Legislation
Business Wants
Chamber of Commerce of
Z. S. Will Hold Conven-
ton at St. Louis the Last
of This Month
Netp York Tribuns
WdShfn atom Bureau


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 10.-A pre-
}iminary outline of the programme for
she seventh annual meeting of the
Chamber OF Commerce of the United
States, to be held at st. Louis April
% to May /, as given out to-day at
the chambers headquarters here, dis
closes that American business is pre-
pairing 10 offer constructive sugges-
tons with respect to the future rela-
lions between government and bust
ness.
Having the advantage OF experience
gained during the war and during a
FIVE months period of industrial re
adjustment, business men now are in
position TO give advice from their
point of view on some of the impor-
tant questions that are agitating the
country. The meeting, coming as it
does, just before an extraordinary ses-
sion of Congress. furnishes an oppor-
tunlty for obtaining composite opin-
ion from the business world on many
things that Congress will take up.
A call has been sent out asking a
meeting at the time of the convention
of the Advisory Council of American
Industries, made up of chairmen of
the nearly 400 war service committees
named under the chambers decision
during the work to represent industry
before the government. These men
Will come together for the first time
since the first of the year, when they
met at New York to form an organiza-
tion to perpetuate the war service
committees.
Subjects for discussion and action at
st. Louis include the disposition and
operation of the country's railroads
and merchant marine, proposed revi-
sion of antitrust legislation, the
future Of public utilities. foreign rela-
tions and foreign trade, agriculture,
industrial production, domestic distri-
button, waterways and highways, in
dustral relations. international com
mercial arbitration, finance and Vic
tory Loan.
The chamber is obtaining the ser
vices OF the best authorities Of the
country as speakers. and those who
will deliver addresses include Carter
Glass. Secretary of the Treasury; Will
lam c. Redfeld, Secretary of Com
merce; Edward n. Hurley. chairman of
the Shipping Board; Walker d. Hines,
Director of Railroad Iransportation;
Senator Albert s. Cummins; George
Ed. Smith. president OF the Manufact-
Nrers' Export Association, and others.
The French government is sending to
the meeting as speaker special rep
resentative in the person of Maurice
Casenave. formerly French Minister to
Brazil, who comes to the United States
as director general of the French Ser
vices in this country, succeeding the
French High Commission.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Piece Goods

BALTIMORE North Bros: Mr. North.
piece goods rennsylvnuia.
BAl,TIh MORE -Goldonherg Bros; y.
Rosenberg. silks. Alcazar.
BALTIMORE NJ. Goldsmith & CO. NJ.
goldsmith. mfrs. waists ana dresses,
i5ALrfMoHE -schloss Bros. & CO.. Inc /.
!. seh1oss, mfrs clothing, 2@o lfifth
nisAVgn FALLS penn 81 Levy. dry
rOeTDN n j. Collins. mfrs dncis and
sh""p linod onafs. umbrella covers oyot
tpsroN sWliyoo Bros ! !. soiiyon.
frllotH und cloihing Arlington,
nRlpGElORT Smith Mnrray COZ g.
kieiudirnst. domestles; l01 Grand Aireci
'llIrAGp f. Goldbefe. piece goods
GoItMBcs ohio Hegelbeimer a. 90 .
Iegelh"imor pioce goods, pennsyi-
DETROIT j. j. Hudson; II. H..
sehogner wash goods; Assoc. Mdsg. Corp,
229 ritth Avenue
& Co. - NJ Ogiliye and Miss Ogilive.
drygoods otc.. Pennsylvania
NhW HAVEN-H Rapaport. tailor;
NEW uAVEs; r. Tucker. tailor: Park
pHILADELpH1A-A. & b Skirt. Co.
= ~ Brown; mfrs tailor made and wash
TiilLHThLriiIA-M Gross & CO.. NJ.
Cross woolicns: lisp Broadway
PHILADELPHIA Wanatnaker &
Brown. ". II. Wanamaker clothing.
cloths aud mfrs. clothing, 1f70 Broad
way. room Al.
PHILADELPHIA -Speiscr & Co. " j
Spoiser. mfrs clothing. Marie Antoincttc.
PHILADELPHIA Stray bridge x cloth
Ter, MIR Powers. linens. $50 Fifth Avenue
PITTSBuNGH.- Roggs " Bull. w Gold
domoFtics and Innings li40 Broadway
BreEliu
PITTSBURGH -4s Lando & Co; u
Goldman. woplicns. Brcsin.
RICHMOND, Val. Levitt. drygoods
Wellington.
ROCHESTER, X. Y.-steerel. strauss &
Connor: w. r. Connor. clothing and mfrs
clothing: Commodore.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.--G. Margozewitz.
drNgoods Droztcli.
SPRlNGFlElD, Mass Poole u. G. co. /;
NJ Mullln. domestics. los Grand 81
TROY, \ Wv. II. Frear y CO.. W. S.
Raleieh fiannels; Broadway Central
UTICA, \. Y-lI. -. riNlcy 4. Sons CO.
W. +. Lewis mems furnishing goods. MFRS.
clofhine. Manhattan
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa.--F II Patchcn
'o.,f H. Patch.n. domestics. liners white
goods, nannels blankets and mcns fur
nsshlny goods. Pennsylvania.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Retailers Want Same Styles
In Shoes for Next Fall

At meeting of the style and con
ference committee Of the National Shoe
Retailers Association it was recon-
mended to the manufacturers that the
1919 fall shoe styles be substantially
the same as those of last year The
retailers desire that no radical changes
be made in footwear design and that
She tendency toward conservatism be
continued. This committee of the re-
taicrs also recommended that the
makers of cheaper grades Of shoes be
moro careful with their product and
turn out better wearing and fitting
qualities. According TO n prominent
shoe dcaler, the retailers want better
service shoes from Tho manufacturers.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
.Jcwclrv
Soles of Nouelty .Jcmc1ry
Increase; Many Dcniers
TisH W0rkpt

Shortage Of material and the acute
labor situation have 80 reduced jew
clry sample assortmcnts carried bv
travelling statesmen that many retail
jewellers are coming direct TO this city
to make their purchases. AS rule
jewclry dealers do not visit the mar
kct at fixed periods, but the unusual
conditions prevailing are bringing them
here in large numbers.
Although the general demand in the
jcwelry trade is for the better grade
and higher priced articles, manufac-
turers OF novelty jewelry declare their
business is greatly in excess of that
of other years. Retailers also are
asking for the better quality of fancy
bead necklaces, metal and bead com
plnation necklaces and imitation pearls.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-11
Trade Notes

Peigram g. Meyer the silk manufact-
urers, with salesrooms at Fourth Ave
nue. and Twenty eighth Street, are dis
playing n number of original fancy fab
RIGS for fail wear. Among the new
weaves are Pekin georgcttc. carrying IL
high lustrcd satin stripe; hiitc crepe
in crinklcd satin effects; crepe venice,
in shadow designs, also brocaded satns.
reproduced from the fabrics worn in
the period of Louis XIV. The weaves
are for afternoon and evening dresses.
Carl Dernbcrg, of Carl Dernbcrg & Son,
fur dealers, has been appointed dele
gate of the American Fur Dealers As
socation to the United States chamber
of Commerce. Mr.. Dcrnberg will at
tend the chambers coming meeting at
st. louis the latter part Of this month.