davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Silks
Orders for Silk Goods by
Mail Compensate for
Lighter Direct Buying

Silk goods statesmen were not in
such buoyant mood yesterday as
they have been of late, but this was
largely because of the disagreeable
weather, which kept good many buy
ers away. The mails brought in fair
volume of orders for spring fabrics,
more especially for moires, taffetas,
and printed georgettes, and the leading
concerns were busy shipping out
orders placed within the last week.
Receipts from the mills. it was said.
do not tarry long ION the shelves of
the showrooms. Agents of the mills
expressed the opinion that while
business in spring weaves will nuctuatc
from now on, the orders for silks to
fill out depleted stocks will result in
reasonably large business during the
rema inder of the season
A few Canadian merchants were in
the showrooms during tho day for the
purpose of looking over such fall
fabrics as now exhibited, and it was
said that some of the visitors had
placed fair orders. AS rule buyers
do not seem strongly inclined to buy
fall goods extensively. Some of the
houses stated that they have not yet
opened their autumn lines. and that
they did not expect to do so until the
middle of next month. The subject of
future costs is a preplexing problem
because it is not known just how the
labor situation. compensation and
working hours, will affect the cost of
manufactured goods. Nor is it at all
certain that quotations for raw ma
terials will not work higher instead
of lower as some manufacturers had
been led TO believe.
Demand for pure silk hosiery to be
sold by retail dealers the coming fall
is extraordinarily active. Socks for
men, as we'll as stockings for women.
are included in the orders being
booked by manufacturers. Statesmen
now on the road are meeting with q
degree of success that was not wholly
expected.
While prices for Japanese raw silk
did not show any change from those
quoted the preceding two days, i'm
porters reported that the demand has
expanded. 1t was intimated that manu-
facturers during the fall season, will
need more raw material, and some of
them are showing more concern lest
supplies may not be available in full
quantities when wanted most.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Defends Use of
RewOrkcd Wool
In Some Cloths
Mill Man Says 1t Often
Produces Better Results
. Than Can BE Obtained
From the Cheaper Fibres

While holding no brief for the wool
len cloth manufacturers who sell goods
containing "shoddy" or reworked wool
MS virgin wool fabrics, the Milbrook
Woollen Mills defends the use of re-
worked wool in certain cloths
In letter to R Splitter, selling
agent for the Milbrook woollens in this
city, the manager of the mill, at Nor
wich, Conn, states that many people
are laboring under a misapprehension
concerning the relative values Of virgin
wool and reworked wooL The letter
was written to Mr.. Splitter only few
days sagoein reply to an inquiry from
customer relative to the composition
of the Milbrook fabrics
The letter says. in part:
There exists in many quarters a
strong Misrepresentation as to the rela-
tire values of virgin wool and reworked
wool AS a matter of fact, it has been
definitely ascertained by experts, and
among them impartial government in
vestigators that for securing certain
desirable results in woollens the use
of reworked wool is essential and far
better than the use of virgin wool.
Moreover, there are certain grades of
virgin wool that cost far less than GER
tain good grades of reworked wool and
that produce very inferior results Ac-
cordingly, the percentage of reworked
wool in a given fabric is by no means
the proper criterion to apply to the
fabric
THE test that should be applied is
that of comparison with the best mer-
chandise produced from the standpoints
Of strength, durability, service, style
and beauty OF finish A fabric that
undergoes such comparison success
fully is worthy OF adoption by the fn-
est manufacturing clothier, and the
latter may then feel free to disregard
any further tests as to composition
All Miibrook fabrics are carefully
made with due regard to every one of
the qualities mentioned, and that they
have proved their worth is fully evil
denced by the merited success they
have won III the past and the praises
they are receiving to-day on every
hand Our goods are all-wool, and no
cotton is used in their composition
Reworked wool is utilized to the extent
that expert manufacturing experience
deems advisable, but il is by no means
our policy to spread broadcast the exact
percentages of the raw materials we
use in our processes at the mill
For the last twelve or fourteen
years we have been engaged in the
manufacture of woollens that for SER
viceability, beauty, strength and finish
have successfully stood comparison
with the products of the finest mills in
the land. irrespective of price. The
methods Of woollen manufacture are no
secret, and the only matter in which
one mill may be enabled to outdo
others is in the mixtures Of raw mate
rials- 1t would be therefore highly
detrimental to mill interests to divulge
to any and every customer just hosy our
goods are produced, besides giving no
special knowledge to the inquirer"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Textiles
Mill agents Un'oiling TO
Shade Prices for Rough
Cotton Goods

Buyers seemed less disposed yes
terday to pay the higher prices being
asked for rough cotton goods. The
declining tendency Of the market for
raw cotton exerted retarding influ-
cnce on business. Mill agents ac
cepted the reversal in buying with
more or less composure, and it was
suggested that fluctuations in the
daily sales will be in line with OK
pectations. While it was said that
some sales of what are known as "a
Sos, 1914 inches wide and containing
535 yards to the pound of cloth had
been made at 0% cents yard during
the day. mill agents insisted that they
we're not ready to sell any goods of
that grade at less than 10 to 10h cents
yard. Some Of the mill men asserted
that they would rather see prices
maintained at steady levels, for in
that case buyers would be more dis
posed to take hold.
Converters were reported to have
purchased fair quantity Of coarse
shcetings. These goods will be sub
jccted to stiffcning process, after
which they will be used for lining
SdiiueutS ana puii zap OdSs.
Bleached goods of standard quality
were in fair request and it also was
reported that jobbers had placed good
orders for colorcd goods. Mills that
specialize in towels are receiving
small orders, but some OF the agents
interviewed asserted that better bust
ness in crash was expected to eventu-
ate within the next thirty days: 1t
was stated that foreign goods will be
in light supply the remainder of the
year, and that on the present basis Of
prices the foreign article will not sell
readily in competition with the domes
tic product.
Export trade, which is expected to
show expansion, as the shipping situa
tion improves, is being banked on to
lift the market for cotton goods all
along the line As an indication of
how lack of shipping facilities ham
pers foreign trade, the sale of $4,000
bales of raw cotton by Southern
broker was cited. When shipping ar
rangements for the staple were sought,
it was found that only sufficient space
for the Immediate shipment of 1000
bales was available.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Perhaps They Don't
Believe in Statistics

Manufacturers in the women's ap-
parel lines disagree with the state
ment of Roger W. Babson, acting di-
rector of the information and educa-
tion service of the Department of
Labor, that business is stagnant be-
cause nobody wants to buy anything"
Mr.. Babson used this statement as a
basis for arguing that manufacturers
in all lines should resort to more ad-
vertising to stimulate buying.
Manufacturers of suits, coats, waists
and millinery say they are doing more
business than ever before in their his
tory. Reports from all sections of the
country indicate that the retailers in
these lines are selling more goods and
higher priced goods over their count
ers than ever before. Men in the ap-
parel trade say that while Mr.. Bab-
sons remarks may apply to some lines
1t certainly does not fit in with present
facts in their particular trade.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Burlap Trade Quiet

Trade in burlap is quiet. The Most
that sellers were disposed to say about
conditions yesterday was that prices
may work upward during the next
sixty days. At present burlap weighing
eight ounces to the yard is quoted at
61a cents yard, while material con
tanning ten and one-half ounces to the
yard of cloth brings only 1912 cents
a yard. Manufacturers of fertilizers
and foodstuffs are said to be using IN
their stocks of bags, and on April /
lndla's mills will begin to work four
days a week. These two factors. it is
held, may hasten improvement in the
demand for burlap " '''1
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Waste Material Association
To Move HEADQUARTERS Here

At the annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Association of Waste Material
Dealers at the Hotel Astor yesterday
it was voted to move the headquart rters
from Boston fo New York as soon as
possible, probably about July i. The
proposed change met with little op-
position. 1t was announced that a
cotton waste division soon may be
added to the association.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
are as follows: F. w. Reidenbach,
president; James Rosenberg, first vice
presidents. Henry Lissberger, second
vice-president; Ivan Reitler, third
vice-president; Paul Fl. Lowenthal,
fourth vice-president; Mark B. Speer,
fifth vice-president; Harry Klonick,
sixth vice-president, and David Fein-
burg, treasurer. Charles Haskns, ex-
ecutiye secretary, holds Office for three
years and is appointed by the execu-
tive committee. The following were
elected directors for two years: George
B. Smitheman, Julius Rosenberg, Her
man Muehlstein and Herman Gold
stein
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20

NEW YORK is rapidly losing an i'm
portant industry. Manufacturers
of waists and dresses are removing
their factories to other localities in the
hope of getting far enough outside the
sphere of union agitation to eliminate
labor difficulties, which now cause fire.
qucnt stoppages of work.
They are moving to the smaller
tions of New York State. Connecticut.
New Jersey, and even Pennsylvania
While this movement has been in prog
rcss for several years mast. the present
strike in the waist and dress industry
has accelerated it to point where
removals are taking place as rapidly
as manufacturers can find suitable To-
calitics. The longer the strike con-
tinucs, say the manufacturers, the
greater will be the exodus of the in
dustry from New York.
"The union, by its high handed pol
icy. is driving the trade from New
York, so far as the manufacturing end
of it is concerned" said George w.
Levy general manager Of the Dress
and Waist Manufacturers Association,
yesterday. "ln the smaller towns the
manufacturers find there is little or no
union agitation and fewer stoppages
of work. | am not at liberty to dis
close the names or the numbers among
our members who have moved recently
or who contemplate moving out into
the small towns, but can say that no
small percentage of the trade either
has moved recently or will move in the
near future. Neither can | make pub
lie the names of the towns picked out.
1T is their only method of getting any
thing like regular production. Under
the present policy pursued by the
union it is next to impossible to con-
duct manufacturing business in the
city.
"Of course the union tries to follow
the manufacturers in their moving and
attempts to organize the factories
when they are established outside of
the city. but in the vast majority of
cases they do not succeed. Instead of
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Strike Threatens
Shoe Industry in
Chicago District
Demand for 44-Hom Week
Is Voiced by 5000 Work.
ers; Labor Department
Representative on Scene
Eusftcss News Bureau
SpcrtaI Corrcsco.y

opccsdt Correspondence
CHICAGO, March 19.-Whcther IN.
5000 shoemakers in the Chicsgo dix.
trict will go on strike depends uror
meetings here this week. Fred +
Feicke, representing the Department of
Labor at Washington, has arrived in
Chicago in time to avert a threatene5
walk-out at several of the big factories
The United Shoe Workers are de.
manding forty-four hour week, in
stead of their present fifty hours
which means five and half DAYS. or
closing Saturday moons. A COMMITTEES
of employees of the J. P. Smith Shes
Company met with President Smith
yesterday and voiced its request for
fortyfourh hour week. Several shoe.
makers in the delegation, however
openly declared that their fellow work,
ers should abide by the contract which
expires May l, and which provides for
fifty hours a week. The strike was to
have been called at O'Clock Wednes-
day, but Mr.. Fiecke induced the men to
continue until he could have a confer
cnce with both sides to the contro-
versy and then a joint meeting. If the
two sides meet separately with Mr.
Fiecke, the joint meeting will probably
be held tomorrow.
The business of all the Chicago fac
tories is big, and if the men should 20
out at this time it would cripple deliv-
cries which are now being rushed, to
say nothing of the manufacturing Of
shoes that are in process for early shin.
ment.
The abandonment of work by the
shoemakers will, of course. affect all
Allied industries, tanning and machinJ
cry particularly. The United Shoe Ma.
chinery Company will suffer in its roy
alties more than any other line This
company will save in its service, but
this will hardly counteract the deficit
occasioned by an ending of royalties il
there were strike.
The shoemakers appenr to be work
ing one factory at time, but if they
agree they may go out at the same
time. The United Shoemakers' Union
is the strongest here, but in one or two
places the Boot and Shoe Workers ef
America have a strong organization.
and each union is making demand in
it's own way. Where the United Shoe.
makers Union is stronger it makes the
request. and if the Boot and Shoe or
ganization is ahead in numbers the de-
mand comes from that association.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
business Money

The market rate for commercial
paper is 512 per cent. There was yes
terday a difference of opinion among
commercial paper brokers as to whether
the market could be described as
"easy" or firm" at that figure. While
the bulk Of paper is moving at 51s per
cent, exceptionally good names of short
maturity can be sold at 5A per cent.
One broker got hold Of some hrst-rate
names yesterday at 5a per cent, and,
as he described it, they "sold like a
shot" There is little borrowing of
any kind, but a special lack is noticed
OF the notes Of larger firms.
The bank acceptance market vester-
day showed a tendency to slow up.
This was to be expected from condi-
tions as revealed by the call money
rate, which from its extreme ease of
Tuesday rose yesterday from a renewal
rate OF a - per cent to closing quota
tlon of 5%4 per cent. The banks were
calling in demand loans, which NAV
have reflected either that tax PAYMENT
checks 20 the government have now be-
gun coming into the banks, necessitat-
ing that the banks call IN their funds
IN order to meet the Withdrawals. or
that the Treasury's need of funds had
led the Federal Reserve Bank to issue
call upon local banks for the re-
turn OF part of government funds now
on deposit with them The banks in
the early part Of this week have lent
freely on bank acceptances and cali
loans, but as they knew these checks
were to come in they have been eau
tious in time loans until thew know
the extent to which they have been
drawn upon by depositors for tax pay
ments.
Few bills are moving, though some
dealers report that the number of new
bills coming into the market is in
creasing. Grain bills are beginning to
appear again. This is the second re-
newal, and about SO per cent are being
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
The Tribune's Page of Business News
Rubber
Small and Frequent Buy.
ing General Rule Among
Stationery Concerns

stationers are buying rubber goods,
elastic bands. erasers, etc, only in
quantities sufficient to cover present
requirements. This policy of piece
meal buying has been adopted, it is
said, because of the feeling generally
prevalent in the trade that prices of
these commodities will shortly come
down. Manufacturers declare that
present prices will continue Station
cry concerns that formerly placed or
ders for goods in lots to cover at least
a weekly period are now buying daily
in one or two pound lots.
This condition also exists in the rub
bcr workers supplies manufacturing
field. Concerns that handle materials
for use by the rubber goods manufac-
turers state that the present absence
of big orders indicates the inactivity
of the rubber goods industry.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Meetings and
Conventions

Ready-to- wear garments will play a
large part in the annual fall exhibit
of the Popular Price Merchandise AS
sociation which will be held in the
Hotel Commodore August d to 8. At
the spring exhibit few weeks ago
manufacturers OF garments were not
represented except by few makers of
waists and undctgarmcnts 1t is
planned TO have n representative show
,iRg of popular priced coats. suits,
dfesscs, waists and skirts at the fall
show, according to A. n. Osborne,
manager of the association.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Labor Troubles Spread
In the Fur Industry

With the strike of fur dresscrs and
dyers still unsettled and the number
OF strikers being augmented by the
"pluckers' who quit work yesterday.
the labor outlook in the fur industry
is viewed with less equanimity by the
manufacturers. These workers convert
the raw skins into finished product
ready for handling by the manufact-
urers OF garments. etc. and with mate
riai cut of at this source the latter
branch of the industry naturally will
be embarrassed Manufacturers have
hores that the non-union fur dressing
and dyeing establishments, which are
s,'li opera ion, will be able to handle
their requirements.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
New Interests Control
Big Bleaching Works
Sharp Manufacturing Company
Buys MacManus Holdings
in Pawtuckct Plant
Business Nc7cs Bureau
Special Correspondence


BOSTON, March l9.-The MacManus
holdings in the Home Bleach and Dye
Works, of Pawtuckct, Il. l., have just
been sold to interests representing the
Sharp Manufacturing Company, Of
New Bedford, Mass, spinncrs of fine
combed COTTON yarns. The Home works
will continue the dycing, bleaching,
merccrizing. etc, of cotton yarns, but
on much larger scale. This company
has production of $4,000 pounds
daily, with $50 employees. Edward j..
McCaughcy, the new president. has
been connected win the corporation
for the last thirtyfour years and still
retains his interests. Peter B. Mac
Manus, formerly president and treas
urcr Of the company, is retiring on
account of i'll health. Arthur +. Sharp
has been elected general manager and
T. +. Hatch treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
American Wooden Go.
BUYS Whitestone Plant


BOSTON, March 19.-The America n
Wcolen Company. it was announced
to-day, has purchased the plant of the
Whitestone Mills at Elmvillc, Conn
A considerable amount of money has
been spent on the property by the
former owners during the last few
years, SO the min is in first class con-
dition. 1t is understood that the Amer
ican Woolen Company already has
sufficient orders to assure a capacity
at the new plant
Ncedham 3. Brown has been ap-
pointed as agent for the Whitestone
Mills under the American ownership.
For the last two years he has been
with the Globe Mills, Utica, N. Y, also
under American ownership. He has
been a member of the American Wool
ell Company's staff for several years.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Fur Animals Share the
Flu Plague With Trainers

The prevalence of influenza AMONG
the inhabitants, both white and Indian
is given by Funsten Bros. & Co. as the
reason for the shortage of furs re-
ceived from Canada and Alaska for
the next Sc: Louis fur auction to be
held starting April 2S. Fur bearing
animals in these sections also seem
to be afflicted with similar plague.
1T is said. The st. Louis company
says that the stocks of foreign furs
held by dealers in the different dis
tributing centres of this country and
Canada are lighter for this time Of
the year than they have been for SOW
eral years past. In addition to other
offerings of furs, Funstcn Bros &
Co. will sell for the United States gov
ernment about 10000 Alaska seal skins.
dressed, dyed and machincd.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Prompt Shipments of Cotton
Hosiery Asked by BUYERS

Manufacturers of cotton hosiery re-
ported yesterday that while conditions
were not satisfactory, the tendency
was toward slight improvement. 1t
was said that domestic orders were
coming along a little more freely, and
that jobbers were making progress in
clearing up old stocks. An encouraging
aspect of the current business is that
buyers insist upon prompt shipments
being made Export trade, it was
stated, continues to expand in a mod
crate way Australia has sent in fair
ORDERS
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Sponge Prices Higher

Sponges are selling at. record high
prices and this is attributed to the
fact that Greeks have largely taken
the place of negroes as sponge divers
off the coasts of Florida and at Mas
sau and Cuba and demand more for
their labor; the supply of sponges
from Greece has been shut off and re-
ceipts of this commodity from Nassau
and Cuba have been small because of
the lack of shipping facilities. Good
a pound while before the war they
could be obtained at about So less a
pound.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Metals
Copper Trading on Local
Metal Exchange Viii Be
Resumed March 81

Trading in copper on the New York
Metal Exchange will be resumed on
March 81, having been suspended since
the beginning of the war. The board
of managers of the exchange took
action to this end yesterday
Trading will be in electrolytic cop
per, and will be restricted to one
hour. between II m. and p. nj. The
board of managers at yesterdays meet
ing also adopted new copper rules.
which will be made known in few
days, and devised a new form of COD
per contract.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Clarke 10 Arrange
For Export Steel Trade
Head of Consolidated Corpora.
lion to Sail for Europe
TODAY

L. A. S. Clarke, president of the Con-
soidatcd Steel Corporation. the export
organization OF the independent steel
companies. will sail for Europe too day
on the Adriatic. He will look over the
.uropcan field, and. it is understood,
help and supervise the establishment
of branch offices through which the
Independent steel companies in the
United States propose to enter foreign
markets. Mr.. Clarke, it is expected,
will make a general survey of condi-
tions in England, France, Italy. Spain
and the Scandinavian countries
He expects to be gone about two
months, and upon his return the Con-
solidated Steel Corporation is expected
to begin actively to operate on export
orders.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-20
Other Countries Buying
American-Made Waists

The prosperous conditions in the
women's waist industry, as reflected
in the large volume of business in the
retail field, are not confined to this
country alone. According to M Moses
sohn, executive direct~f of the United
Waist League of America, there is an
enormous demand for American made
waists in foreign countries and many
manufacturers report heavy orders
from retailers in Canada, South
American countries, Australia, New
Zealand and Mexico.
The waist league has just completed
survey of the retail field in the
industry and the report on this shows
that a buying wave is sweeping the
country and women are spending more
money than ever before for wearing
apparel
"The outlook for the future is un-
usually bright" said Mr. Mosessohn,
"and the manufacturers are making
preparations for an unprecedented
business. 1t has been many years
since the waist industry has been con-
fronted with such q. healthy state of
affairs The labor situation, while un-
settled in spots, is not retarding its
prOgress~