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New-York tribune., 1919-03-28

Laborers and mechanics may have
acquired the habit of spending freely,
even cxtravagantly, the high wages re-
ceived during the war period but
manufacturers of overalls have dis
covered an inclination among the
workingmen to practise rigid economy
in ono direction. When it comes to
paying out money for the clothes they
wear while at labor workers have
rather definite notions about the pur-
chasing power of the dollar.
carefully prepared questionnairc
sent out by manufacturers Of work
clothes reveals that the worker will
now buy ovcralls at So a pair, but is
unwilling to pay more. In his judg
ment, apparently, this price is fair
compromise between the standard
dollar oVcralls Of pre- war days and tho
peak quotations Of $3.50 and 81 reached
in the last year or so. Hence the
two-dollnr overall is now advocated by
manu- fncturers as the basis for bust
ness in working clothes.
rms situation was explained yes
tcrday by Arthur Davenport, Of Sweet,
Orr q Co., one of the largest overall
ana working clothes manufacturing or
CARNATIONS in the country. "Ihc trade
IS working toward two lar overall ="
he said, "and when it reaches that
point it will have struck II solid foun-
dation as a basis for future business.
Buyers will be inclined to place normal
orders MT price which will enable
them to retail ovcralls at 81 pair.
They can do il now ,vhcrn +hc ,,,ou,
facturcr is selling tho ovcralls at 81 $50
TO $l.7O wholesale, but the profit is
almost too small for tho retailer and
at that price there is little profit in it
Tor the raiser Of cotton, the denim
lnanufacturcr and the overall manu-
ihcturcr. But it is done, and viii be
done, TO greater extent from now on.
Tor the trade rcnlizcs that the two,
dollnr overall viii be its salvation.
"As TOOL. at it, while there is little
proht Tor any one concerned in the
" proposition it will be wonderful
thlng for the trade because it will put
us all on our toes and keep us going
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Alien Ryan Buys Heyden
Stock for ST., 100000
Son of Thomas Fortune RYAN
Gels Controlling Interest i'm
Alien Enemy Concern

PASSAIC. n. J., March 27.-Allcn
Ryan, of III Broadway, New York. son
of Thomas T. Ryan, New York. offered
81 100000. the highest bid, for 747
shares of enemy stock, a controlling
interest, in tho Ieyden Chemical
Works, Garfield, at the second sale bv
Allen Property Custodian A. Mitchell
Palmer. this afternoon.
Mr.. Ryan is president of the Stutz
Motor Company and the Royal Type
writer Company and also broker. The
only other bidder at to-day's sale was
lrl'. Ine American Anlline Products, Inc.
This concern stayed in the bidding un-
>'l 81 100000 was reached. The plant
manufactures acid, formaldchyde and
other chemicals and has been running
full time since the armistice was
signed. Mr.. Ryan would make no state
mont after the sale.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Business Money

A gradual firming tendency is being
noticed in the market for commercial
paper. The rate is 51a per cent for
practically all bills at all maturities.
What 81 per cent paper is sold finds
its market out of town. The buying
in New York recently has been com
ing from the banks uptown, but there
is almost no market in New York. The
frmness in rates is quite possibly
reflection of preparations which the
banks are making for the Victory loan
campaign in April. This is making it
self felt in the market for sixty and
ninety day loans to Stock Excnange
brokers, which arc now renewed at 81
per cent
If there is any change in rates be-
tween now and April u it is cxpccte
to be in the direction of frmncss, as
the banks will doubtless have an in
creasing amount + certificates Of in
debtedness to take care of. The loan
operation itself will tend to relieve the
banks of the burden of carrying gov
ernment securities; these will be large
ly passed on to the public. Other
things equal, that should make money
easier, but there is a quite general be-
lief that commercial borrowing will
have experienced a revival by that time,
which should help TO sustain rates.
Another factor which may make it
self felt will be the necessity for OK
tending loans to Europe to maintain
our export trade. At present, with this
financing being done by loans 20 Eu
rops through our government, the
money comes largely from individuals
and corporations, but if done privately
the task would probably fall most
largely on the banks, and thus have
a greater effect on money rates.
The bank acceptance market was fair
yesterday, with a fair amount of new
bills making an appearance, and h
rather good demand from tho banks.
notwithstanding the high call money
rate. Banks show marked preference
for bills with such short maturites
that they will be paid off before the
Victory loan campaign begins, but as
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28

,srrir0ls Of Pclts Falling
OD and Shom Effect Of
MIA Winter

Receipts Of fura in the American
markets have dccrcngcd during Tho
past week and arc expected TO decline
noticcobly from now on, according to
l'unetcn Bros. & Co... whosc spring fur
auction sale viii be held in ST. Louis
next month. Moreover. the furs now
arriving, especially those from South
crn districts, they say, are showing
pronounced signs Of spring. The mild
winter all over the United States and
Canada has caused animals to shed
their winter coats sooner than usual
The st. Louis concern states that
there has been decided Improvement
IN prices recently over those estab-
lished at the January sales for, most
Northern furs, and the available sup
ply of goods from those sections is
quite small. The Anticipated imports
of foreign furs have fallen far short
of what was looked for by the trade.
Staples arc all selling we'll and sea-
sonable stocks Of these goods are ex-
pected TO sell at high prices. Red
foxes and good quality wolves are in
good demand. while silver foxes. es
peciaiiy fresh skins, are selling at
better prices than for number of
years past. In fact, foxes of all kinds
are wanted. Marten and beaver also
ind ready buyers Hlgr pricss are now
beng offered for fisher and Russian
sables. Russian squirrels, hving
squirrels. Australian opossums, mar
mots and practically all Chinese and
Japanese goods, holdings Of which arc
limited in this country, are command
ing good prices.
!, with the advent Of spring" says
the Funston report, business opera
lions that we're quiet because of win
ter weather, will undoubtedly become
more active, producing sympathetic inn
provement in practically all lines. This
should make itself felt and find ex
preston IN an increased demand for
most commodities. The fur trade, in
our opinion, viii enjoy its share of
TINS prosperity. and with such a fut
ure and continuance of the present
demand, we feel warranted in predict
ing to Shippers unusually good results
IN our spring auction"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Silks
Retailers Back in Market
for additional Stocks
of Spring Silks

While there we're comparatively few
buyers in tho silk salesrooms ycstcr-
day, manufacturers reported that bust
ness was fairly active. Most Of the
buying came from large retail con-
Germs which needed additional supplies
of spring fabrics to keep up with their
Easter trade. Practically all Of the
popular weaves were wanted, and it
was quite generally conceded that bust
ness was never better at this stage of
the season. Travelling statesmen, it was
stated, continue to send in good-sized
orders for spring fabrics, this being
accepted as an indication of activity
in retail trade. The price situation is
satisfactory to the manufacturers,
most Of whom asserted that supplies
have run down to low levels. Orders
for fall fabrics seemed to have in
creased in a way to cause manufacture
ers to feel hopeful. Some Of the mills
have not started to take orders for
fall delivery as yet, being deferred
from doing so by price uncertainties.
More stress Is laid on the rising ten
dency of raw silk, as we'll as the high
cost of labor. These two factors, it is
assumed, will preclude lower prices
for fall weaves. 1t was intimated that
buyers who are holding off for lower
Levels are likely to be disappointed.
Japanese raw silk moved up 5 cents
pound yesterday. Buying was rather
liberal, but number Of the importers
seemed reluctant to part with their
stocks, and it was reported that deal
ers who had made sales on the as
sumption that they would have sup
plies when called for had been forced
to go into the market to get the guam
titles they seemed to be unable to de-
liver. 1t was reported that the coarse
sizes of raw silk were in scant supply
and that the high-grade white silk
known to the trade as Xxx was un-
usually scarce
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Aluminium Prices Lower

The market for aluminium shows a
decided weakness, the metal now being
obtainable at from % to 2Sl cents a
pound. The largest consumers of the
metal at present are the makers of
automobile bodies. A leading dealer
said yesterday the decline was due to
over production. The war, he stated,
stimulated the output to such an cx-
tent that large quantities were left on
hand when the hostilities ended. In
addition. there is said to be large
amount of aluminium scrap OH the mar
kct, besides which there is possibility
Of importations from France and Eng
land. Large quantities Of the metal
we're received in this country before
the war from British sources, and it is
SAID that the munitions plants in
France at present have more aluminium
on hand than the country can consume
III 81 wear,
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Mesh Bags Selling Better

Sterling and silver plated mesh bags.
manufacturers say, are selling better
than heretofore in competition with the
cloth and bead work bags for which the
women have shown a preference in the
last two years or so. Orders for the
finer qualities of metal bags, made Of
solderod mesh, arc reported to be com
ing in from dealers and department
stores in all parts of the country.
Frames used in making cloth bags
arc also in active demand. many women
having adopted the fashion of carrying
bags made of the same materials as
their gowns. Such frames in sterling
sell from $15 to $25 each retail while
the plated kind sell from $15O to SIS
each.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Colors
Foreign Buying OF Dye
stuGs More Actiue Than
the Domestic Demand

Foreign demand for dyes is reported
to be increasing more rapidly than
purchases by domestiv consumers
Japan and China, especially, are buy
ing more freely, the demand from
those countries being mostly for congo
red and malachite green. Inquiries
from South American markets are
quite numerous, but actual orders are
not coming as rapidly as cxporter rs
would wish, though Increased buying
from that quarter is anticipated
When the strikes in the New Eng
land and New Jersey textile mills are
settled substantial orders for dyestuffs
from domestic consumers are also ex-
pected.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
China a Good Market for
American Cotton Goods

According to Consul General Sam
mons, of Shanghai, China can absorb
enormous quantities of cotton goods,
To make further sales 20 China. Amer
leans must meet the desires of the
Chinese merchants regarding widths,
lengths and labels, as we'll as the COM
petition from Japan. The Consul Gen
eral reports that the Japanese are
steadily increasing their investments in
spinning and weaving mills IN China
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
New York Interests" Buy
Control of Independent

BUFFALO,, March 27.-It was an
nounced here to-day that "New York
interests" had bought a controlling
share in the Klinck Packing Company,
of this city, and that the Klinck plant,
with other independents throughout
the country, would enter the field as
one organization against Western pack
ing houses known as the Big Five.
William A. Morgan, who had charge
of the negotiations here, said that the
capital stock of the new corporation
had not been decided upon, but that it
probably would be $10O,O00,OOO.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Demand for High COlors

Woollen selling agents catering to
the popular priced young mons cloth
ing manufacturing trade report a
strong demand for high colorcd fab
RIGS. Mixtures in two-toncd effects,
combining green and red, tan and red
and brown and red arc said TO be par
ticulary wanted by the clothing man
ufacturcrs for use in suits for next
fall. In the higher class fabrics the
tendency toward high colors is noted,
but IL not a9 strong az it 10 in the
cheaper cloths. Various shades Of
green and tan arc the most wanted
colors in the high class goods outside
Of tho staple navy blue and oxford
tones
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Baltimore Falls in Line

About forty dress manufacturers in
baltimore, Md, Joined the ranks Of the
Associated Dress Industries of Amer
]ca, national organization Of manu-
!acturers OF women's dresses, follow
ing a dinner at the Hotel Emerson in
that city. David Mosessohn. executive
director of the association addressed
the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Burlaps Sells at Higher Prices

The demand for burlaps, sluggish for
months past, was reported yesterday as
showing improvement. 1t was stated
that the manufacturers of bags had
bought fair quantities of goods and
that dealers here and in Calcutta, In
burlaps sold at slightly higher prices,
dealers were not elated with profits de-
rived from the sales that have been
made.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Meetings and
Conventions

Additional speakers for the sixth
National Foreign Trade Convention to
be held in Chicago next month were
announced: Fred I. Kent, vice-presi-
dent of the Bankers Trust Company.
New York City, will speak on Amer
Lea financial Equipment for Foreign
trade" William Pigott, president of
the Seattle Car and Foundry Company,
VIII present paper on THE Element
OF Labor Cost in American Exports"
In the session on commercial edu-
cation for foreign trade, d. f. Del
gado, export manager of the Eastman
Kodak Company, of Rochester,, N. Y.
VIII speak on Export Technique: Job
Analysis of an Exporting House. Show
ing What Employees Should Know
Inc session on financing foreign
trade will be marked by an address
by representative of the National
City Bank, of New York, on American
Branch Banks Abroad"
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. March Of
The National Wholesale Growers AS
soclation, when it holds its annual con
ventlon IN Cincinnati in June. will be
asked to go on record as favorinr the
enlargement of the Federal Trade Com
MISSION and the extension of its powers
The executive committee of the Grow
ers' ASSOCIATION, in session here. to-day
decided to make this recommendation
to the association. The extension Of
the powers of the trade commission is
desired so that new conditions brought
about by the reconstruction period may
be cOped with
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Basic Comm modities
March 27, 1919


Notcn
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31
FILE MORE OIL LEASES
Two and Half Thousand Acres Re-
corded by Topeka Company.

Oil leases for 1925 acres north of
Rossvilie were filed today in the office
of Oran Layton. register of deeds, by
r. P. March. local organizer of the To-
peka Oil & Development company. re-
Gently granted a state charter. This
makes a total of 24.265 acres of land
in the north part of Shawnee county
under control of.the local company
Some of the leases were filed in the
name of March, while others were
filed in the name of Fysche & Com
pany. Limited, Montreal, Canada
which. with the Adinac Oil Refining
company. Buffalo n. Y. is behind the
local organizers. including S. E. Cobb
president of the Bank of Topeka
Speed Hughes and March.
For two months March quietly OBJ
tanned oil leases thruout the northern
and western part of the county. On
October 20, members of the Adinac
| Oil Refining company arrived in To-
peka on a special car and travelled
over the leases. At that time the or
ganization of the local company was
announced. Following are the Shaw
nee county land owners who are
named in leases filed today:
/ H. p. Pratt. 155 acres; o. D. Whit
ney, so acres; Joab Mulvane. 1,490
| acres; Lucy K Franklin, 120 acres:
Thomas NeiswandeF, 800 acres; L. E.
| Anderson. $50 acres; Anthony Doll
zilch. 240 acres; w c. Sanders, so
acres.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31
Proposals or Suggestions VIII
Be Futile, They Say.
IT'S A NATIONAL MATTER NOW
Miners in State Have No Power
To Consider Matters.
Everything in Readiness for
General WaIkOut Tonight.

Pittsburg, Kan. oct. 31.SThe ma
chlnery of the United Mine Workers
organization in district IA is in 'readi-
ness for the walkout of the miners
employed in the Kansas coal mines
tonight. While there is intense in
terest in the situation here, there is
no excitement
Every miner even those employed
Ill the mines operated by independent
operators, will quit work tonight.
The absence of Alexander Howat,
president of the district, who has been
at the Indianapolis conference. has re-
moved the center of interest in Kansas
mining circles from Pittsburg. Howat
is expected back tonight.
However, both miners and operators
realize that the strike is a national af-
fair, and that nothing done by either
side in Kansas will affect the general
strike. 1t is pointed out that the Kan
sas district organization of miners will
be guided completely by the national
organization Any proposals or sug-
gestion from state officials at Topeka
iii be futile, it is pointed out, ana
such proposals may compiicate mat
fers.
No Need to Talk to Topeka.
Operators who would enter into
negotiations for the settlement of the
Kansas strike in all likelihood would
find themselves at issue with the ma
tional association, it is pointed out,
while the miners district organization
would doubtless be Immediately
ordered to cease negotiations, should
any be attempted without the consent
of the national orGanization-
This strike is in charge of the ma
tional rganization. and any proposals
from Topeka should be addressed tt
President Lewis" a mine union leader
said. Such a course will expedite the
matter, and at the same time not pu
the Kansas miners in a position of re
-jecting something which they have ne
power to accent"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31
TO HOLD ELECTION
"Off-Year" Voting To Take
Place in Five States.
Elect Governors = Prohibition
Chief Issue in Ohio.

New York, Oct 31.-Five states.
Massachusetts. New Jersey, Maryland.
Kentucky and Mississippi, will elect
governors at the "off year" elections
to be held next Tuesday November 4.
The only congressional election thru
out the country will be held in the
Fifth district of Oklahoma, where
successor will be chosen to the late
Representative Joseph B. Thompson.
Prohibition is the chief issue in the
Ohio elections where the voters will
be called upon to vote on two amend
ments and two referendums on the
subject. The referendums relate to
the legislative ratification of the fed
eral prohibition amendment and the
prohibition enforcement act passed by
the last legislature. The amendment
proposed that 2.75 per cent liquor
shall not be defined as intoxicating
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31
Santa Fe Shopman Appeals for
Saturday Night Opening.
Says Topeka Business Goes to
Mail Order Houses.
KEEP OPEN ONE NIGHT A WEEK
Allow Laboring Man To Do His
Own Shopping.
A. B. Harris Points Out New
Side of the Question.

The merchandising establishments !
of Topeka are forcing the laboring
men of the city to give patronage to /
the big mail order houses by the in
stallation here of the six o'clock Sat !
urday closing rule, according to- A. b I
Harris, a Santa Fe shopman.
In an open letter Harris gives the
position of the laboring men of the
city, which class he claims to repre-
sent, and asks that the merchants re-
ply thru the same medium.
Harris's letter follows:
! 81 am a mechanic employed at the
Santa Fe shops. We begin our days
work at o'clock a. m. and close at
o'clock p. m.
Under this system of working
hours the laboring man has no time
of his own to do the necessary shop
| ping that the average man enjoys do
| ing for himself.
.If we take a Saturday afternoon
| off, say once month, it is equiva-
| lent to a loss of six days in the course
of a year-or one-half the time allot-
| ted for our annual vacations-to say
nothing of the loss of $S5 per year IN
| our earrings.
This system of o'clock closing on
| Saturday evenings is going to force
large number of laboring men to pat
ronize the mail order houses, not from
choice but from necessity.
THE latest innovation of the mail
| order houses is to deliver standard
i goods at your door, frelght ana uray-
age prepaid, at a figure slightly below
what they can be purchased for local.
| ly The managers of these concerns
| undoubtedly have broad smiles illumi-
| mating their countenances as result
of the action of the merchants of To-
peka and other cities who are placing
| the s. 6so'clock closing practice in erect.
This is a brief statement of our
| view of the matter. To the laboring
man whose daylight hours belong to
his employer it is vital question. We
should be pleased to hear from the
merchants. Can you offer us a prac-
ticaI solution, not chimerical theory,
regarding the situation; solution
that means dollars to you as well as
to ourselves?
"a solution that suggests itself is
Let your wife attend to your shop
ping and is very unsatisfactory to the
average man. who very much prefers
to do his own personal shopping. 1t
also frequently occurs that man and
his wife desire to do mutual shopping
as in the selection of some household
necessity.
"As a compromise I would suggest
that business houses keep open one
Saturday evening each month-say the
first Saturday evening.
what have you to offer?
II (Signed) "A B. HARRIS.
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31
WHET KNIFE OUTSIDE
Wife Locked in Bedroom, She Claims,
and Wants Divorce.

Locked in a bedroom while an in
dignant husband stood outside and
calmly sharpened a knife with which
he threatend to kill her and himself,
was the experience chronicled on court
records today by Clara G. Gray, 927
Madison street, in a petition for
divorce from Earl G. Gray.
She claimed she escaped from the
alleged dual tragedy by crawling out
a window and running to the home of
a neighbor. Then Mrs. Gray, who
says She made the living and upon
their marriage in June, presented her
husband with a house furnished by
herself and an automobile which she
owned, states that on Wednesday he
wouldn't permit her to go to work
and withheld part of her clothes,
striking her with his fist and knocking
her down.
On October 16, she stated, he
wanted to drive her car to the home of
relatives at Washington, Kan. She
declined to go, saying that she had a
position with a local building and
loan association and must work that
day.
Gray, she says, offered to take her
to work in the automobile. Instead.
she claims, he started for Washing
ton and wouldn't stop until they were
states, she was in tears as she had the
keys to the vault and it was past time
to go to work. She claims that he
assaulted and choked her severely.
Gray, she states has contributed
| nothing to her support. She wants to
be restored to her maiden name of
Clara Reike.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31

and that constitutional statewide pro-
hibition be repealed. A third proposed
amendment relates to classification of
property for taxation.
Voters of Kentucky will also vote
on the question of statewide prohibi-
ton Massachusetts. New Jersey, Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Maryland will
elect new members to both legislative
branches. Voters of New York will be
called upon to vote for members of the
state assembly and justices of the state
supreme court. Illinois and Nebraska
are to elect delegates to constitutional
conventions and in Texas the voters
are asked to approve call for con-
stitutiona1 convention and six const1-
tutional amendments. There are no
elections in the far western states.