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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-10-18

Those attending the Camden Dis
trict Epworth League convention at
Collingswood this week from Wesley
League were: Rev. and Mrs. D. G.
Cobb, Miss Lula Mason. Mrs. Friend
Itch, E. Walton Click and B. F. Click.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-10-18
ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Chestnut st. and Verona Ave.
Rev. Gregory Moran, Rector.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Chemicals
Disinfectar,ts Are Wanted
to Fill Orders From
Lutin-Anerican
Countries

Export orders for benzol, carbolic
acid and other disinfectants have been
placed here recently, and dealers say
there is more of this business in sight
American producers have large stocks
on hand and, with reduced ocean
freight rates, are looking forward to
making large sales to Mexico and
South America.
AS European manufacturers and
dealers also have large supplies of
benzol, carbolic acid and other disin-
fectant acids in store. dealers here do
not expect to do much business in the
European market. On the contrary
they anticipate strong competition in
the markets of South America and
Mexico.
The removal of trade bars against
shipments to European neutrals is hav-
ing marked effect in the activity of
transactions for export in glycerine,
oils, alcohol and chemicals used in the
production of food stuffs. Orders for
glycerine as we'll as other fatty acids
are expected in large volume because
there is a shortage of all of these
throughout northern Europe. Ameri-
can refiners of glycerine have large
stocks on hand and welcome the oppor-
tunity for an outlet
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Little Doing in Hardware
But Manufacturers Expect
! Some Revival Soon

Hardware manufacturers report a
greatly decreased demand for stocks
Tor immediate delivery. Factories are
working on orders placed last fall, and
such repeat orders as are coming in
are very small in volume Greater
activity in the wholesale end of the
industry is anticipated next month by
several producers, but few expect or
ders to reach the pre-war level.
The absence of orders from hard
ware jobbers is reflection of the at
titude of the retail trade, which is
waiting for further price reductions
before stocking its shelves. There is
a, divergence of opinion concerning
the trend of prices in the trade, the
Jobbers expecting no further reces-
slons. while, as in other trades. the
retailer prefers buying on "hand to
mouth" basis until trade conditions
have become more settled. The jobbers
take the stand that stocks have been
accumulated at high prices, and man
utacturers that costs of production
have been high and that they conse-
quently cannot reduce prices on stocks
now on hand.
=. Shovels, sleds, oil heaters and sim
liar seasonable goods have not moved
because of the unusually mild winter
and Will very likely be carried over to
a great extent until next year. A re-
vlval OF business is expected in March,
when building operations will be re-
sumed and tools will be in greater de-
mand
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Heavy Cloths Offered by
;. American Woolen Go.
Eow Prices Named Not Re-
carded as Index TO Cen
eraI Market

The American Woolen Company yes
ferday offered openly q good quantity
OF mackinaws and friezes, goods suit
able for heavyweight overcoats and
storm coats, at prices ranging from
$1.55 to $2.74 a yard. The offerings
consisted mostly Of plain patterns and
the fabrics ranged from twenty-four to
thirty ounces per yard in weight. AS
the company did not offer similar
clothes last year there is no basis for
q direct price comparison, but jobbers
sold similar fabrics g year ago at
prices about double those now asked.
The company, after the close of busl-
ness for the day, reported that large
number of orders had been booked.
Several buyers said that the prices
quoted were below their expectations.
The prices named by the American
Wooden Company are not regarded as
significant of general conditions in the
trade any more than were the low
prices named by the Amoskeag Com
pany on dress fabrics earlier in the
week. 1t is generally believed that
these low-prced goods are being made
of stock which has been on hand for
some time or left over from army con
tracts. If such is the case the raw ma
terial going into these cloths cost the
mills less than it would at the present
market price.
Friezes and mackinaws, particularly
arc made of lows grade woollen stock
with possibly a mixture of waste and
woollen shoddy or reworked wool.
1t is probable that the company soon
will offer line of heavyweight plain
woollen overcoatlngs and possibly some
woollen suitings.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Textiles
Mills Are Not Forcing
Sales in UnbLeuched
Cotton Goods
Market

Not many orders for unbleached cot
ton goods are finding their way onto
the books of manufacturers. Jobbers
seem to be in no hurry to buy for next
fall and on the other hand the mills
are not disposed to force sales, since
the cost Of producing goods for next
season cannot be figured with any GER
tainty at this time: owing to the adop-
tion of the 48-hour working schedule
in the textile industries and the un-
stable position Of the market for raw
cotton. In order to prevent their
stocks from accommodating to a point
where they might prove burdensome
the mills continue to curtail produc
ton.
Sales of bleached cotton goods show
slight increase. Individual orders
are small, but mill agents say they
sense a more general disposition to
buy. The statement is made that as
soon as jobbers and speculators get rid
Of stocks Of goods which they bought
some time ago in anticipation of rise,
the market will show tendency to
more substantial improvement. Lack
of confidence in the stability of prices
is still reta1ding the development of
new business
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
French Embargoes Removed

French exporters have been notified
by their government of the removal
of the prohibition against the exports-
ton of the following articles when
the destination is an Allied or neutral
country other than Switzerland:
Carbon brushes for dynamos bicycles
and parts thereof floss silk cocoon silk.
and silk noils. combed or uncombed; felt
hats in any stage of manufacture, hair
copper, compasses, linen articles, pre-.
served goose livers. mushrooms and
truffes; cylinders. disks. and rolls for
gramophones and phonographs silk waste
spirits and liquids, cotton haberdasherY'
silk thread of all kinds for sewing. en-
broidery. etc. flower seeds. aluminium ar
ticlcs india rubber articles except capes
tires or outer tubes. drain tubes, and gloves
for surgery celluloid articles art works
and ornaments of copper, bronze or imita
tions thereof prepared skins not made into
garments, Photographic paper or plates.
artificial stones cut or uncut, copper
gauze for paper making, basket and cans
work. and saffron.
For the following articles the pro
hibition against expectation has beer
removed as regards all Allied and neu-
tral countries: Brushes of all kinds,
fancy leather goods, shrubs and other
nursery products.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
business Money

nc hotes OF a prominent tobacco
company were offered to banks vester.
day at rate of 5A per cent. That wa
one or the few features of a market
practically without change. The rate
Oh to 5A per cent continues to be
quoted as the prevailing figure, though
some paper is not taken at less than
5E per cent
There is a difference of opinion
among commercial paper houses and
lending banks as to whether there will
be an easing or stiffening of rates in
the near future. There is no special
reason for expecting any change in the
immediate future, but there is some
belief that when the terms and period
OF fotation of the forthcoming Victory
Loan arc announced the rate will go
higher. little while ago banks were
asking the commercial paper houses
when they thought there would be a
let-up in the present stagnation in the
market for four to six months borrow
ing. The answer was that an improve
ment should be coming in the middle
or at the end of the present month.
the belief perhaps being fathered by
the wish.
Now the commercial paper brokers
are asking the banks what they think.
The banks affect to be averse to taking
paper at only to 81 per cent. They
say the rate is too low. If the COM
mercial paper brokers become suffi-
GENTLY anxious about this they may
stffen the rate to their own customers.
for if there is any danger of having to
keep paper which he takes from custo-
mcrs, the brokers' capital becomes tied
up, and he has to borrow at the bank,
probably having to pay more for that
accommodation than he gets On the
unstable paper he holds.
The argument Of some banks is that
they have a suitable outlet for their
funds in the United States certificates
of Indebtedness. Against this the argu-
ment is used by those who look for a
decline in rates that the certificates of
Indebtedness pay orly AK per cent;
that bank cannot tie up all it's money
in them, and that the small supply of
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Shortage of Clothing i'm U. S.
Predicted by Manufacturer
William Goldman Says the Way to Solve Recon
struction Problem is to Make and Sell Goods,
and Forecasts Rush of Buyers Here by Easter

Keep going is the big idea right
now, not only in the mems clothing
trade, but in every other line of busi-
ness,' said William Goldman, of Cohen.
Goldman e. Co., one Of the largest man.
ufacturers Of mems overcoats, pants
and summer suits in the country.
i think it is gradually dawning upon
business men, and particularly upon
those In this industry" he continued.
that the only way the reconstruction
problem can be solved is bv making
goods and selling them. Waiting for
the market on raw materials to on
down will not help the situation TO anv
extent.
AS an indication of what I mean 7
cite the fact that mems spring cloth
ing in the medium and lower Grades
can be bought in this market right now
at prices or 10 per cent lower than
they were few months ago. Manu-
1acturers are simply shading their
prohts to keep the wheels going round
now despite the fact that there will not
De enough spring clothing in the
medium and cheaper grades for men
and children to cover the market.
The manufacturers of the lower
grades Of clothing in both mems ond
eh'ldren's lines were fairly hard hit by
the recent strike, while the manufact-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Continental Europe
Must Be RecEothed

No oversupply of clothing exists
in any part of the world to-day, and
many of the European countries are
greatly in need of wearing apparel
of almost every description, according
to John S. Lawrence, of Lawrence &
Co, cotton merchants, of New York and
Boston.
Some 125,oo0,o0O Of destitute peo-
pies of Continental Europe, Mr. Law
renee stated in an address before the
National Wholesale Dry Goods Asso-
citation, must be provided with cloth
ing for the next year or longer, and
most of this clothing will have to
be imported from England, America
or Japan. The extent of such i'm
ports, he said. will depend partly
upon the ability of the needy coun-
tries to pay for the goods and partly
on the shipping facilities placed at
the disposals of the manufacturers of
exporting nations.
According to Mr.. Lawrence, 10000
O00,< or about 81 per cent, of the
WORLDS 149,00N000 cotton spindles are
for the present unproductive, and of
the 20,000,000 or so wool and worsted
spindles about as per cent are unpro
ductive.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Metals
Large Sales Of Coppe,
Are Effected after
Price Is Cut to
1912 Gents

"A reduction in the price of copper
from % to 1919 cents a pound by the
large producers had the immediate eff
lect yesterday of bringing about sales
OF approximately 100000 pounds of
the metal. This was more than six
times the volume of sales recorded for
any day during the month of January
lhe naming of a lower price was not
unexpected. Some consumers even look
tor further reduction, but the heavy
sales yesterday indicated that other
copper users consider that the bottom
has been reached, for the time being at
least.
The large producers were forced to
lower the price because overproduction
has resulted in large accumulations of
copper stocks which could not be
worked off at the 23-cent quotation. An
ofhclal of one company stated that the
present glut in the copper market is
the direct result of the governments
request that production efforts should
not be relaxed and its indicated inten-
ton OF holding up the price.
Miners Accept Wage Cut
With the cut in the price of copper
came the announcement of the reduc-
ton in the wages of the miners. whose
pay has been based on the market value
of the metal. Up to the present time
they have received wages on basis OF
26 cents pound, and their acceptance
of an 18-cent basis for the wage scale
is regarded by the copper industry as
evidence that harmonious relations
have been established between the
workers and the producers.
Officials of the copper companies say
the sliding scale of the several districts
throughout the country will be resume d
as basis for paying miners, but should
the metal drop below 18 cents a pound
the wages will not be affected. Any ex-
cess in price over that figure will be
followed by an advance over the mini
mum wage allowance. On the new 49,
cent wage basis the pay of the miners
in the various camps will be as follows
per day: Butte, S4.75; Clifton, 81;
Globe, S490; Miami, $3.50; Jerome
$4.90, and Bisbee, S. The reduction
from the current wage scale will av-
erage about 81 a day
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Silks
More EspensiUe Grades
Of Silks in Better
Demand; Low
Grades Lag

Trade in the more expensive grades
of manufactured silks has improved,
owing to the revival Of more stylish
modes of dress for women. Demand
for the cheaper fabrics lags. Jobbers'
stocks of the lower grade product are
being sold at prices that the manu-
facturer will not meet Mill agents as
sert that prices instead of declining are
likely to advance, as the strike at Pat
erson is reducing outputs, and if the
operatives succeed in winning their de-
mands the cost of producing goods is
bound to rise.
Raw silk at New York was little
more active yesterday than heretofore
this week, and Japanese reports sug-
gest that buying by American import
ers has improved. Prices in the Yoka
homa market have advanced 20 cents a
pound since Monday.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07

urers of the higher grades of clothing,
so far, escaped fairly we'll. Many man
ufacturers we're compelled to cancel
some of their orders and production
has been held up considerably. Now
that the labor trouble has been partly
adjusted these manufacturers are rush
ing out all the goods they can, but
about Easter | think there will be q
great shortage of mems and children s
clothes throughout the country and you
will see large numbers of buyers in
the market looking for merchandise
for immediate delivery. Probably the
prices will stiffen a bit under this re-
newed demand.
"For next fall there isn't much doubt
that prices will be lower than they
were for last fall. I think the woollen
cloth manufacturers will take less
profit, regardless of what raw wool is
worth, and clothing manufacturers, too,
will cut their profits. don't think
there will be any big drops in prices,
but they will be lower.
81 notice that the retailers are cut
ting prices, too, and that means cutting
profits, for most of the goods they have
on hand were bought when prices
were nearly at the peak. This is merely
another indication that the keep going
IDEA is beginning to operate all along
the line'
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Importers Look for Large
Trade i'm Russian Leatheys

<,e, Leather importers down in the
swamp, as the wholesale market for
hides and skins here is commonly
Galied, are watching developments in
Russia closely, for, as one dealer nuts
it, there is a fortune awaiting the first
man who succeeds in shipping out some
OF the -aw feathers now piled up in
that country and Siberia. The hide
and leather industry of Russia, dealers
say, has broken down completely, but
even even II the tanners and merchants over
there were in a position to resume
trade with the rest of the world It is
not regarded likely that any effort
would be made to export Russian
feathers on large scale so long as there
was danger of merchandise Shipments
BENG lost or confiscated. Once a stable
form OF government is established in
Russia importers here expect to do n
large business with the hide and leather r
merchants in that country.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
CQlors
RecOloring OF Khaki Cloth
Goods for Ciuilian Use
Increase Demand
- for Dyes

Officially khaki coloring has gone out
of use. but the supply of khaki is far
greater than The demand, and the tex
tsle mills are now busy redying the
cloth into colors for civilian use. This
will result in the creation of many
blues and blacks, especially for mems
wear, according to one of the lead
ing dye manufacturers, and increases
the demand for dyes.
The British dyers have in this re-
spect made much greater strides than
the Americans, it was stated by an
authority yesterday. The British gov
ernment has taken hand in coloring
of khaki cloth and the methods it has
adopted have been found highly salts
factory. The huge quantities of the
eloth in the hands of the British are
dyed in a single bath. with combina-
tions of colors producing satisfactory
two-color effects, which give a distinct
2y civilian appearance. A letter re-
ceived by an American manufacturer
quotes British opinion on the process
IN use in England follows:
Khaki cloth is blend of wool NOR
dented with different percentages of
chrome along with some wool which
has not been mordented. Mordenting
means impregnating a textile which
will not hold the dye with some chem
1cai tnat Will give IL rnat Gye-retaln-
ing quality If this cloth is dyed with
mordent color it is evident that the
more heavily mordented wool will alb
eorb most of the color. so that a two
color effect is obtained
t2 "If to the same bath a small ouan-
tity of bright acid color is added this
naturally shows most prominent on the
unmordented wool. The result is a
two-colored effect. which looks as if
IT had been woven and not dyed.
"A number of patterns have been
sent put up British Dyes, Ltd, and
they are all said to be in good taste
and not the least suggestive of the mil
1tary hue"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
F.urs
Mink Proues Popular al
Fur auction and
Sells at Record
Quotation

Mink proved the most popular offer
ing on thu fourth day of the midwinter
sale of the New York Fur Auction Sale
Corporation now being held at Masonic
Temple. The lot OF mink, including
both Northern and Southwestern offer
ings, consisted of 73,20O pelts, and this
large quantity was quickly purchased
after keen competition. Manufacturers
and importers predicted that mink
skin would be one of the most popular
and fashionable furs the coming sea
son.
The days offerings of pelts brought
over 100000, making a grand total for
four days of about s4,00o,0OO.
Another popular offering was mar
mot, for which the demand has been
stimulated by the discovery Of new
dye which colors the fur an elephan-
tine gray and gives the appearance Of
an extensive VARIETY
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Jewelry
Pearls Become Scarce,
as Restrictions on Ex-
ports From, Bombay
Continue


With British restrictions against the
export of pearls from Bombay still un-
relaxed, these gems are becoming in
creasingly scarce in the United States
Advices from Bombay state that ship
ments will be made to America as soon
as the bare are let down, but as vet
there is no indication of a change of
policy in regard to the restrictions
against exports.
There has never been time in the
history of the American jewelry trade
when pearls have been as high as they
are at present, according to a trade au.
thority, who stated further that the
top had not yet been reached. At the
outbreak of the war there was a slight
drop in the price of these gems, but
since then they have risen to over 100
per cent of their cost in 1914
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Textile Troubles
Cause Break in
Cotton Market
Prices Recede Sharply as
New England Mills Labo,
Situation Grows Worse.
Liverpool Selling a Factor

The cotton market declined from
Is to Is points at the opening 70,
terday and sold IL to 25 points 49,.
lower during the early trading. IT,
selling came from Southern and ~,
sources. These early offerings wer.
we'll absorbed however and the ma.
ket rallied several points shortly aftos
the call, Liverpool buying being a fac.
tor IN the recovery. After the close
abroad the demand was less ac.;vn
Prices became weak during the
afternoon when old crop months solS
99 to 1l2 points net lower and fhs
new crop showed net losses of Ga to
" points, Stop orders were uncoy.
cred on this break. After their owe
cution the market steadied on traSo
buying and coverig, with the closs
showing rallies of some Is to 20 points
from the lowest.
Reports that the Scandinavian coun.
tries would be permitted to increase
their imports probably 'irspired some
of the early buying but evidently made
no important impression on sentiment
The market. indeed, seemed to bp
dominated by the unsatisfactory situ.
alton in textile centres as reflected in
reports from both New England and
Southern sources. Two of the more
important Fall River mills were said
to be closing down owing tc lack of
demand and difficulty over the hours
of labor. The disturbances at Fall
River were also said to be growing
more serious and strike news was re-
ceived from various other points.
Rumors were circulating during the
afternoon that Southern mills were
selling hedges against stocks of goods
and yarns.
The local market for spot cotton
was quiet and 1870 points lower at
2590c for middling upland. compared
with 27.20c the day before and 317Oc
the year before.
The range of prices follows.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07

PAPER now being offered, which is
freely taken, will soon force conces-
sions from the banks. Nearly all lines
of business either expect or fear a
further decline in prices, and so bor-
row as little as may be. for they do
rot want to buy raw materials now
which they may get good deal cheaper
later on.
Rates for commercial paper remained
unchanged from Wednesday, as follows
Two months, 5@515 per cent; three
months, 5(15H per cent; four months
5@5h per cent; five months, 5M51s
per cent; six months. 5M51s per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Japanese Silk Men to
Study Industry Here

A delegation composed of fourteen
of the leading Japanese silk reelers
and three of the most important deal
ers sailed from Yokohama for this
country yesterday for the purpose of
making an extensive survey of the
silk business in America and to ar
range for closer cooperation with
American interests. the delegation
represents the National Association of
silk producers
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Leather
Boston Reports Stead,
Business in Sole
Leather-British
Buyer Actiue

A steady, satisfactory business in
sole leather in the Boston market is
reported by "The Shoe and Leather
Reporter Domestic sales and ror-
elgn inquiries show a demand for
al weights and grades. The demand
Tor leather used in making shoe uppers
Is Is, reported to be overtaking the supply.
lnls IS attributed largely to the activi-
ties of the official buyer for the British
government, who is credited with
negotiating for large quantities Of
upper leather.
No change is reported in the local
market for hides, the demand being
New-York tribune., 1919-02-07
Makers of Workingmen's
Garments Buving Dcnims

Manufacturers of workingmen's gar
ments are buying somewhat larger
quantities of denims, the fabric used
for overalls and jumpers, but jobbers
who sell to retail dealers are only
buying sufficient to fill orders for i'm
mediate deliveries.
Business in ginghams for work
ingmen's shirts and outing flannels
used in making petticoats, pajamas
and nightgowns is about at standstill.
Mill agents assert that it is useless to
attempt to force business until some of
the uncertainty by which the textile
industries arc confronted has cleared