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New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Silks
Foreign Orders Help to
Further Decrease LO,U
Stocks of Silk Goods

Business in the silk goods district
yesterday was good, most of the orders
being from cutters of women's dresses.
Retail dealers from various sections of
the country also placed a fair volume
OF orders. Most of the mills are max
ing strong efforts to supply the trade
with goods, and in keeping with this
policy shipments are being made on a
pro rata basis
A number of the mills are installing
new equipment, and many of them are
refusing to deal with other than their
steady customers. The scarcity of
weaves has caused buyers to do con-
siderable shopping for goods, to seek
new sources Of supply and to buy
fabrics that under normal conditions
would not be accepted.
The manager of the export depart
ment of a widely known novelty con-
Germ stated that he had received good
orders from London retail dealers for
high grade dress fabrics suitable for
evening gowns. 1t also was stated that
the matter of getting permission to
readily arranged.
Some of the jobbers voiced the opin-
ion that few of the smaller manu-
facturers were holding up deliveries,
and it was intimated that the sharp
advances that have occurred in prices
tended to make certain Sellers anxious
to take advantage of the present in
ordinately high prices.
One of the leading manufacturers of
mems silk neckwear advanced prices
for fall styles 25 to 80 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Silk Makers Concentrate
On Most PopuIar Fabri,

Manufacturers of dress silks in order
partly to appease the demands of their
customers for goods have adopted the
expedient of shifting their looms from
one class of goods to another. When
the demand seems temporarily to con-
centrate on georgettes. productive en-
ergies are diverted from other weaves,
but this policy has not proved profit
able in filling the void in the general
supplies of silks.
A representative of Cheney Brothers
yesterday remarked that 'it is actually
impossible, even by changing looms, to
meet the unprecedented demand for
our silks. To change the looms would
simply mean that we would be increas-
ing production of one wanted fabric at
the expense of another cloth for which
there is just as great demand"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27

vantages gained through quantity pro-
duction. Progressive assembling, un
der which material moves in logical
order from one factory hand to another
until it reaches the completed stage,
was adopted in Switzerland during the
war and undoubtedly will be retained.
"Workmen also learned many lessons
through the handling of war contracts.
But the temperament of the average
Swiss worker has changed since 1914.
During the war large number of Rus
slams, Poles and Austrians worked in
the various Swiss industries. Usually
Swiss labor is conservative. But the
Bolshevik spirit has spread among the
workmen because of association with
the generally discontented foreign ele-
ment, and the result is that Swiss in
dustries are more or less troubled by
workers with Bolshevik tendencies.
skilled labor is now scarce and re-
ceiving wages that are a record for
Switzerland. During the last few years
the cost of labor has advanced about
so per cent. Hours also have been
shortened and a plan for the introduce
ton OF a Federal law establishing a ma
tional eight-hour day is contemplated
Manufacturers of watches are hav-
ing difficulty IN obtaining materials,
but shipments are being received here
regularly. Watches have been advanced
Is per cent in price since the war"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
S1Uiss Adopt American
Methods and Machinery
Watch Factories Equipp ed Early in War to Pro
duce Munitions by Modern Processes Are
Now Turning Out Large Variety of Products

A DOPTION of American machinery
and producing methods during the
war have been responsible for the open
OF new industrial era in Switzerland
Old hand processes have been replaced
IN a number of instances by machinery
systems. AS result Swiss factories S
whose outputs were extremely limite d
are now turning out manufactured arti-
cles in quantities.
Concerns that before the war made
only watches are now producing
needles, thermos bottles and scores Of
otE@r different articles, according to
Roland Gsell, representative here for a.
Swiss watch company.
This expansion was absolutely nee
essary," said Mr.. Gsess yesterday, "be-
cause the factories were materially in
creased in size to take care of war con-
tracts, NASTY of Russian origin. When
Russia dropped out of the war as CO.
belligerent with the Allies these orders
ceased. The Swiss manufacturers
found enormous plants with modern
machinery designed for quantity pro
duction lying idle on their hands
Naturally other commercial products
came to mind.
Swiss manufacturers adopted Amer
ica machiery and manufacturing meth
DDS in handling their munitions and
quickly appreciated the enormous ad-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
British Firms Interested in
Formation of Commerce Body

Establishment of a British Cham
Der of Commerce in America is under
discussion by representatives of
number of British firms in this CITY.
A committee OF six has been appointed
to consider plans for furthering the
project. 1t will meet shortly to de-
termine some definite action. The com
mittee consists of Richard Airey, How
ard A. Stanley, Mr.. Rountree, of Grace
Brothers, Ltd; w. H. McFarlane, of
the Anderson Textile Manufacturing
Company; A. W. Craigie, of Craigie
& Co., Ltd, and W. Carlisle Wallace.
of Howden & Co., Arthur E. Vickers.
206 Broadway, is secretary pro TEN. of
the temporary organization.
At recent meeting where the move
ment for forming a chamber was mi
tiatcd letters were read from a LARGE
number of British firms apprc<-
the project. Among those who were
present and who lent their influence to
fostering the plan were J. Joyce Brod
erck, of the British Embassy in Wash
ington; Mr.. Richardson, of the Office
of the British Consulate General in
New York, and ]. Arthur Alton, C. B.
E., president of the Derby Chamber Of
Commerce. n
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27

until the second week in July, 1t is
expected to take that time for the
dividend and interest payments, esti-
mated at more than $400,000,O 900, to
percolate back into the banks, where
1t will be available for relending. At
the time that the recent tax payments
were made the tightness in the money
market was exacerbated by the changed
policy of the government. Formerly
such payments were Immediately re-
deposited in the same banks on which
the checks were drawn, but in the last
payment they were used to pay bills,
and consequently it required a week
or two for the funds to come back to
ordinary channels.
The floating supply of commercial
paper in the hands Of New York deal
ers is not believed to be large. Bor-
rowing has increased over what it was
a month and half ago. What COM
mercial paper brokers consider the
ideal condition is to be able to sell
paper faster than it can possibly be
bought.
Some bank acceptance dealers found
a pretty fair market yesterday. There
is good supply of new bills. The S4O,-
100000 remainder of the $4,000, 900
Belgian acceptance credit is expected
to make its appearance on the market
next week
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Business M0nev

The commercial paper market of yes
terday was exceptionally quiet. With
call loans opening and renewing at 8
and 91s per cent, banks here manifest
ed little interest in business notes.
This lack of interest shown by New
York banks is partly brought about by
the action of interior banks. 1t is esti-
mated that interior institutions recent
ly had been lending here as much as
$500, 900 to 100000, 900 on call
loans. In the last two weeks they have
withdrawn about 100000, 900 of this
money to meet dividend and interest
disbursements and to improve their re-
serve positions at the very time when
the New York banks are being Obliged
to do the same thing The New York
banks have been unable to fill the void
and have been compelled to assume the
burden, so tying up their funds from
other employment.
Hardly any New York banks appeared
to be IN the market for paper yester-
day. The lack Of interest on the part
OF some banks has come through pol
icy Of reducing their Indebtedness at
the Federal reserve
The general r te is 515 per cent for
nearly all classes Of paper There is
small field for 5A per cent paper in
Chicago and on the Pacific Coast.
Little or no change is looked for
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
far East Buying Leather

s.an,neries on the Pacific Coast, cs-
e.x.a"y 'hose adjacent TO San Fran
lss.o. ls.o. are selling large amount of
Ael ies. 10 Chinese, Japanese and Mex
H. interests, according TO T.. A.
Ts@aa, secretary Of the Tanners
e. daeI- ar. Brand returned yegter-
sIsa a1'm three weeks trip 10 the
aass Of tanners in San Francisco,
H.. ,s.as'ahd and Seattle. He declared
yss Vs. we situation in the Far west as
nssa sSsas the high price Of raw stocks
ssasa In the tannerieg is about tho
easa ns an IN other sections of the
hs,S ,wnlie In San Fraa go Ar. Brand
~ s's - several conferences with members
- - re council at which the problems
ss sos Industry were Informally Dis
H. La commenting o hfg trip.
oan ode brand declared that from S.
g'',sD 70 10000 worth oy leather
A.. 1,n annually 10 China and Japan
bvT .ha[ most of the sales are handed
ssss q san francisco tanners. or the local
0,dsa 0dsssn ntasives Of Eastern tranneries,
s1s.rS from the Orient are being yn.
ss $500 .s sas.er than they can be died
q iaasa. issaa. fhess' orders cover ali grades
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Active Buying Forces Raw
Silk to Still Higher Level

Under the influence of active buying
yesterday prices for Japanese raw silk
advanced to new high ground. Local
importers reported that Shinshiu No.
sold for the equivalent of $3.50 a
pound, while Kansai double extra
brought s1o.65. Most of the buying
was for delivery during August, Sep
tember and October.
After an absence of two years from
the local market limited quantities of
Italian raw silk were being offered, and
it was reported that American buyers
had placed fairly good orders in the
Milan market.
News from Canton and Shanghai in
dicated that prices at those centres were
holding at firm levels, and it was re-
ported that some of the American man
ufacturers had bought the southern
Chinese raw silks for the purpose of
substituting them for the Shinshiu
grades.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Navy Flannels Bring
Good Prices at Sale
Bids Higher Than at Previous
: AUCTION; Shoes Fail to
Attract BUYERS

FlanneK purchased by the navy dur
ing the war yesterday brought $2.75
yard at the auction rooms of Bur
ling G. Dole. Only 1925 a yard was
received by the navy for the same kind
of fabric at closed bid sale several
weeks ago. The entire lot of Talmage
d Farnsworth and Deering, Mlliken &
Co.'S 11-ounce navy blue f1annels were
sold yesterday for S2.67H and s275
a yard
Eighteen-ounce navy blue cloth, mel
ton finish, from the American Woolen
Company, brought from $3.11 to 1925
and 30-ounce cloth from the same con-
Germ brought as high as SO a yard.
One bidder took twenty bolts at the
latter price. Olive drab sheeting,
thirty-six inches in width, went for
1873 cents a yard; 81 Il inch un-
bleached drill brought 291a cents a
yard, and 29-inch unbleached drill sold
for p cents Yard.
The sale of $4,000 yards of 32-inch
black venetians brought SO cents a
yard. Only two lots of the 1880 pairs
Of shoes were sold. Bidding on the
shoes failed to reach the minimum
price set by the navy
Cloth jobbers and clothing manu-
facturcrs from New York, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Chicago were active
at the sale. Many sales were reported
to nave been made to the smaller Job
bers.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27

Leo Stein. Bridge Plaza. Long Island city.
.loo oe5SFa!i o6o New Py9dHcts To15 company Inc
ing ado,cb c1beoanut products: Louis Buchbaum.
nnnITlph n,,Itd1 eBuchosum, Thomas Howard lls
Kirby. Lloyd & Co Inc. $3.50: Syracuse.
deal in securities; Edmund Kirby. G. B.
s,.2 LLOYD, J. G Murphy. 6o4 Walnut Avenue.
$4,000 $1,000 Brooklyn; Il: R: schneer. Fannie
street sstplro; Beatrce Ladinsky. 4os Watkins
The Progressive Celluloid Novelty Com
Pany, Paayn Ne n r. 5000; Manhattan. samuel J.
losth Street. New York city. 'yi a. Ai' " est
tan nailer & sshultz Inc $4,000; Manhat-
Morris Haer Rebeeea ss and e1t,on
Schultz. 23s Macon Street. BROOKLYN
Continental Crepe and Tissue Mills. Inc.
SaSaso5lph koha B. Ring. HfFsnaan ss VAN
street. New York City.
nsnhaasan GF4nRsl Realty Cooperation $4,000
n G. Watson. Joseph H. Ciaffy. G. R. R.
Frazer; Rnnl: Al Il, Park ar Row, New York City
$4,000; Manhattan; rnanufacture hosisry'
underwear; Rudolph Rawak. S J Rawak
W a. N; Scher' 6ll West 171st Street, New
Elk Restaurant and Bakery Company
Nc; N ~ 1900 600 Manhattan; Morris Ladin.
Street, New York City
80 Ine 50e. New New York Euphony Society. Inc.
a. Weaman, West Nnetieth Street, New
York City.
2l2 West Seventy second Street Corpora
ton $4,000: Manhattan. realty: John r
Calhoun, " NJ Earle, William B. sym,nes
Jr. 55 Liberty Street, New York CITY
=, overseas Exchange Corporation sos 600
nnanhastar; naHnas Armando cominelli. j. NJ
Prosnal Realty Company. Inc s5 nm.
Manhattan; John Harmon, J. W Curfis
l.. j. O'Connor. 1873 West Fortv-sirfh
Street, New York City.
Snpshu ds manufacturing Company. Inc.
and slippers: n. c, Robertson villas
Steel >1r.. Jos. A Thompson. Richmond
Kelly Brothers Holding Corporation.
! Sioy'0yg, T.ra Manhnauan' general real estate:
hanty, ll5 Broadway. New York
Ray Electric Motor Company, Inc, ST.
wv Mammalian; manufacture electric mo-
Lors; JOS II. kaminslSy. william Payes l.
h Miller. ss7 Kelly Street. Bronx
packard Dress Company. Inc: $4,000:
Manhattan; manufacture dresses; julius
SStlverman. L. L, Kashtne. l. silverrnan. $50
Hooper Street. Brooklyn.
l. p w. Realty Corporation. $4,000:
N MManhattan: r. H: Smith. J. c. Smith, G.
C. Earle. Forest Hills. y. Y.
R. Sadowsky, Inc, $500 600 Manhattan.
realty; Morton Stein. Lewis Epstein II c
Lennin. So Wall Street, New York city
NJ. NJ. CAM & Co. $3.50 000 Nanhattau:
deal in laces. embroideries; Meyer NJ Ganz.
David s: Gordon. Marshall Z. Johns, Upper
Montclair. N j.
Newton Shoe Company. Inc. $4,000.
Manhattan: manufa cture shoes: Laura r
Sussman, 5. j. Rawak, Charles NJ. Berlow.
West Orange, n J.
Victory Carriers, Inc. $500. 400: Manhat-
Lawrence e Brown, 80 Broadway New
York City.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
The Tribune's Page of Business News
Textiles
Scarcity of Goods Cuts
Short Selling Season
in Wash Fabrics

Animated buying of cotton goods,
principally from jobbers, and still
higher prices for unbleached fabrics
stood out as the prominent features of
yesterdays drygoods market. Jobbers
reported that retail dealers had or
dered quantities of printed voiles to
be shipped by express and parcels
post. Leading converters of wash fab
RIGS stated that the spring selling sea-
son had been brought to an end by the
lack of goods. Usually trade in these
cloths runs throughout the months of
July and August. 1t was explained
that hot weather in the early part Of
June greatly stimulated retail trade in
the lightweight cottons.
The present high prices for all kinds
OF weaves have proved so attractive
that some goods which were intended
for export have been resold in the
local market. Some of the jobbers
frankly confessed that they would well
come more of the export goods even
though such sales would mean that the
foreign buyers would have to wait be-
yond scheduled delivery dates for their
consignments.
on Broadway was attended by the rep
resentatives of many of the local job
bing concerns, and it was stated that
the fabrics which the auctioneer sold
brought close to mill prices.
One of the leading mills advanced its
prices for narrow and wide drills and
twills half cent a yard, the wide
goods being quoted on a poundage
basis at 72 cents and the narrow prod
uct at 50 cents. Print cloths, demand
for which was brisk, moved up hale
cent yard. Sales of 64x60s were
made to the end of the year on the
basis of 16s cents yard, while 68x72s
brought ~ cents, with deliveries also
extending to the close of December.
1t was said that nearly all of the print
cloths were sold to high grade con-
verters, which was taken to indicate
that the goods will not be traded on a
speculative basis.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Indians FIRST Salt Merchants

The Delaware Indians made salt
from brine springs in New York State
and sold it to settlers as early as 1870,
making probably the first commercial
production Of salt in this country. The
manufacture Of salt by white people
in the United States was begun near
Syracuse, n. Y, about 1888. Salt is
the most commonly used mineral in
the world, and no useful mineral ex-
ccpt coal, perhaps, occurs in greater
abundance or 10 more widely distrib-
ated in the United States.
A report entitled salt Deposits Of
the United States" has just been Is
sued by the United States Geological
Survey, Department Of the Interior. II
was written by w. c. Phaien after he
had visited many salt-producing local
tiles from New York to California.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Where Buyers Hail From

About fifty important foreign buyers
rooms and Offices of manufacturers
and wholesalers in the Bush Terminal
Sales Building within the last two
weeks. OF these fifteen came from
various parts of Canada, FIVE from
Australia and New Zealand, four from
Brazil, four from Argentina, two from
Cuba, two from Panama. four from
Colombia, one from the Burmudas,
one from the Bahamas, five from Lon
don, two from Paris, two from Holland,
three from Denmark, and one each
from Spain and India.
Several of these buyers represented
two or more firms or purchasing as
sociations.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
interpretations
ALBANY. June 26.-Charters to incor-
porate were granted to-day by the Score

ALBANY. June 26.-Charters to incor-
porate were granted to-day by the Secre-
tars' of State as follows:
The Postwin Construction Company. Inc.
5000; Brooklyn; real estate exchange
Postrel. $50 Christopher Street, Brooklyn.
East Side Merchants Corporation.
$25. ooo Manhattan; Simon Fogel. Hiram
Landy, Jacob Baranowsky. "a Cannon
Street, New York City.
B Baowm Export and 1mport, Corpora
Chemicals drugs. dyes, foodstutfs: Ben sss,
Jamin Brown. I. G. Cohen. E. c. Davidson,
116 Nassau Street, New YORK City.
COMPANY Inc $685. manuassuTins
clothing A. D. Mehlmar, Hynan Singer,
Max Goodman, 552 Box Street, Bronx.
Tower Knitting Mills. Inc, 1900; Man
haitian; manufacturing hosiery, underwear
Abraham Rosen Morris Rosen, s. S. Bres-
IN Louis nIer corporason os@ fors S11y ooo Man
haitian; manufacturing knitted goods,
sweaters; Hugo Gutfreund. NJ. r. Wilmer,
Louis Miller, 81 Irving Place, New York
Empire Metal Aircraft Corporation $50
goo Manhattan: Joseph Fl: Clafy. William
Row. New York City.
s,1 Y0Udhful oUd Made Dress Company, Inc.
appare and 4 Morsen
sydney Schwartz Joseph J. Baker 1854
Union Street, Brooklyn.
Upper Shoe Manufacturing Company
Inc. $4,000; Manhattan; Manufacturing
over-gaiters leggings, shoes, etc; n.
skoulil<ides A: Pourakis, Costas Pourakis
10 West l27th Street, New York City.
Weinrad Trading Company. Inc. s25,-
900; Manhattan; Benjamin Spinrad Jacob
PfeTer. Sarah Potter, 1873 East Broadway.
Povar Chemical Company, Inc, $4,000:
Raord s p Eaton james M Mec
nv Newsdom sSln 0'Epi Publishing Company. Inc.
$4,000; Manhattan; 1. e. Schwartz Anne
Matthews. VIM, A. Lesser. 1917 Flatbush
4. & W. construction Company. Inc,
$500; Manhattan; saml Allen. Pauline
Allen. Saml. weinstein. 1884 Charlotte
Street, Bronx.
$4,000; Manhattan: Joski Komari, Geo
E. Williams. I. B. Garfield. Nyack, n Y
RELIANCE Mill Trading Corporation
5000; Manhattan; paper pulp and prod
Lyon, 81 Wall Street. New York City.
Interstate Fish Corporation, $3.50 900 .
Manhattan; Mary Kihnl, Edw. w. Free
man, ): w. McGrath, II Broadway. New
Tocabo Investing Company, Inc. $50
900; Manhattan; realty; j. NJ. Toucey. r.
3. Bowler. }, c. Connell. 35 Nassau Street
New York City.
5000: ,Manha5tan; eontraetins;' ''tz G 'lGa Fl.
change Place New York City.
Cleveland Automobile Sales Corporation,
Hunnewell. Isidor Grossman, Cleveland
Ohio.
Canadian Engineering Agency. Inc.
500. 900; Manhattan; Henry Audley T L.
Ennis. A. w. Mattson. 96 Broadway, New
Gleason Board Company. Inc. $4,000;
supplies; P. B. Heintz, ". E. Carnahan
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
High Pay for Paris Clerks

Cabled advices received from Paris
yesterday said that the strike of store
clerks in the French capital had been
settled by the granting Of large wage
increases. The new scale Is said to
provide for a minimum of 500 month
for clerks under the age Of twenty
three, and $3.50 for those above that
age. This scale is said to be about
four times that obtaining in tho Paris
stores in pre-war days. A few retail
ers here expressed the opinion that
unlesa the cost OF living rccedes In
the near futura, q general strike Of
store clerks will be probable.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
More Cloth in Sight
Mills Can Now Take Orders for
TricOtines and Serues

Relief from the present shortage of
tricotines and serges appears to be
coming. t. is reported that some of
the mills making these popular fabrics
are in position to accept orders now,
a condition which did not exist few
weeks ago. 1t was said yesterday that
a large out-oftown retail establish
ment had succeeded in placing an or
der for $4,000 worth of tricotines at
81 and s6 per yard with the local SELL
'ng agent for large MILL Delivery
OF the goods was promised within five
weeks.
While the placing of this order may
be considered exceptional, it can be
taken as indicating that mills that can
produce the desirable fabrics are bend
ing efforts to obtain the necessary
yarn and labor to start their machinery
running.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Furs
Short Goats in Cheaper
Grades of Furs Are
Selling Well

In the cheaper grades Of fur gar
ments for next fall retailers who are
now IN the market on their initial
buying trips are said to be showing
decided preference for the short
coats. While the long dolmans and
oO-inch coats are taken freely in the
most expensive furs, the % and so
inch coat in box style, often with
sellers among the producers of popu-
lar priced garments. One of the most
popular styles with number of
houses is said to be a 30-inch box coat
of Hudson seal, with kimona sleeves,
and trimmed with beaver or nutria col
lars and cuffs. Some of the more ex-
pensive garments are edged with the
nutria or beaver around the bottom.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Copper Holds Steady

Copper prices were unchanged yes
terday, the leading selling agencies
quoting metal for nearby delivery at 13
TO 1874 cents pound.
A leading consuming interest says
"The market may, and probably will,
scesaw more or less, but we believe
from now on the general trend will be
upward until a fair level is reached.
Several experts have placed the mini
mum Of this level at 90 cents. Con-
sidering the average cost Of produc-
tion this seems a fair estimate. The
lifting Of the atmosphere Of depres-
zion which has hung over the market
for the last six months is, to our mind.
The most important development."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
Knitted Textile School to
Open Here in September

The knitted textile school in which
the Department Of Education of the
City Of New York and the Sweater and
Knitted Textile Manufacturers Asso-
citation will cooperate to provide train
ing facilities for those who wish to
enter this branch of the textile indus
try will begin operations in Septem-
ber. it is expected. The board Of su-
perintendents of the Department of
Education has ordered the vacation of
the school building on West Thirtieth
Street, between Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues, for use as textile school. The
association will provide machinery, do
mated from among it's members.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-27
British Hosiery Trade Reviycs

Revival in the Nottingham, Eng
land, hosiery trade, reported by Vice
Consul Leroy Weber, is attributed to
the increased demands from the Brit
ish colonies and the Scandinavian
countries. But it is difficult to get
ample supplies of raw materials, par
ticularly fine crossbred and merino
wools. The Nottingham mills are
working on civilian basis