The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-08-27
VANCLEAVE BACK
FROM MARKET SEES
BETTER SITUATION
Clothing and Wearing Apparel Is
Now Plentiful; Factories Are
Well Caught Up.
MARKED DECREASE EXISTS
IN MISCELLANEOUS SILKS
Domestics OFF In Price, But Other
Cotton Materials Firm;
Linen Is Scarce.

Parisians have eagerly awaited
news from the eastern markets as
to the conditions in the vast trade
centers, which so directly affect this
and each other little hamlet of Ehe
country. w E Sparks of the john
w Phillips Company upon return
from New York, was beseiged by
anxious inquisitors as to prices of
shoes, merchandise, etc. Mrs Harris
Morris, in the New York markets last
week for the Beckett Value Company
came in direct contact with mercan-
tile situations that will be of as
much interest and value to her Gus
toners as her "style forecasts" J
L Holland, on his return from the
eastern markets ON Saturday, and
Horace Jobe, who leaves on fall
buying tour this week, each knows
that an understanding of trade and
market coalitions is paramount con-
sideration in buying any seasons
goods, and realizes how the public is
more gradually appreciating existing
conditions and more willing to abide
. by prices, ETC., accordingly.
-NCol F M VanCelave, the most re-
Gently returned merchant from New
York, brings the latest news of the
general market conditions. He says
first, that there is in the wholesale
dry goods markets no scarcity of any
merchandise, except linen, which will
be higher and scarcer than ever, ow-
ing to the present unsettled conditions
of Russia, where a large portion .f
the flax for linen goods is raised, but
that there is recognized plenty of
everything else, and that as the la
Dor situation is so remarkably i'm
proved, that the majority of the
manufacturing plants have caught
up with their demands, even to the
extent of "laying off" part of their
force to prevent flooding the mar
kets.
He found general business condit-
ions in the East quite unsettled,
swinging almost aimlessly around as
if uncertain where to equallze;
found the Eastern money market
most stringent-money for business
purposes hard to obtain, and many
manufactured article now thrown on
the market for the mere cost of the
production, or even less, so as to
financially protect the industry lt-
self.
"The prevalent conditions are at
tributed by many persons, as those
most usually existing in a presiden-
tial year." said Col VahCleave to the
Parisian reporter, "although the gem
eral unsettled conditions lof the
country are bound to have some bear
ing ON the wavering situation of fiuc-
tuating prices, ETC."
1t will be most interesting to mi
lady who loves the soft, shiny green
of silk to be cognizant that Mr. VAN
Cleave found in the markets consid-
cradle decline i'm silks. What uni
versal joy, the news that silk hose
will be from rs cents to dollar and
half cheaper, will bring! Breathes
there youth, with "pep" so scarce,
that he will not thrill TO Mr. Van
Cleave's statement that $40 silk
shirts can be bought this fall for 81,
and other grades accordingly de
creased in price!
The shoe market, Col VanCleave
believes to be steady, with no appre-
ciable difference in the present pri-
ces. He found the cotton goods
market very firm, with the exception
of domestic, which he says will be
considerably off, so that he and 9th
er merchants will sell domestic goods
now in stock at the price, or less,
than was paid for it. Ginghams,
percales, calicoes, ETC., though will
be priced about what they were In
the spring.
No falling off in the wooden goods
market could be noted by Mr. Van
cleave, who lis of the firm opinion that
next spring higher priced woolen
goods seem an assured conclusion
from the fact that the mills are now
Sbuying their raw materials and quot
ing the wholesale dealers increased
spring prices. He says that mems
clothing in particular, viii be pre-
dominantly higher by spring.
Mr. VanCleaye purchased his mems
straw hats for the next spring trade,
and states that they cost him an
average of 81 more per hat than he
has previously ever paid.