Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-25

Augusta, Declares is Healthy De-
mand for Mill Produets-WiIl Be
Necessarily Reflected in Other In
dustries - Believes Mills of State
viii Be on Full Time Soon
In addition to all the plant of the
Edward Mfg, Co. running the first
three days of the week, one-quarter
Of the looms in the mills are now
running on the full-time of Sd hours.
This schedule went into effect last
week and is being continued.
There has been the most healthy
kind of demand for sheetings and
pillow casings," said Milton o. Dean,
the agent of the mills to a journal
reporter yesterday I'VE do not make
sheetings, but we do manufacture the
cloth for pillow cases and because of
the rush OF orders we have found il
necessary to run on full time with
enc fourth of our looms to care for
them"
But pillow castings are but one of
The things for which the demand is
on the Increase, according to Mr..
Dean. Il have been in conference
with the Pepperell people at .Bidde-
lord and the report from there is
very encouraging" said Mr.. Dean. 81
know the shoe business is picking up
because there is a greater demand
TOR shoe fiannels which we make
The Lewiston bleachery reports a
bigger demand for Hill shirtings,
which is most encouraging in itself
1T does not do to be too optimistic
Of course, but / cannot help feeling
tassed and that business is now we'll
on the up grade. l certainly hope
and expect to see normal conditions
returned by March or April at the
latest From now on the prospects
are that there will be q steady in
crease in business until full capacity
is reached"
That there will be no return to the
abnormal high prices prevailing
aging signs that Mr.. Dean has dis
covered prices held up until after
Christmas" said he, land it was ex-
pected they would. The dealers were
stocked with high-priced goods and
they could not afford to sacrifice in
discriminatory. They hoped to get
through the Christmas season with
out this price cutting and they did
50. Now that January has come
they are cleaning out their stocks
and many of them are doing it at
prices that mean an actual loss.
They feel that they must get rid of
their high priced goods to make
ready for the lower priced articles
that will be coming in.
The retail trade in Maine is diff
lerent from most of the states. When
the high prices came during the early
Gays OF the war, there were no sud-
den mark ups. The dealers had their
goods that We're purchased at low
prices, and, to their credit be it said,
The most of them did not boost their
figures. When they replaced these
goods with new ones, it was neces-
sary for them to pay more and it was
then that the prices went up. Until
recently they still have had their
high priced goods and they could
hardly be blamed for continuing their
ugh prices, but they realize the peo-
pie have been waiting and now hav-
ing nearly cleared up their old stock
'hey have dropped their figures, even
ut some loss to themselves.
4 am speaking, of course, from the
F'ewpoint Of the cotton goods manu-
laeturer. But what affects the man
flacture of cotton, will, necessarily
aHect every other industry. Even
those who make machinery will ben
ent for with business returning to
normal, cancellation of orders will
stop and soon there will follow the
rev orders. I frankly say that the
BUSINESS outlook has improved. so
much in the past few weeks that we
leel 1t will be. only a short time be-
lore our mill will be going on full
Nlne. l also believe that the same
condition will obtain in other cities
Of the State"