Newark post., 1922-03-01
bought knitting yarns in fairly large

bought knitting yarns IN fairly large
quantities, but with this exception
sales of yarn, both knitting and
weaving, have been somewhat smaller.
In the cloth market there has been
little call for materials used in mems
wear. A fair amount of business for
fall delivery was booked Immediately
after the regular openings of the
American Woolen Company, in Janu-
ary, but since that time few orders
have been received and practically all
business is for spot delivery. The
carpet and rug industry still reports
considerable ACTIVITY. The demand for
the better grades of Wiltons has been
good, and d fair volume of business
in the medium grades of rugs has
been transacted. Prices of raw silk
have functuated sufficiently during the
month to engender a feeling of un-
certainty, and this has served to
check the demand. Sales of silk
have fallen off, and orders for silk
goods have been small. This is
largely attributable to the fact that
recent retail silk sales have failed
to stimulate the demand. A few large
manufacturers have received a good
volume of spring business, but the
market generally has been quiet.
Owing to the recent lamentations in
the prices Of raw silk, wool, and cot
ton, orders for hosiery have fallen off
decidedly. Full-fashioned hosiery man
ufacturers have been almost unani-
nous in their statements that little
new business has been booked, but
that sufficient orders are still untitled
to maintain present operations for
some time. For seamless silk hosiery
the demand has been small, for cotton
hosiery poor, and sales of heather
hosiery have fallen off. The under
wear market has been very quiet. A
few repeat orders for spring delivery
have been received, but little new
business in heavy weights for fall
has been booked. The jobbing trade
is giving but little attention to under
wear at this time, and manufacturers
selling directly to the retail trade
have received the greater portion OF
the small volume of business that has
; been transacted.
The improvement in the shoe in
= dustry, which was first noted about
: the middle of January, has continued
and shoe factories in this district ar,
buster than at any time since las
spring. Interest is being focused
mainly on better grade two-tone spor
shoes for women, and for these goods
there is a sellers market Medium
grades are also in favor, and condi
tions generally, although by no means
D normal, are distinctly favorable a
compared with those in other indus
y tries. The leather markets hav
5 maintained much of the activity whicl
: they displayed during January, bu
= have not improved to any extent
: There has been a slightly better de
u mand for calf skins, especially o
q the No. l grade. The call for whit
S glazed calf skin has been especiall
II good, and glazed kid of medium an
IS lower. grades has sold in~slightly bet
: ter volume. The demand for sol
& leather, however, has fallen of
I, owing in large part to the fact tina
u the new sport styles call for rubbe
s. soles. Although fair a Mount of sol
g leather has been sold, tanners hav
y. been disappointed at the low price
u obtained and are curtailing produe
lie ton. Fewer skins are being put int
20 process, but the reduction in outpr
ii Will not be apparent for sever;
l. months. Of distinct encouragement I
y, the leather industry is the continue
"a Improvement in the demand for bot
ST upper and sole feathers. Beltin
'e leather, however, is still in scant r,