New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
What Retailers
Are Buying
By Alfred Fantl

It looks very much az " We will have
10 pay more during 1923 for dressing
well, besides paying moro for eating
we'll an :. taken By and large. Tor Nv
ing well. Wholesale prices FOR months
past have afforded every symptom
needed for the indorsement Of the
opinion expressed during the week By
Professor Allyn A. Young, OF Harvard
that tho coming -oar viii bring an ad-
vance Of ~ 70 Is per cent In Wholesale
prices Of things in general The enor-
nous volume OF retail sales during the
holidays argues small reluctance on
the part Of the public 20 pay the In.
creAses. And the eager promPtitude OF
retail merchants in staging their eloar-
ance and January white sales indl-
Gates Q complete willingness 20 take
the money. even II .hey have 20 pay
over most Of Il for replacement OF their
stocks.
The New York Wholesale market Is
now expectant OF early arrivals oi
buyers, and manufacturers would
greatly like % see commitments on
Far larger basis than has prevailed
since the depression began IN lg-O'
The manufacturers are likely 70 be as
appointed because, while retailers the
country over arc thoroughly sold on
the expectation Of big business
throughout 1923, few II any have oeen
nersuaded that a return % the Old
Bic stock system Of buying IS either
prudent or profitable. II looks as II
tbo average American retailer has
been radically cured Of his habit OF
tieinr up his capital in merehAndise
and will prefer heneeforward % make
his buveTs work their wits 70 take
ADVANTAGE OF every change In the mar
vets depending on close prohts' large
Advertising and frequent turnover ior
For The present the three-pieee cos
tpro IL having an exceptional yogue,
-, oeou,t of the detachable skirt and
bloure Manufacturer are pushing us
nonular;tv by producing a varied as
sortment a. prices ranging from Slo.fo
to SIS. 81, l.. t..,
cleaned Of fall merchandise and the
new spring lines arc shown IN pro.
fusion mostly in high shades But
bIaek navy. brown and caramel remain
safest for immediate delivery.
Millinery appears 10 be definitely
settled into small and medium-sized
shapes. in eolors. A big selling. style
Ia a combination Of straw end fabric
straws and hnireloth being used with
faille silks. The better hats are fea-
tured in Italian Milan. The outstand,,
ing eolors arc almond green ana
strawberry, but there Is action also on
Copenhagen red. Embroidered effects
are conspicuous in millinery, :,
The bandanna, which swept the world
from its Desuville beginnings six
months or so ago, has has been
brought out in a size 20 inches square
adapting II TO girdles and sashes. AZ
$50 dozen il is reasonably priced
In view of the fact that bnndanna
piece goods, 80 inches wide, bring Sz-So
yard.
The handbag. which has been peri
odicslly decreed into exile, Is still on
rs triumphant way. with the Coue
maxim for its guide, innsmueh as
every day, In every way u Is growing
better and better-that is, II better
and better means longer and longer
and in greater variety Of materials
(Tks is the tueHtV-seeond of asr7fs
Of ,reekly surueys Of the hew Iorh
tskoIesale MARKETS BY Alfred FaHtL Vho
IL a peH known residsnt buyer.-bufi-
ness and Financial EditOr.J