Evening star., 1922-10-05
BY j. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
! NEW YORK, October 5.-The pace
was set today for the general advance
| of prices of textile manufactures
throughout the United States. The
| advance in prices of all fancy wor-
! steds and staple woolens by the
! American Wooden Company was the
| most important factor of today's busi-
| ress situation. There can be no ques-
tion but these advances, ranging
from PA to 37R cents yard above
| the levels at which the lines were
| opened. will be followed by other
| woolen manufacturers
| Corresponding increases in the
prices of silks CottOnS and apparel
are equally imminent, according to
reports from manufacturing and job
, hing centers received by telegraph
! within the last twenty-four hours.
Their" is every indication that the ad-
Hanc>s to ultimate consumers will be
gradual. however.
| The higher PRICES set in serges and
, worsteds by the leading woolen in
! terest came as 4 relief to competing
manufacturers. who for some time
have emphasized the necessity for
! price advances. Jobbers and clothing
! the increases would be passed down
| the line.
| Causes for Advances.
! found in increased costs of raw
material. substantial increased de-
maud and a growing scarcity of many
desirable fabrics. There is decided
! shortage of certain grades of wool
i which go into the manufacture Of
! Prices
have advanced materially in the raw
wool market. The American Woolen
Company has been in far better stu
alton than many of its competitors In
bought largely in the west when
; prices We're lower. but it is reported
! that now cheap wool holdings in all
! the mills are approaching exhaustion.
The American Woolen Company
/ last winter and declined to follow
the cuts imposed by other makers.
But the cotton and silk manufacturers
and other makers of woolens have
| decidedly higher pay rolls to contend
! with.
Demand for Textiles.
The increase in the demand for tex
! tiles in late months has been much
more rapid than the gain in produc-
i ton and there is dearth of certain
kinds of merchandise. The longer
, dress and skirt styles will necessitate
| an increase of several million yards
| in consumption of wool, cotton and
silk goods i'll the next year
| The price advance, which has made
! it's appearance in woolens and ging-
| hams. therefore. may be expected to
spread to nearly every line Of goods
| included in the wearing apparel Of
the country. In the finished apparel
the burdensome supplies of goods
which seemed to keep prices low no
longer exist.
Car Shortage Continues.
Car loadings are heavy today. but
nevertheless, steel mills are curtail-
ing operations because of car short
ages. Movement of grain is meeting
with less success than movement of
coal. Great lakes vessels. carrying
coal to the head of the lakes and
bringing back wheat. are forced to lie
at their docks for days before rail-
road cars can be placed to receive
their grain cargoeS. according to re-
ports from Cleveland.
In the northwest. water and rail
shipments are being tuggled to pro-
vide outlet for the wheat. Montana
grain is being routed to Pacific coast
ports for water transportation. thus
releasing cars otherwise sent across
the continent for lumber.