New Britain herald., 1922-06-08
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(Continued From First lage) quite so optimistic, although even in his line things would appear to fore cast an improvement In knitted goods, etc, such as are turned out by this concern, while few advance or ders are being sent in the year of 1922 started out with better prospects than the year previous When Jan uary 1. 1921 came around, The Am erican Hosiery Co entered the new year without a cents worth of ad- vance orders on It's books. and like many other corporations soon found itself operating from day 10 day on whatever orders came in the morn ings mail. The company entered 1922 under a little more encouras sing com ditions, and unless things take a turn for the worse. will finish the year with much better average.
 Orders By Wire.
 It is, according to Mir, Pasco, the first time in the history of the con cern, that orders were not being placed in advance for seasonable goods. Instead of summer apparel being ordered early in the winter, the retailers wait until they feel reason ably sure of selling and then order by telegraph for immediate delivery. No one seems to be laying in any stock. As Mir Pasco humorously remarks, If they get an inquiry for a bath ing suit they wire us to start making one Then they either wire us again to cancel the order or change the specifications for the suit
 The Morning Mail.
 An indication of just how bad con- ditions really were during the year of 1921 in the majority Of factories is given by two illustrations from heads of different corporations. One man said yesterday. "On April first, 1921, we had orders enough on hand to run to full capacity for the balance of the year Before these goods were fin ished every single order was can celled."
 Another big manufacturing official stated:
 Things were so bad that three bills and seven applications for donations for charity usually constituted our mornings mail.'
 Rapid Selling.
 When a representative t~ The Her aid called upon local hardware con- cern for an indication of how things were progressing in the retail hard ware and building supply business he was invited to sit down and take mo- tice for awhile. It was remarkably surprising to note how many inquiries ,i,,r~ i,, to be met with the Information that the supply was limited or sold out and new orders were on the road or about to be shipped.
 Farmers Are Buying.
 Farmers are buying better than they have done for years and the de- l mand for wire fence and agricultural implements is taking so remarkable a spurt that a warning is issued that | prices again are looking upwards. A local businessman makes the statement that people desiring to build are foolish if they do not build now, rather than put it off until later.
 Wages are going to go higher, at least in skilled trades" he said, and the cost of building materials never
  them increase"
 Building Activities.
 Prospects of building the new Washington school and the new state Normal school have so encouraged To- | cal carpenters that a story is told of a man who offered considerably more than the union wage and was unable to get carpenter This man, accord | ing to the story, offered 75 cents an hour and gradually increased his price until he vas offering SIPS each hour, | when he war informed, T guess I'll work in my garden for q few weeks yet then therell be lots of work. Another story is told of young man who wanted to purchase a house in the course of construction He hesi tated about buying, delayed for sev eral weeks, and when he finally got ready to talk business found the price lad Increased s1,5On.
 Depend on Farmers. Although New England is not d farming section, conditions in the az ricultural belt. particularly in the Middle West have a lot to do with certain business conditions in this | city, another manufacturer raid. Con | ditions in the farming country seem to be clearing up now" he continued. 1 'crop conditions in the West arc good | and the price of cotton has helped in the South All Of these things reflect | to a certain extent upon New Britain as well as other manufacturing cen ters, However, he added, "it must be remembered that farmers have old ! bills to clean up and no sensational