Evening star., 1932-10-22
BUYERS REPLEN|SH
DEPLETED STOCKS
Increases in Orders Reported
in New York Wholesale
District.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 22-An influx
Of buyers here in the last two days,
wear or holiday gift merchandise,
cheered wholesalers and manufacturers
and clearly indicated that retail trade
in many sections of the country had
been up to expectations. The arrival
CT buyers in number this week was
all the more encouraging as it ceincided
with numerous mail orders for i'm
m ediate deliveries of wide assortment
cf goods.
While seekers of mems and boys
wear and furnishings centered their
attention on coats and other acces-
sorieS needed for cold weather. the
buyers of gift merchandise sought
diversified lines. Their orders pleased
the handlers of luggage, small leather
goods, smokers accessories, novelty
Jewelry, handbags, hosiery, glass, china
and silverware.
Demand Broadens.
In this connection, the silversmiths
note broadening of demand for their
products, thanks to the slow but grad
u2l Improvement in the price of the
white metal. When silver was tobog-
gaming daily about this time a year
ago. the average purchaser of valuable
gifts or table furnishings turned away
from silver.
At the present rate Of orders, novelty
jewelry sales in October will be far
ahead of the same month year ago.
Copper. gold and silver finishes seem
to be most sought. Necklaces, brooches
and stiff bangle bracelets are moving
freely, but articles to retail at 50 or
less far outnumber the higher-priced
items.
In the giftware market buying was
renewed with yigor as merchants sought
to replete their dwindling stocks or
freshen up some leftovers from last
season Holiday buyers appsar to think
the gift buying public this year will
take kindly to toilet articles, including
comb, brush and mirror sets to retail
at not more than $40; novelty trays
and picture frames, ranging at retail
from 81 to $40. So heavy has been
the demand for picture frames that
factories are asking five weeks for de-
llverieS. Photographers locally report
no great gain in business.
Among other giftware items in great
demand are all sorts of beverage sets.
most Of them not over IS retail Toy
importers report business brisk and
varied. Local manufacturers are busy
on cheap mechanical items and dolls
And speaking of imports, foreign
trade circles trying to foster trade
relations with Russia, through a sort
of modified barter plan, have received
shock for their efforts, as the Amtorg
Trading Corporation. Soviet CONNER
cial agency in the United States, has
issued statement rejecting such pro-
posal.
Barter Plan Temporary.
1T should be kept in mind" the
statement read. that barter tranSac-
lions are necessarily of an occasional
character outside of the established
channels of trade They cannot serve
as substantial foundation for extern
slve trade relations between two coun-
tries and should not be permitted to
divert attention from the basic issues
of adequate credits for American eX-
ports to the Soviet Union.
1T seems apparent that if the United
States is to regain its former position
in Soviet foreign trade some way must
be found to establish normal banking
conditions for Soviet trade and to
create, with the assistance of credit
and financial institutions, facilities
enabling American manufacturers to
extend long term credits to the U. S.
S. r."