Evening star., 1932-10-01
PICKUP IN BUYING
ORDERS REPORTED
New York Merchants Busy
Handling Demands Of
Retail Trade.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October Most mer-
chants, manufacturers and mercantile
brokers in this city are too busy han
ding business or inquiries to pay mucn
attention to the world series, national
politics, the stock market or the move
ments of speculative commodities.
The number of out-of-town buyers
for retail stores remains above the to-
tai of a year ago. Not only are they
buying more freely than they were
last Autumn but those buyers who
visited here a few weeks ago are send
ing in reorders Already trade in
many lines has been so good Tor this
season that stores are expanding their
orders for gift merchandise and Christ
mas items.
Export Trade Improved.
Nor is this movement confined to
the United States. The Merchants As
sociation of New York has announced
definite upturn in export trade. Eu-
rope especially, the association said,
is showing a renewed interest in our
mercha ndise. Nearly a fortnight ago
these dispatches noted an expansion
OF imports. This foreign trade will
probably be mirrored in the November
monthly statement.
Furniture buyers from all sections Of
the country have flocked in here the
last few days. with the result that the
local exchange expects to see buyers
more numerous than in any other week
at midseason. Much Of the furniture
purchasing is to fill immediate require
ments
Although mems wear buyers continue
to pursue a cautious buying policy, TAX
ing only such wares as can be turned
over quickly, women's wear Is moving
more freely Fall dresses. due to style
or price or low inventories, are going
out of stores at a rate above seasonal.
Shoe factories along the Eastern sea-
board report a steady inflow of orders,
fairly evenly divided between mems
and women's styles.
Reporting to the manufacturers.
Paolino Gerli. president of the Silk
Association of America, and Henry
Stehli. chairman of the broad silk
division. said that prospects were bright,
as stocks of novelties were low.
September sales of housewares will
be below those of the same month Of
1881, but demand in the last week for
such items as kitchen furniture. laun-
dry hampers and smaller electrical ap-
pliances has been so brisk that these
and other articles are being reordered
for October promotions.
One of the leading makers Of work
shirts here estimates 1900 900 dozen
shirts have been sold in the last six
| weeks, as more than 900 900 workers
have been recalled to factories. Sup
pIementing this news comes the state
ment from Harry A. Riddick. general
manager. Blue Jay Manufacturing Co..
| Huntington, West Va, that its output
OF overalls and jackets in August was
| the largest in history.
Machinery Operations.
indicative of the demand for silk
August machinery operations. according
| to the Silk Association of America, were
up 435 per cent for broad looms. de-
| creased l66 per cent for narrow looms
and increased 22.4 per cent for spin
ming spindles over operations In July.
Machinery. with the exception of
brand-new machines whose increased
efficiency spells profits, has been one
| OF the slowest moving products in this
market Manufacturers have thought
only in terms Of reduced costs. which
usually meant lower wages and rents,
rather than more efficient machines.
| Prices of secondhand machinery
here. however. have advanced vigor-
ouslyi in the last few weeks as factories
] with books filled with orders sought to
| hurry production. In some cases sec
ond- hand machines-this is especially
true in the textile trades-are bringing
four to five times the price quoted only
two months ago. Dealers in second
hand machinery say their stocks have
been reduced to a point where they
! are compelled to bid good figures fol-
! a desirable machine
| fConyripht 1877