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BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU i
Tribune Building
154 Nassau Street
Many Units in
Rainbow Division
Get Loan Qnotas
Over $80,000,000 in Sub
script.oiis for Victory
Notes Pledged Yesterday
bv Trades and Industries
Members of the Rainbow Division,
jcalous of their record in previous
loans of always attaining their quota,
strained themselves to the limit yes?
terday to overcomo the large doricit
they are facing in this loan. The
day's rally yiclded the largest amount
of subscriptions received in the trades
and industries of the cTty in any day
of the loan -$80,510,420. The division
has raised $3S8,206.900 thus far,
against a quota of $669,128,000.
Ten additional quotas of the district
leaped past their goals during the day.
The Men's Clubs Committee, with a
record subscription total yesterday
of $6,337,400. led the honor winners,
which consisted of the foilowing com?
mittee-.: New York Cotton Exchange,
Belts, Suspanders and Garters Trades,
Real. Estate, Corset and Corset Ma?
terials Industries, Private Schools,
Hidcs and Leather, Children's Wear
and Allied Trades, Ice Industry, and
the Country Produce Committee.
The Department Store Committee re
ported subscriptions yesterday from
the employes of the R. H. Macy Com?
pany aggregating $96,750. The new
subscriptions brought the total sub
scribed through this concern to $1,250,
000. Another large subscription was
reported by the Coal Trade Commit?
tee from the Lehigh Valley Coal Sales
Company for $2,000,000.
After its most successful day's can
vass in th. present campaign the
Wholesale Dry Goods Trad. Committee
passed 60 per cent of its quota for the
drive. The subscriptions reported by
this committee totalled $5,445,000, ex
eeeding any previous day's record more
than $1,000,000.
Louis J. Robertson reported his corn
mitee for Hides and Leather Industries
as having rcac'.ied its quota as a result
of yesterday's total of $661,100. With
a quota of $5,500,000 this committee
has reported subscriptions aggregat?
ing $5,568,950.
Mr. Robinson announced that at the
final rally of this industry, to be held
at 36 Spruce Street at noon to-day,
he expected to report his committee
aa exceeding its quota of $1,000,000.
The Dress and Waist Trade Commit?
tee reached 175 per cent of its quota
yesterday. A statement issued by the
joint chairmen, David N. and M. Moses
sohn, predicted that the quota will be
tloubled by noon to-day.
Mr. Colgate last night announced
that the committees of the Rainbow
Pivision stood as follows:
Subscriptions Per
reported. cent.
Women's clubs.$10,352,150 2,390
Allied music trades. 7,000,000 254
Business women's com?
mitteo . gofi.Kon 211
Hnspitals and sanltariums 452,800 189
Diesses and walats, ladies' 1,871.400 187
Men's clubs. 13,214,200 135
Carpets and rugs. 1,923,200 133
M. V Cotton Exchange. 6.4tj 1.250 110
1'pholstery . 1,760,260 110
Beltl and suspenders. . . . 275,050 110
Commercial schools. 541,800 los
Real estate .'. .. 6,260,000 104
??Jsets _?,'?-. 670.80" 103
Hldes and leather. 6,574,150 102
Private schools . 1,862.750 103
Children's wear. 1,197,400 101
Country produce . 759,700 101
1je ?. 760,000 101
Baklng industry . 4,288,900 95
Petroleum . 16,931,300 91
"omen'a neckwear . 500 000 <M
?Jroceries . 2,253,000 90
Patnotic Household
?n!'e7B.U8,. 266,800 89
Theatrlcal . 24,282,200 83
Hardware, metals and al
lied trades. 30,581,350 8?
I.aun'lr:es and allied
, tra0es ?.-. 738,100 87
..aces and embrolderles. 1,260 150 84
' oft><".. u-as and splces. . 1.861,800 s
Uecorators, interior . 1 071 9no x?
"rygoods. wholesale. 18,770,200 75
w_?_a* ?_. 240,000 71
"omens underwear .... 1063<>50 71
^ustry:::::::::;;; $&??? ??
.? j1 ?. 1,141,400 65
i.eatner gooas. 44" "so ?.'.
Rubber industry. 3 766 300 8
?!othlng. men's... 3497 40. s*
Hat and cap Industry... l^o'-jOO 11
J.u^ber 'ndUSt"'. XOlip^OO 57
>.'*panment" ?.?.'.':.'.'.'.' 7.Hl*.o. Il
->iininer> ... 3,250,n00 f,4
r.ncy goods, notlons_ 800 850 5.
I awnbrokers. i>io nnn t.%
vvuoil.nsand worsteds.:. 9?.,?80.0n 62
<?>o\es. ,..,..., ~
?ulll.,n.nKandPr'lnUn'*': 3'"6^00 50
Purilllnf.. 3.006,850 49
To1l2t?_L:. 1.188.700 49
Eiportaiul Import... ::; 20.l! 1.6. 48
SSS'SSSESS". 2 104 600 ?
Oik industry. 4 ?>??'950 n
K-^e^'3 a"d drUg?' ' : : ? iM'p'o Vt
^Inuusiry-::::. Alkll \i
tt__:f:__i'::::::::: i'.ito:oS- \\
___??_,_- , r.f,taur*nts... 6.988,000 44
1'ibMo a' 'ndUStry . 4,969 600 41
1 ub.ic accountants. 243 000 40
China and glaggware. 743 150 27
teari!!.ai$i0i
^!.7andKame-.;V,;-:e8^;^
_tt."n.and art SooSm'.'.'.'.'. M9.400 29
K,1"',"*. 10,011 000 28
Bu5*5L. 672,400 28
PMn products. 300.000 23
Stoiiiiv.-::;:;::. AfAll \\
?hoe industry, wholesale] '.01.4.0 "
6388,206,900 66
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Passports Restricted
To Urgent Cases Only
Neic York Tribune
??._.. Weishington Bureau
WASHINGTON', May 9.?Business
men wi;i not be deprived of passports
?? i-aropean countries, the State De
partrnont announced to-day. Peruonn
*?og? business abroad i? not urgent,
nowever, will not be given permisslon
? ?ail. Jn explainlng the attitude of
,-ae departrrient on passports, thc fol
i0*^{g statement was authorizrd:
"Tw Department of State wishee to
BS*K''. it plain that it is issuing pans
P*rts to aii applicants who are troing
*oroad on bona fidc business. There
J* no intention on the part of tbe de
|?rtfti*nt to impoxe any restrictions or
"Biiutions that will handicap Ameri
?n business representatives in the
?Ufht?st way.
'At the sarne timo the department
_B? attention to the fact that it has
?J?avored, upon the urjrent requesti
?? th? government* of Great Britain,
f??nfe, Hv/itzerland, Belgium and Italy,
*? mtrict travel to those going abroad
^ ?us)nes8 or on other necessary
?_/*?' '-0Uftt"?? mentioned have called
?? sttention of the department to th?
<St "f %h*'r l"*W?ty to wcatve at this
w?? ? great number of travellers."
_*____.
fyiins; Neekwear Senson Pro
f Silk neckwear U in ax/wsllent demand
"w Pfompt delivery. OrdinarUy btjy
JTJ* *h? ?pring *tyla? S? fini?h?4 a
*rgui of we*k? t,1Uir Ea?t?r. bot this
fjw tae aeason ha? been profongei! by
?_L_t*,'tw'^*', deman'J* 'rom large
;?JW0'* of m?n r?turnlng from miTi
2JL?? etvil )If?. ln h f*w w??ks the
^p?g manrjfaeturers will start to sell
Price Decline Halts !
HPIIE decline in commodity prices
which began with the signing
of the armistico and continued
without interruption until the early
part of last month, has been halted.
The general level of prices, as rep
reBented by Dun's index number,
covering a wide rangc of commod
ities, is mounting again. On May
1 it stood at 222.193. On April 1
it was 219.973, having declined to
that point from 230.529 on Novem?
ber 1.
The average of prices in four of
the seven groups of commodities
represented in tbe index was higher
on the first of May than a month
before, while in three groups the
declining tendency had not been
arrested. Metals were more ex
pensive, and so were meats, dairy
and garden products and clothing.
BreadsturTs were somewhat lower,
as were miscellaneous articles and
other foods, not including meats
and dairy and garden products.
The index number is based on
wholesale prices.
Silks
JSo Trouble to Get Orders9
Say Silk Salesmen9
Back From Trips
Transactions in silks yesterday were
j not ro large as those of preceding
! days this week. Many out of town
\ merchants had departed, so as to
i spend the week end at home, and be
! sides a number of the mills have sold
J their outputs as far ahead as October
i 15 next, which renders it unnecessary
i fo.r them to take additional orders.
; There was a good demand for plain
georgettes, which up to two weeks ago
, had been sold in l relatively small
i volume, the printed fabric, now in
i scant supply, having had the. prefer
ence.
| Salesmen for leading silk mills as
j serted that while on their trips they
I found it comparatively easy to get
; orders for large quantities of goods.
Prices are being advanced, and it was
stated that further increases will soon
go into effect. Leading manufacturers
of silks suitable for men's shirts are
as strongly buttressed with orders as
are the dress goods concerns, the only
bar to increased business being lack
of supplies. The activity in shirting
materials was ascribed to the return
of former soldiers to civil life.
Irish Linens Selling Good
Buying of Irish li^ans, embroidered
in Japan, and imported into the United
States, is said to be brisk. Tablecloths,
doilies and bedspreads are being pur
chased by jobbers and the better class
of retail dealers. According to some of
the importers the Japanese hand drawn
linens are sold in the American mar?
ket at lower prices than similarly fin- ;
ished Irish linens.
Buyers
Buye.-s are invited to register in th
8243 between 10
Women's Wear and Millinery
BOSTON?Chandler & Co.; Miss A.
Heyatt, misses' auits; 230 Ktflh Avenue,
ISth floor
BOSTON?W, Pilenes Sons Co.; Mm.
MacMlllan. eklrts (basemenlj; 226 Fifth
Avenue; Brcslin.
LOU1BVILLE?Herman Straus Sons Co.;
Albert I. Strauss, jobs suits, watsta,
dresses; H. C Lyons. 1133 Broadway.
NEW ORLEANS?D. H. Ilolmes & Co.;
Mrs, R. Sherwood, women's, misses" and
Juniors' coats. dressea and waists and
women's sweaters; Miss J. L. Hagan, mus
lin underwear, infants' wear and house
dresses; 19 East Twenty-sixth Street.
MACON. Ga.?-Burden, Smith &? Co.; C.
S. Cason, women's and chlldreu's ready to
wear; Woodstock. ...
WILKES-BARRE?Justln Bergman; Miss
J. B. Smith, wolslB, muslin underwear iind
coraeta; 43 West Twenty-sixth Street;
Alcazar.
Men's Wear
BIDUEFORD, Me.?Benolt. Dunn Co.;
.1. J. Dunn, clothing and furnishlng goods
and shoes; Breslin.
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y.?Fowler, Dlck &
Walker; V. L. Hnyder, men's clothing.
trunks. and bags; 6 West Thiriy-second
Street; Empire.
HORNEI.L, N. Y.?C Gardner, men's
wear; Cumberland.
LOS ANGELES?Foreman & Clark; W.
A Foreman. men's and boys' clothing,
hats and furnishlng goods; Commodore.
MA1IANOY CITY, Penn.?P. Coffee,
clothing; Broadway Central.
MONTREAL?L. Adler Co.; L. Adler,
clothing and furniahings; Broadway Cen
"pOTTSVILLE, Penn. ? M. Refowtch,
men's wear; Albert.
READINO, Pa.?J. S. Hornberger &
Co ? A. S Hornberger. clothing; Brlstol.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.?Mabbepp & Mor?
gan; G. E. Kammer, men"s furnishlng
goods; Manhattan.
RCTLAND, Vt.?C. Kantor, men's wear,
Broadway Central.
8AVANNAH, Ga.-?B. H. Levy Bros.
Co ? 8. H. Levy, men's hats and furnish
ing'goods; 1199 Broadway, caro of Hell
bron. ? .*?.'.?_,
TROT, N. Y.?J. M. Covorly Clothing
Co ? W. H. Kenna, men's, boys' and chil
dren's clothing, furnishlng goods, hats,
leather goods; Hermltage.
WILKEH-BARKE. Penn.-L. Rosenthal
Co.; L. Rosenthal, clothing: Pennsylvanla.
W1I.KBS-UAHRB, Pa.--The Hub; A. .1.
Barbcr, elothing; Pennsylvanla.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.?L. Rosenthal,
men's clothing. Pennsylvanla.
Furs
CHICAGO?Lowenberg f'o. ; Mr. Lowen
b'-rg. mfrx. furs; Commodore.
DBTKOIT?-J. L. Hudson Co.; B. Ncle,
furs: 225 Fffth Avenue, room 829.
FORT WAYNB, Ind.?Well Bros.; Mr.
' W<-ll, furs, etc; Breslin.
MON'TRBAL- B. Goldberg Co. ; B. Qold
barg, fnii, Bmadvray Central.
P1TT8BUROH ? Rosenbaum Co.; B.
Bherwtn, furs; 116 West Forty-thlrd Street,
14th floor.
Hoiime Furnishings, Floor Cov?
eringt*, Furniture, Drapery
DCLL'TH?F. 8. Kelley Furniture Co.;
K. II. Wlielen. furniture; Intporlal.
NEW HAVKN, Conn. ? ? F. .1. t'uthbert
, ?on, china and glass war*; Broztell.
PITTKBCRGH -Dewar Cllnton & Jeff
! coat Co.; M. P. Cllnton, oarpots, rugs,
j upholatery, furniture wallpaper and ln
I terlor docoratlona; 69 West Thlrty-sev
: erith 8tr**t.
8PAKTENBl?RO, 8. C ? Hammond,
[Brown Wall Co.; W. F. Wall, furniture;
; Imperial.
Leathcrs and Fancy Goods,
Jewelry
r;oHTO\- Thos Long Co.; G, Mosaea,
? wholeaate department Jewelry, novoltles,
? ehftll and It&ther goods; Cornmodore.
Piece Goods
BALTIMORE L. Cohen. drygoods, etc;
; lirfFartwsv <*e|it r?l
BALTIMORB B Frendman * ?on.; M.
(/, Fr?Adrdan, wnoiiena and tallors' trlm
j mlngs; PennoyivgnU
BOKTOK ? L'nlted Vrtr** Manufacturlng
;Co.; N, Davis, rnanufacturera tadtes'
;dr?*??s; Park Avenu*.
CHICAOO- M. lunwri, merchant tallor;
?>ori<?ylvanta.
OAIN00V1LLK, O*. ? ?M?;C'.nnei| <.v,.,
! Mr. McCoanaJI, drygooda, ?tc; llerald
Western Buyers After
Infants' Knitted Wear
Early Buying Leads Producers
to Prepare for Big
Fall Trade _
Buyers from several Western cities
are placing orders in this market for
sWeaters, caps, bootees and other
woollcn knit goods for infants, for
fall delivcry. This premature buying
is inspired by the expectation that
such goods will be advanced in price
later in the season. Few of the manu?
facturers have prepared their fall
samples yet, but the buyers are order
ing from last scason's models.
It is explained that these orders do
not cover the full requirements of the
stores for the fall and winter season,
and some of the buyers are said to
have exprcssed their intention of visit
ing the market again during the nor
mal fall buying pcriod in July and
August.
Jewelry
Prosperity in Jewelry
Trade Reftected in Small
Number of Failures
Bcause of the exceptional demand
for all classes of jewelry in the last
six months, the industry is in a flour
ishing financial condition. According
to the records of the National Jewel
lers' Board of Trade, there were only
six financial embarrassments in tho
industry during the month of April.
These troubles involved three retail
ers, one instalment house, one retail
optician and one manufacturing jew
eller, and establish a new record for
monthly failures.
In commentingon the financial show?
ing for April, Fred C. Backus, secre?
tary of the Board of Trade, declared
yesterday that in view of the fact that
there are 30,000 retail jewellers, 2,000
jobbers and 2,000 manufacturers in
the industry, the credit record was
unusual. Prior to the present period
of prosperity it was nothing unusual
for six or more failures to be reported
to the board daily. Tho main problem
of the jewelry business now, said Mr.
Backus, is to get sufficient skilled
workmen to turn out the merchandise
demanded by the retailers. In some
branches of the trade there is a short?
age of material, but in all lines the
scarcity of workmen is embarrassing.
-a-'?
Jewelry Exports Facilitated
By War Board Ruling
Through the lifting yesterday by
the War Trade Board of the restric
tions on the exportation of gold man
ufactures with bullion value not cx
ceeding 65 per cent of the total value
of the finished article. Jewellers be?
lieve that foreign trade will bo stim
ulated. Hcretofore this class of jew?
elry could be exported under indi?
vidual license. It is said that now
about all gold jewelry can be sent out
of the country, as there are few man
ufactured articles containing bullion
exceeding 65 per cent of their total
value. Signet rings, link buttons and
heavy watch chains are articles in
which the gold value is largest.
Arrived
ia column by telephoning Beekman
V. M. and 10 P. M.
INDIANAPOLIS?L. 3. Ayres; Mr. Schu
man, linens, white goods; Asso. Mdsg.
Corpn., 225 Fifth Avenue.
NASHV1LLE, Tenn.? W. Parks, <lry
goods: Lirtbain.
PH1LADELPHIA?Tutelman Bros. &
Alexander; W. Tutelman, mfrs. shirts;
200 Fifth Avenue, room 4G0.
PITTSF1ELD, MasB.--A. Morse, dry
goods; Latbain.
PITTSFIELD. Mass.?Berkshlre Manu?
facturing Co.; G. W. Pease, manufacturers
pants; Herald Square.
ROCHESTER?Levy Bros. Clothing Co.;
J. Levy, infra. clothing; Marlborough.
ST. I.OU19 --- Wcnoenbrun ?:o., Mr.
Schoenbrun, plece goods; Latham,
Notions .Toilet Goods, Drugs
PH1LADELPHIA ?Glmbel Bros; B.
Marks, tollet goods; Broadway and Tnlrty
socond Street.
Shoea
BIDDEFORD?Bcnolt-Dunn Co.; J. J.
Dunn, clothing and furnlshing goods and
HhoeH; Breslin.
General Merchandise
AKRON?M. O'Nell Co.. dry goods: M.
O'Nell, representing; 37 W. Twenty-sixth
Street. Xth floor.
BALTIMORE?M. Lavlne Co.; M. La
vlne, general merchandise; Pennsylvanla.
BALTIMORE?J. Shaplro Co.; .1. Sha
piro, ^cneral merchandise; Broadway Cen?
tral. ?
BIRMINGIIAM. Ala?A. Colllns, gen?
eral merchandise; Collingwood.
BLOOMSBURG. N. Y.?.1. K. Bvans Co.;
.1. K. Evans, general merchandise; Herald
Square.
BOSTON?AVashburn, Bros. Co.; C. F.
Smith, dry goods, clothing, carpets and
general merchandise; Park Avenue.
CLEVELAND ? A. .lacobson, general
merchandise; Marlborough.
DALLAS? G. Green, clothing, dry goods
and notions; Breslin.
DALLAS?Duke, Teal & Ayres; N.
Ayres. general merchandlao; Brlstol.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.?A. Speyer, general
merchandise; York.
KANSAS CITY?M. Davls, general mer?
chandise; Herald Square.
KNOXVILLE?Woods & Taylor; R.
Woods, inens furnishlng goods, elothing,
hats, shoes and women's ready to wear;
Imperial.
LEE CITV, Ky.?J. II. Dunn * Co.; C.
Dunn, general merchandise; HormUngo.
MINNKAPOLIS?Dayton Co.; Mrs. A.
G. Byrnos, general merchandise; 225 Fifth
Avenue,
OKOLONO?J, Rubel A Co.; J. Rubcl,
dry goods, notiona (wholesale), Commo
dore.
PHILADBLPHIA ? W. Iless, general
merchandise; I'ennsylvanla.
8AVANNAH, Ga.?S. Levy, general mer?
chandise; Pennsylvanla.
Misrelluncous
BALTIMORE?M. Stetnberger Co. ; M.
St'dnberger, hats and caps; Pennsylvanla.
BOONVILLB. N. Y.?Capron Co.; Mr.
Ciipion, ropreaentntlve: Herald Square.
CHICAGO?Seara Roobuck & co.; B. A.
Groasman, chlldren's coata; 115 Fifth
Avenue,
CIN<'I\\\/.TI .'.. Lflvy S'-.iir, ,!. Levy.
reprr.tatlW: W?tllcli,
KABTFORP?Wlae, Smith * Co.; D.
Olachafeke'a, toya; Jay Co., 404 Fourth
Avenue.
JACKSONVILLE, 1'la. ? M. TweukeJ
Co.; M. Twet/.keJ, wholesale hoaiery;
Grand.
LANSING. Mich. . Brlggs Co. | Mr.
BrljBge, building matorlala; Pennsylvanla.
I.OS ANGELEH? L. Aptfel, coffeo and
tea; (Irand.
PITTHBURGH --L. Bpat?ln Co.; L. Ep
slMn, noveltlea; Herald Square.
PROV1DENCB, II. I W, Loeb & Co.;
W, ond W. -F. Loeb, mfrs. jewelry; Parin
?sy I vanifl.
s.\ vanvah. c-i. B. 3, Derat Co.; E.
J.C>?r?t, bnkeiv supnli'-s' Lathain.
HT. LOUIS, Mo.-Hnrrla Polk Hat Co.;
W. T?. Rum, glovrs: Brrslln.
TI.'PPHR LAKE, N\ V - M. Carnea, gro
ccrles; Curnberland.
BTATK.SVILMS Ga.---M. Sellgman Co.;
' M. Hfligmftn, drygooda, clothing, etc;
Broadway Central.
BALY1MORB-?Krainer * Hauber; Na
thsn Hauber, cotton plece gooda. la ??
p*cl*d May 12, )?16; 11*2 Broadway.
TORONTO, <"an..B, F. MoKlnnon Co,
Ltd.; H, W Ball, womnn'a fall stilta. In
egpected May n and 1.1, t?i:,, McAlpln
H',!'l. .
Rainbow Division Will
Go Over, Colgate Says
Chairman of Advisory Trades Committee Issues
Final Call for Last Great Strain to Bridge
the Gap to Victory by the Hour of Midnisht
JVEW YORK'S business men cannot
fail the nation in its final call for
war funds through popular subscrip?
tion, according to Craig Colgato, chair?
man of the advisory trades committee
of thc Rainbow Division.
Asked for a final day message to the
thousands of workers in the division,
Mr. Colgate said last night: "The Rain?
bow Division has always done its duty
up to the hilt and. no matter how much
toil is involved, it will go out among
the trades and industries to-day and
seek the subscriptions necessary to
carry it over the top.
"In the fourth Liberty Loan cam?
paign the Rainbow Division secured
onc-seventh of all the subscriptions
nled throughout the entire country. It
gainetl the rcputation through hard
The commercial paper market fell to
extreme dulness yesterday which
brokers variously attributed to the
small supply of paper, to the firm call
money rate, and to the fact that yester?
day was the last full banking day of
the Victory Loan campaign, and banks
were too much concerned about that
operation, and too uncertaip of its out
come, to be interested in paper.
The rate continues easy. It is qt^ited
by some brokers at 6%@6% per cent,
though an increasing amount of paper
is moving at 5 per cent. There is more
paper nt that rate now than there was a
week ago. It is the belief in some
quarters that on Monday a great deal
of paper now marked B'i and 51,. per
cent will drop to 5 and 6%, as the com
petition of the Victory loan will be out
of the way, and the banks will know
their position.
The low rates for commercial paper
now prevailing have not induced any
more borrowing. Business firms do
not seem to be interested in the rate,
They simply do not need the money.
Absr.ice of Plunging
Fratnres Current Trade
Data based on 30,000 separate trans?
actions lhat took place throughout the
United States during the current week
show that purchases decreased three
tenths of one per cent from the preccd
ing weok, and 1.8 per cent from the cor
responding week in 1918. Indebtedness
arising out of these transactions, ac
eordingto the Credit Clearing House,
increased 1.5 per cent over the week
hefore, but declined 2.7 per cent
from the week ended May 10, 1918.
Payments did not show any change
from the preceding week. but compared
with the like week last year there was
an increase of 2 per cent.
Extending the comparison back to the
corresponding week of 1916 and 1917
the Credit Clearing House points out
lhat payments during thc current week
were on a level with the earlier periods,
but that the indebtedness was less.
Transactions in Pacific Coast sections
of the country, as weil as in the North
agricultural and Eastern regions, de?
creased from last week, while compared
with last year activities declined in
the Northern and Southcrn agricultural
sections.
Retail Association Starls
Drive for New Members
Twelve thousand new members by
November 1 is the aim of the National
Retail Drygood3 Association, whick
yesterday closed a contract with the
American City Bureau to stage a mem
bership campaign. The association
now has about 750 of the large mer
chants of the country on its member
ship roster. It is believed there are
30,000 prospective members of the or?
ganization in the country. The 12,000
new members will give the association
an, increased revenue of about $200,000
a year, it is expected, and enable it to
maintain and develop research and
other bureaus designed to increase the
efficiency of retail merchandising.
For the purposes of the campaign the
work of being the greatest selling or?
ganization in the history of the coun?
try. Its part in the government's war
programme is all but completed. It
must not fail at the last moment.
''Victory notes, aside from their enor
mous patriotic appeal, are conceded to
be exceedingly attractive as an invest?
ment, and business men ought to bc
the first to buy them. With other units
in the district reporting endless
, strcams of subscriptions, the Rainbow
, Division must fill its allotment.
"My final message to the loan com
[ mittce chairmen and their splendid as
; sistants is to strain themselves to
. bridge thc gap by midnight?to crown
! splendid achievements in the second,
' third and fourth loans with equally
! notable work.
"One long, courageous, collective
! pull and the Rainbow Division will go
over the top."
-here are some predictions of an in?
crease in borrowing two or three wee.ks
from now, but the wish may be father
ing the thought.
Paper is moving freely; in fact, brok?
ers cannot hold it long. A big demand
for notes is reported from Western
centres, and demand has improved in
New York banks.
The bank acceptance market was
equally quiet yesterday, for the same
j reasons. One or two dealers did not
I sell a bill. A substantial amount of
! buying is expected next week, though
; perhaps not on the first day, for dealers
! think it may take a few days for the
banks to get used to buying again.
j The American Acceptance Council has
| issued a booklet of its organization
I nrticles. It contains rules and regula
: tions, active members of the council,
: officers and cxecutive committee, and
various sub-committees. Practically all
: the leading nationnl banks and trust
companies of the city are represented.
Fifteen to sixty-day prime trade ac?
ceptances were quoted at 5 and 61/. per
; cent; sixty to ninety days, 5 and 6V_
per cent; indorsed trade acceptances,
_% per cent, all maturities.
I country has been divided into five or
six districts. The first district to be
; canvassed probably will be composed of
Alissouri, lllinois, Wisconsin and In
diana. A representative of the Ameri
\ can City Bureau left yesterday to cstab
j lish campaign headquarters in Chicago.
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Textilee
Buying of Large Volume
in All Cotton Goods
Departments
Cotton milz agents tooofced a large
i volume of business yesterday, colored
I goods being purchased in a liberal way
! by manufacturers of drcsses as weil
j as by jobbers. Export trade also ex
panded. Several of the leading pro
ducers of colored fabrics temporarily
withdrew their lines of ginghams and
: flannels from sale, and one Eastern
manufacturer reported that some
, grades of ginghams had been sold out
for the spring season of 1920. Produc?
tion of these fabrics has been greatly
reduced by the adoption of the forty
, cight-hour week at the rnills, and as
| most buyers have only covered their
actual wants it was intimated that
1 many of them will find it difficult to
get these goods later on.
Representatives of the bleached
; goods mills stated that orders were
excellent, and that business had come
from every seetion of the United
States. Most kinds of unbleached
i goods were bought freely, and even
print cloths. demand for which had
been quiet, sold in larger volume.
I Activity in clothing lines continued
; and only small quantities of these
i fabrics are available for prompt de
i livery. Considerable yardage in sheet
; ings was taken by bag makers. and
i manufacturers of automobile fabrics
I bought drills, mohairs and sheetings.
j It was stnted that deals for thc sale
of sheetings to China were pending,
j but that lack of speedy cable service
j was delaying the consummation of
transactions with that country.
Basic Commodities
May 9, 1919
(Note.?In thoac cases wliere no transactions were reported the "bid"
(B-fces are given.)
METALS
, Week Year
t Friday Thursday ago ago
Pig iron. Fdy No. 2 x, per ton (Fittsb'gh) $28.15 $28.15 $28.15 $34.25
Lead, per lb.05 .05 .05 .07.W/k
Copper, per lb.15U .15'/4 .15/$ .23.50
Spelter, per lb.06.27'/2 -06.27-A .06.25 .07.25
AatlmonT per lb.06% .06% M? .18
Tin. per lb.72J/2 -72J/2 .72^ .91i/4
PBECIOUS METALS
Platinum, per oz.?100.00 $100.00 $100.00 $108,00
Silver, per oz. 1-05% 1-05 1.01J'8 .95.25
CHEMICA1S
Sulphuric Rcid, 20? olenm, per ton. $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00
Sulphurlc acid, 66?, per ton. 16.50 16.50 16.50 _
Nitric acid, per lb.?8 08 .08 No market
Caustlc soda, 76%, per 100 lbs. 2.65 2.60 2.75 .063/4..07
Soda ash, 58% light (bbls.), per 100 lbs. 1.60 1.60 1.60 2.90
Phenol. U. S. P., (carloads), per lb.08 .08 ,08 .60
GIvcerine, dynamite, per lb.14- .15^4 .14- 15/2 .14- 15'/2 .51
Glycerine, cru.de, per lb.09</2 .09J/2 .Q9'/2 _
Wyecrine, c. p. (in drums). -19 .18 .18 .W/A
Alcohol (denat.), per gal.^ .48 .45- .48 .45- .48 .71
Alcohol (non.-bef.), per gal. 4.90 4.90 4.90 4.95
Nltrate of ^ia, 96%, per 100 lbs. 4.07,2 4.07/2 4.07J/2 4.35
COTTON
Middllng upland, per lb. 29.10 28.75 29.15 28.15
SILKS
Japan fllature, No. 1, Shlnshlu, per lb.... 725 7.25 7.30 6.70
Chlna-steam fllature, best, No. 1, per lb. 8.00 8.00 7.50 7.85
Canton fllature, Ex. Ex. A, per lb. 5.80 5.80 5.45 5.60
HIDES ANO LEATHER
flldcs, city slaughter, aprcad. per lb.40 .40 .40 .26/a
Hides, city, nat. strs., sel., 60 or over, lb. .31 .31 .31 25
Calfskins, city, 9 to 12 lbs? per skin- 7.25 7.25 7.25 5.35
Loathcr, hcmlock sole:
Ovcrwelahts, No. 1, per lb.50 .50 .50 .49J/a
Mlddlewclghts, No. 1, per lb.48 .48 .50 .43
RUBBER*
Para, up-rlver, fine, per lb.56 .66 .55>/2 .68'/2
Para, up-rlver, coarse, per lb.35 .35 .35 .38
Plan., 1st latex, pale. crepe, par lb.48 .48 .48 .63
Plan., brown, crepe, thln, clean, per lb*.. .45'/a .45'/2 .45!/2 .59
Plan., rlbbed amoked sheets, per lb.47 .47 .47 .62
'Quotations for spot rubber only.
| Foreign Dealers Buy
Skunk at St. Louis Sale
Kcen Interest Displayed, With
Prices 20 Per Cent Above
Last January
ST. LOUIS, May 9.?The Interna?
tional Fur Exchange devoted all of the
day to the sale of 230,000 skunk pelts,
which brought more than $700,000.
Quotations showed an advance of 20
per cent over January. Sales to date
! totalled $9,717,799.
Many additional buyers presented
themselves, this morning, so that ca
pacity crowds appeared on the floor.
Discussion was rife before the sale
opened as to whether skunk would con?
tinue to bc as fashionable next season
! as it has been i'or several years past.
lo-day's prices were emphatically af
lirmative in deciding this question.
Paris and London both bought manv
; high priced lots, the rcspective pur
chasers saying that there is excellent
demand for this peculiarly American
, fur throughout Europe. Australia, too,
i took some skunk. likewise South Amcr
! ica, so that distribution was practi
cally world-wide. All buyers partici
. pated actively, with no one buyer being
| especially prominent.
The opening lot of 586 mixed first
and second grades, black and short
: Kansas pelts, brought $6.20, while later
on a similar lot brought $7.70. A
string of !ots of -100 each of seconds,
Kansas and Minnesotas mixed, sold at
$4.70, then $4.75 and then $4.80. Tho
highest price for mixed Iowas and Min?
nesotas, firsts, black and short, was
$8.80, while $8.30 was paid for mixed
tirsts and seconds, Kansas and Ne
braska, black and short.
A lot of 234 firsts, black, short,
' mixed Minnesota and Iowas, sold at
i $8.25, while a similar lot of black and
| long brought only $4.60. Kansas sec
i onds, black and shorts, brought $6,
' while the same long sold for $2.60.
Skunk with broad or long Btripes were
I comparatively neglected, with the
! profitable demand being confined to
black and short. First grade black
and short mixed centrals brought $7,
while similar in broad and long
brought but $2. A mixed lot of Wis
! consins, North Dakotas, Centrals and
Southerns sold at $3.80. Long Min?
nesotas, firsts, brought $6.60, $4.10 and
$3.80. Firsts and . seconds were weil
contended for throughout, but thirds
and fourths were negltcted, the latter
? selling around 20 to 27 cents. The
bulk of the selling averaged between
| $1.50 and $5.
Biddir.gnvas very active throughout
the day and interest weil maintained
to the close. Skunk totalled $711,218,
bringing sales to date to $9,717,799.
Official market statement quotes
skunk advanced 20 per cent over
January price.
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Furs Higher in London
Prices at Lampson Sale Up 35
to 150 Per Cent
Advances ranging from 35 to 150 per
cent, compared with prices paid in the
spring of 1918, were notod at the close
of the auction of general furs by C. M.
Lampson & Co., in London, this week.
Cable reports e?f the advances were
received yesterday by Alfred Fraser,
American agent for Lampson. The in
creases over last year's prices follow:
Silver fox, 75 per cent; cross fox, 150
per cent; white fox, 70 per cent; blue
fox, 100 per cent; red fox, 50 per cent;
gray fox, 35 per cent; kitt fox, 75 per
cent; wildcat, 50 per cent; house cat,
50 per cent; Russian badger, 20 per
cent.
Orders for Winter Furs
Advance orders from jobbers of fur
garments, received by manufacturers
here, indicate a brisk fall business.
Several liberal contracts wero placed
by Western jobbers this week. The
early demand amoryr buyers represent
ing retail establishments now visiting
this market, and the report3 of trav
elling salesmen already on the road,
have led fur manufacturers to predict
a winter season fully as large as last
year.
Tlie Uneseapable Fur Tax
Purchascrs of furs cannot avoid
payment of the 10 per cent tax on man
ufactured furs by buying raw or
i dressed skins from dealers and then
I taking them to a furrier to be made
i up into garments, the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue has ruled. Since the
; tax went into cffect, on February 2a,
| it has been the impression among the
i fur trade that the ultimate consumer
could avoid the payment of the tax in
this mann.r, since nowhere in the
i transaction did a fur manufacturer
actually sell the merchandise. Local
offieiuls of the bureau were said to
I have ruled that a manufacturer only
was required to pay the tax, but tlie
latest ruling from Washington upsets
this first impression.
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Prediots Cotton Shortage
| Senator Harris Tells President
European Demand Will Ex
eeed U. S. Supply
PARIS, May 9 (By The Associated
'? Pres3).?Senator William J. Harris, of
Georgia, who is sailing on the trans
. port Mount Vernon to take part in
i the extra session of Congress, called
by President Wilson, had a long con?
ference with the President to-day, in
which he informed him of the results
of an investigation into the increased
requirements of American cotton, grow
ing out of the restoration of peace.
Senator Harris made an ext.nded
tour of investigation of the cotton sit?
uation. He says this shows that Jugo
| Slavia, Poland and Italy, which were
| largely cut off from cotton during
the war, now havo large requirements
which, with the normal demands of
other countries, will be greater than
; the amount America is able to supply.
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Rubber
Rubher Specialties Used
by Automobile Trade
in Big Demand
Manufacturers of mechanical rubber
goods are recciving such large orders
for specialties, such as pedal pads for
nutomobiles and motorcyclca, special
tubing, etc, that this business has
helped materially to offset the lack of
demand in other lines. The orders re?
ceived from concerns dealing in motor
vehicle specialties have been exception
ally heavy of late.
During the last year or so manu?
facturers were prevontod from turning
out. thia line of goods because of tho
war-time restrictions placed upon the
rubber industry. Until comparatively
recently tho factories \:ould not make
new moulds to cover additions to the
specialties lines. Now the factories are
introducing new lines regularly, and it
is said thnt they are hard prcssed to
keep up with orders.
Metals
Copper Wanted for Early
Export to Spain Around
151-2 Cents
Spanish interests came into the
American copper market yesterday,
with an inquiry for about 2,000,000
pounds of the metal for early delivery.
The order is expected %o be clooed at
around 15^4 cent*, the current price
for copper.
Other foreign interests are negotiat
ing for small amounts of metal, not of
sufficient size to make much of an im
pression on the market. It is esti
mated in the trade that about 1,000,
000 pounds of coppsr a day is now
taken for general consumption.
Copper men assert that the market
will have to assume broader propor
tions before there will be much of an
advance in the price.
Business Troubles
Petitions in Bankruptcy
Petitions, in bankruptcy were flled in the
Lmted States Dlstrlct Court yeaterday as
follows:
CHARLES AMMANN, JR.?A voluntary
petition of Charlea Ammann. jr? of Yonk"
ern, N. Y.. shows llubilities of Su 16 and
Interest on aame due from May, 1899, to
AVashlngton 1. Davls. 220 West Nlnetv
eighth Street, and no asaets. Irvin E.
Kleln, Yonkers, N. Y., is the attorney.
NORMA GORMULLY.?-A vountarv" peti?
tion ot Norina Gormully, 502 West Eighty
thlrd Street, shows liabilities of J3.242
and no assots. Tho three largest rra<lltora
l!-re-i. Th;' N"tioiial Bank of Baldwinsvlllc,
N- Y., $534; J. M. Glddlng & Co., 54S Fifth
iV.0^!?'J425' and Pranklln Simons & Co.,
?..,. i.fth Avenue, $400. Herman L. Roth,
i480 Broadway, Is tha attorney.
Judgments Filed
The following judgmenta were flled yea
V"",.. y- the flr8t name being that of tha
debtor:
In New York County
Asen, Henry?L. Cohen. $510.00
Adlrondack Garage Co., Inc?B.
P. Goodrich Rubber Co. 219 03
Baum. Katherine O'C?Interstate
Land Holding Co. 469 80
Buccl, Leopold O.?S Maresca... 379.50
Blerach, Barbara E?H. Tooker. 240.40
Boynton, Charlea H. and Valde
rnar Sillo?A. W, Behr. 146 07
IJalsam, laaac?H. Pelanne, et al, 2,326 49
Beck, Louis?National Surety Co. 1.058.20
Barse Wlllard H.? B. Goodrich. 620.74
(unnlngham, Joseph ? D. J
Leary, et al. 477 70
Cantury Fireproof Door Co.'iiic?
launton-New Bedford Copper
City of Ntw York?W.' Walner,
,,'-l, ?'. ? ? ?..1.000.00
castelli, ceorge and Uaetano?
W - Dickson. 521 1'
De Filippi, Anna exex.?G. De
V llippl . 336 35
Dantes, Bella-?H. A. Goldborg.77 228.30
Deegan, Wllfred and Isldor Hor
wlch (Wllfred Deegan & Co.) ?
J. L. McCloud, et al. 5?3 40
Deyo, Minnle. adm.?L. Berir. 163 7"
Freund, Eugene?Adolph Gold
mark & Sons. Inc. . . 41" 5"
Flfming, William. and National "'?'?
Surety Co.?People, etc. 500.00
.Sanu?Same . 500 00
Glaser, Abe?H. Drucker. 118 99
Graoie, Janette?G. Lereh. S2030
Uinsberg. Mollle?71 East 100th
Street Corp coats. 109 95
Gilmartin. Thomas?F. Mever ' iuo'ijO
Gruher, Aaron or Aron. Herman
Libbie and Jemiie?R s
Roberts . " i; r9c ,,.
Gerber. Benjamin W.?E. Car- i0"'i'!'ss
penter . i-!t ?o
Hinz. Frank?A. HInz.777 .'.' gft '0
Hyos, De Jose, T. C. E. C?R.
J. Boera et al, coats. 206 81
Same?Same. 1 sst'st
Hlrach & Scholleld, Inc?A.'oua- '
mer, coats . 179 56
Higglns, Eugene ? Carter'a Ink
Co., costs . 1*9 96
Hintze, Harry?A. C. Schwa'rtz!'. lh'.ih
Hyman, Fannie ? I. Ischik. 336.00
Kcasbey. Lindley M. ?Isaac Good
man Co. . ii46S
kellstrom, Oscar S? and Daniel
Steels?I. & L. Chausor. 2?S 30
Kellman, Eva?F. F. Weise. 264 41
iverrlgan, Thomas F., adm.?J.
A. Gleeson . 3,253.91
Leavy, Sarah?H. P. Lincoln et
, 'll. 176.77
Lesttr. C. Hebberd & Co.. Inc.?
A. M. Blake, coste. 220 43
Llpschlta, Siimuel, and Morris
Meyrich?W. R. Grace & Co.,
coats. -08.66
Levy, Alfred K.?N. Lubin. > 09.96
Lefkovics. Bartholomew ? J. /.
Tagllamtoni. ruO.OO
Liberty Aeroil Burrier, Inc.?Mill
ers' Brass & Fittlng Company . 1,630.50
London & Lancaahlre Indemnlty
Company of America and PIUb
burgh-AHegheny Coal Companv
? L. Shiren et a!.*. 5,164.23
Melick.-John J.?G. Nicholaon et
al. 607.40
Morris. William?C. Jacobson.... 187.65
Muatafa, Ishmahel. and Haaaam
AVally?People, etc. 200.00
Michel, Davld?T.. Wechsler. 3,410.43
O'Nell, George A.?Boynton Fur
nace Company. 619.48
Pinnachio. Vito?J. Cirone. 288.16
Patuarche, Philip H. ? Overland
Tire Company. 304.70
Rabinowitjs, Painting Company,
Inc?Alfred Peats Co. 455 00
Rocky Point Realty Company?J.
W. Bolger. 9.853.18
Riedler. Rubln?Wilson & Co. . . . 427.42
Shottland. Maxlne Z. S.?H. H.
Thomas. P26.95
Slmw, Arthur?J. Meyer. 556.70
Singer, Berman Corporation?H.
Brimberg. 335.40
Somervllle, Louis J.? C. Michael
et al . y 503.72
Stump, George?C. Rogers. 22.67
Wharton, Inc. ? C, V. Nichois,
costs. 130.85
Wiener, Morris (Terminal Lunch)
?New York Ple Baklng Com?
pany. 188.83
Weingarten. Abraham ? Chicago
V'arnish Company. 121.32
Welsh, J. Hart?W. Vetter. 129.40
Willlard H. Barse, Inc?Blglin k
Moffat, Inc. 168.22
ln Bronx County
Delta Holding Corporation and
Charles H. Parkhurst?Law
yers' Title & Trust Co. $4,960.36
Eldelberg. William?W. KIHIck.. 1.034.62
Flynn, Charlea A. and Manches
ter Vermont Dairv Co.?J. Tual 538.34
Same?A, Tual. 6,037.18
Hoffmun. Henry?Greenwald &
Marcuse, Inc. 258.22
Port Morris Chemlcal WorUa,
Inc.?Durex Chemical Corpo?
ration . 13,134.35
Somervllle, Louia J.?C. Michael
et al. 603.78
Satisfied Judgments
The first name is that of tha debtor, the
aecond that of the credltor and date when
judgment was flled:
In New York County
Stegel & Barnett, Inc.?T. Kltay
et al; April 29, 1919 (vacated).. $J,?0T,89
Robert & Irwln Powell Co., Inc.
?A. Pottel; April 29. 1919_ 200.TI0
Mlller. Sarah?F. Feldman; April
18, 1919 . 600.00
Frankenthaler, Louis?B. Wa'ah;
Feb. 7. 1919 . 8,976.60
C'ooper, Robert L.?Chatham Bank
ft Truat Co.; Aug. 20, 1918.... 189.64
Hearat, Wliliam R., as preatdent,
? City of N. Y.; Dec. 9, 1914.. 32,317.44
Same?Same; Nov. 26. 1917. 166,89
Rleth. Charlea and Anton, Jr.?J.
J. Aaron et al; Dec. 17. 1*18.. 319.30
BlackbUrne, Albert?Innia Spelder
A. Co.. Inc; Oct. 25, 1918. 126.34
Jonea, William, and Nannia S.
Moaaly?T. J. Anderson; Oct. 9,
1917 . 391.03
Brown, Lllltan M.?B. Smith;
April 30, 1919 (vacated). 60,184.34
Blake, Arthur M.?Lester C. Heb?
berd Co.. Inc; Oot. 16", 1918
(reveraed) . 1,004.30
Renkc, George T.?William C.
Reynolds. Inc: Jan. 17. 1918.. 309.24
Matthewa, Charles R.?Ortelg Mo
tor Co., Inc; Dec. 21, 1915.... 174.94
Wallensteln. Jullua R.--M. Wal
lensteln; Hept. 29, 1914. S92.86
Rlckert, Flnlay Raalty Co.?Illl
nola Surety Co.; Jun? ?. 1914.. 13?.?9
Samo?Same; June 2, 1914. 118.76
Same?Same; Juna 2, 1914. 298 96
Roaenberg, Harry A.?R. Hal
parn; Juno 10, 1918. 629.J3
In Bronx County
Holtis. Henry, and Josoph Bern
ateln?C. Mullar; April 26, 1918 $2,?03.62
Hahn, Joaoplt. Henry Doarhar. .1.
Homer Hlldreth and Herman
Reiss, axra.?M. R. Wcill; Nov.
S. 1916 . 969.83
Jullua Klndfnnan A Sons. Inc.?
S. Nlckar; June 12. i,91?. 6 284 60
Same -Same; April 21, 1919.. . 96 96
P.olt, Max R. Bchart; Jan. 86,
1913 . 1.1H.04
TELEPHONES:
Beekman 8243
Beekman 3000
Wholesale Price
Of Shoes Goes Up
25 to 50 Cents
Advance Will Cause An?
other Increase of 50
Cents to $1 a Pair in
the Cost to the Public
As a result of advances in the whole?
sale prices of shoes announced yester?
day by manufacturers the public will
have to pay from 50 cents to $1 more
for its next fall and winter's footwear.
For some time past shoe concerns have
been making constant but relatively
slight raises in the cost of their prod
uct to the wholesaler and jobber, but
within the last few days the larger
manufacturers have issued new lists,
becoming effective immediately, which
advanced prices on practically all
grades of shoes from 25 to 50 cents
a pair. In making up merchandise
bought at the new prices it is expected
that retailers will make increases up
to $1. In some cascs it is believed
that the consumer will have to pay
as much as $2 more a pair for shoes.
In explaining the revision of their
price schedules manufacturers de?
clared that action was imperative from
the viewpoint of good business, as the
price of leather, hides and skins had
taken unprecedented upward bounds
during the last two weeks. Hcreto
fore the increase in the cost of raw
material has been gradual, but recent?
ly there appeared to be no limit to
the advance of the market. Even the
prices established yesterday and
Thursday are not sufficiently above
old marks to cover the 1igher cost
of leather, shoe manufacturers assert.
They also declare it is possible that
the now schedule will again be changed
in the near future.
Views of Hidc Dealers
Dealers in'hides do not all agree
with Fred A. Vogel, president of the
Tanners' Council, that the recent
sharp advance in prices of leather has
Leen due to speculation. Some of them
ueclare the market is not specutt-tivc,
but an open one into which the tan?
ners are forced to go for their raw
material. The fact that they are con
stantly buying stock indicates that
they are not having any difficulty dis
1 osing of their leather product to shoe
manufacturers and other users, say
the hide and skin dealers.
One dealer pointed out yesterday
that present high prices are the re?
sult of the unusual demand for hides
and skins from Europe. He said that
European buyers were paying 44l*
cents for Buenos Ayres dry hides in the
Sruth American market, while sales
were being made here at 39 cents.
Compared with other commodities the
price of hides and leather, he con
tended, is not high alongside of pre
war quotations. During thc war
government restrictions prevented
cnanges in leather prices, while cther
commodities soared. With these re
strictions lifted and leather dealers
permitted to resume export business,
it is only natural that prices should ad
v: nce, say the hide importers.
Despite the shortage of leather shoe
manufacturers report that they are
doing an exceptional export business.
One of the largest orders placed
here in some time for foreign trade
covered 400,000 pairs of shoes to be
consigned to concerns in Christiania,
With the stipulation that 100,000 pairs
be .hipped immediately.
Hard to Book Orders
For Women's Underwear
Manufacturers, Already Work?
ing at Capacity, Turn Down
New Customers
Orders from new customers are be?
ing turned down by some of the larger
manufacturers of women's muslivi un?
derwear. Most of the manufacturers
are finding it hard to produce enough
merchandise to fill the orders now on
their books. Few concerns have more
than 60 per cent of their machincs
working, it is said, because of the
I shortage of labor in the industry. Lo
cating branch factories in smallcr
towns outside of New York has not
solved the problem, as the trade re
quires highly skillcd help which is
difficult to obtain in the smaller com?
munities.
Deliveries at present run from four
to six weeks after the order is taken
'.. in most cases. A few of the larger
houses are making up stock in advance
of orders and are thus enabled to make
immediate deliveries. The stocking of
merchandise by muslin underwear man
< ufacturers is a relatively new depart
ure in the trade, and is growing daily.
Some of the manufacturers are sub
ietting their work to contractors in an
effort to catch up with their orders,
but this is said to be rather unsatis
factory.
The efforts of the manufacturers
are centred on building up their staffs
of workers to take care of the big
. business expected around the middle
or latter part of July, when the buy?
ers visit this market to place their or?
ders for fall merchandise.
Little export trade is being done in
American made muslin underwear at
present, but a few"manufacturers* are
considering going after foreign busi?
ness in the near future. Several in
quiries have been received for sam
I ples from Canadian and South Ameri?
can firms within the last week.
Auto Ooths in Demand
Leading manufacturers of automobiie
cloths reported yes'ierday that their
goods were in tsplcndid demand be?
cause of the spurt in the automobiie
industry. As prices for unbleachcd
cotton sheetings have advanced from
14 cents to 16 cents a yard, while mate?
rial suitable for seat coverings has in
creased from 90 cents to $1.05 a yard,
it was intimated that higher prices
, for thc linished automobiie fabrics
were likely.
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Cbemicals
Export Demand for Caus
tic Soda Gives Market
Firm Tone
Increasing export demand for caus
i tic soda was reported yesterday. There
; were inquiries from Switxerland and
i Japan, and the market was flrm. Do
mestic stocks are believed to be run
ning low, and a revival of trade is
conridently expected.
Good sales were reported of copper
sulphate, glacial acetic acid and siN
cate of soda. Some fair-si.ed order*
were booked for paraffine wax. Glyc
erine prices were flrm.
Japan is said to be buying larga
quantities of morphine ar.d cocainc.