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Cerman Salesmen
Swarm Holland
To "Cineh" Trade
Goods, With Camouflaged
Trade Marks, Supplied to
Dutch Middlemen t<? Sell
in Other C o 1111 t r i e s
By Wilbur Forrcst
1V1 u< York Tribune
Spi cial Cablo Serviee
('* ?? Ight it1!"1. New York Trlbuno Inc.)
ROTTERDAM, June 2.?American
manufacturers may bc interested to
know there are between eighteen and
twenty thousand German salesmen
touring Holland to-day "cinching"
Dutch trade and possibly much Allied
trade through Dutch middlemen for
years to come. This German army has
now rcached full strength, I am in
formed by highly responsible sources
here, and is digging trade intrench
ments with startling rapidity.
Hundreds of varicties of mnrketable
goods. both indispensable and orna
mental, are i (Tered at tittractive prices
with promises of delivery within pe
riods ranging from six months to three
years. The familiar trademark ?'Made
in Germany" will not appear on the
goods, and Holland buyers are advised
that camouflage trade marks may be
stamped on all articles as desired.
Camouflaged Pottery
I have heen in Holland scveral days.
Aside from information of a general
nature in regard to Germany's trade
war prcparations I have observed
goods unmistakably of German origin
in the stores of Rotterdam, Amsterdam,
The Haguc and Utrecht. A majority
of the articles on the shelves of Dutch
stores are Cerman. One Dutch shop
keeper proudly cxhLbited a line of pot
tcry just rcceived from Germany
camouflaged as "delftware." One fa
miliar with the famous Holland delft is
ai>!e instantly to detect the camou
flage, but there are no markings to in
dicate its Cerman origin except the
ridiculously low price.
The keeper of a souvenir atore ad
mitted that practically his entire stock
had been made in Germany.
During the war Holland depended
mainly upon the United States for
clothing, and American shirts, collars
and neckties, a haberdasher said, are
so well liked in Holland now that it
will take years for Germans to capture
that trade, if they capture it at all.
"But they will try it," he warncd.
"Wait and see."
Copper Fixtures Offered
Holland is a nation of bicycie riders.
One German salesman has offered to
supply iiu Amsterdam firmwith leather'
saddles in any quantity. Other Teu
ton salesmen are offering hundreds of
thousands of copper and brass tixtures,
including decorative doorknobs.
A German rirm has ;ust completed
an extensive canvass of Holland, con
tracting to supply thousands of
patent milking machines to the
dairj trade of the country. The milk
ittf machine is an American patented
invention, but American manufactur?
ers will tind German machines sold at
low prices i:> Holland pastures when
they wake up. These machines are
already sold, and will be delivered in
periods of six months to three years.
Germany's trade stratogists are tak
ing full advantage of Holland's unique
posit on to act as a camouflaged clear
ing house for Cerman goods until the
Germans are rehabilitated again in
the graces of nations that have now
declared boycotts against German trade
piracy. That these goods will find
their way so^n to the Allied nations
Ib little doubted by interested ob
?crvers of Germany's manceuvres.
Rubber
Stocks of Crude Rubher
Increased by Heavy
Imports in May
Heavy arrtvals of crude rubber dur?
ing the tnonth o? May, coming on top
of record rrcoipts during March and
^pril, have helped materially to swell
the surplus of rubber stocks here.
Crude rubber dealers and importers de
clare that the local market is dormant,
With concerns that ordinarily are heavy
buyers manifesting little interest in the
offerings of dealers.
I' \vh- statcd yesterday that some of
the big rubber goods manufacturers
continue to buy their crude in the Far
East markets, despite the fact that
prices are now lower here. Becausc of
the apathy on the part of buyers last
month, crude rubber prices dropped
ahe.it two cents a pound.
In some quarters it is reportcd that
serious differences have developed be
tween the large and small tire manu?
facturers because of the recent reduc
tion of tire prices. It is said that the
I ? concerns feel that the change
in prices was not warrantcd because of
any Iowering of production costs. While
( rubber is cheaper than in some
time pa^t, any advantage gained thcre
from is more than offset, it is claimed,
by the increased cost of labur and cot
ton fabi c.
France Buys Roadbuilding
Machinery and Spain Tools
?'? for machine tools and wood
?? - ? ng machinery for shipment to
Europc are numcrous, but the low rate
of < ?< I ange a I wel! as the difnculty
of gc-tting import licenses rcstrict*
actual buying. The hcad of one leading
exporting concern statcd yesterday
I - ??' '?? ' '?' ? ? - ? ? at present was only
? ?' ;?? bcttei than it wa; directly
after the termination of the war, most
of f.he American manufacturers are
' ? i istio abou$ proapectu, It was
?'.a;.'-(i that United .-'tr,t<-.s products aro
needed m the manufacturing countries
of Europe, and that France and Bei
gium should prove fruitful ficlds tor
itartt-, provlded the necessary finanniinn
II - -.r arranged.
France is said to have bought road
eonstraction machinery in a fa>r way,
and the Prench also have purchased
American f*rm tracta in rclatively
Jarjfe Ti\lTf:\t<:r?..
Trmdt in machine tools with Spain
i* reportcd to have Increased slightl>.
ltaiy Is naid to be a poor eustomo,
?'-..-f, beeaass of the virt.ual Inablllty
of Amer.can exporter* to g<i permlts
for i/nportetiona.
Silks
High Prices CaJi.se Some
Buyers to Defer Placing
Silk Orders
Sales of silks yesterday were limitcd
by the rcfusal of many of the manu
facturers to accept orders for delivery
beyond September ;:r>:t. But some of
the converters who buy silks in the
gray or unfinishcd state reportcd that
manufacturers of drcsscs as well as
jobbers had taken a firm stand against
placing any relatively large orders at
the prcsent high price levola.
Representatives of lcading mnnufact
urers asserted that they were not
nnxious to book busincss that in the
evcnt of a sudden downward turn
mighf be rcpudiated by the buyers,
who now secm so willing to operate
as far ahead as the end of this year.
Some of the mill owncrs advanced
prices 5 per cent, and it was intimated
that nnother similar increase would
be put in effect on June 15 next, the
increase being due to the soaring price
of raw silk.
Mill owners find it difficult to in?
crease their outputs, labor being in
light supply, while manufacturers of
looms seem to bo unablc to make
prompt deliveries of these silk mill es
sentials. The head of onc concern
stated that while he was ready to buy
fifty looms, he could not expect to
have them in place until next January.
Silk Rihbon Agents Cut
Orders From Fureliasers
Manufacturers of silk ribbons are
accepting orders for delivery beyond
August with the stipulation that buy?
ers will have to be content to take
the goods when the mills can conve
niently make shipments. Some selling
agents for the ribbon weavers are re
ceiving individual orders for 100 box
lots, but most of them immediately
notify their customers that they will
only accept the busincss on the basis
of twenty-flve boxes. It is said that
the supply of labor at present is not
any better than it was a month ago,
and that not more -,han ?0 per cent of
the ribbon manufacturing industry is
in operation.
Kecord High Price Quoted
For Japanese Raw Siik
Japanese raw silk advanced 20 cents
a pound yesterday, $8..'?5 a pound being
quoted for Shinshiu No. 1, a standard
grade. This quotation established a
new high record for this basic grade
of silk. Importers stated that cables
received from Japan indicated that
buying in the Yokohama market, both
for American and European account,
was active. Locally numerous orders
were placed for delivery during the
period extenuing from July to October
next. The Chinese grades of raw silk
were firm, apparently in sympathy with
the Japanese product.
Jewelry
Rings Set With Colored
Stones More Popular,
Retailers Say
Colored stone rings and jewelry
novelties are selling in large quanti
tiea. Retailers report that articles of
this character nre rapidly gaining in
popularity. All types of semi-precious
stones with gold ring mountings and
selling at moderate prices are wanted
by retailers, aecordirrg to manufactur?
ers. Some of the latter declaro that
they are handicappod in filling these
orders because of the shortage of
stones.
Several companies which specialize
in the manufacture of rings recentlv
have added to their lines an assort
ment of encrusted goods, which in
clude gold rings with fraternity em
blems encrusted in stones. Among
the stones uscd in these rings are
rubies, sapphires, bloodstones, sar
donyx and amethysts.
Platinum chased wedding rings are
reported to be more in demand daily,
but production is curtailed by the
scarcity of this metal.
Plated Silverware Trade
Will Form Association
Manufacturers of plated silverware
are completing plans for the forma
tion of an association having for its
purpose tlie elimination of trade evils
and the developing of a closer rela
tionship bctween membcrs of the in?
dustry. Several months- ago the ster?
ling silverware manufacturers formed
a trade body. While many of the
problems of the plated ware concerns
are quite <Iis'. inct from those of the
sterling manufacturers, it is believed
the two associaions will work in close
harmony.
Bigger Production Planned
For Clolhing Factories
Plans for systematizing the cutting
rooms in m'en's clothing manufacture
in an effort to increase production, are
in process of formation by the cm
ployment department of the t'lothing
Manufacturers' Industrial Exchange ol
New York, Inc. The work involvcs the
drawing up of a system of complete
production records, hcrctoforo lack
ing in New York clothing factories.
The deliciency in this rcspect was
noted last winter, when such records
were callcd for as a basis on which to
adjust the new wage scale in the strike
settlcment. Lcstcr Ilines, former
managcr of a factory, and Miss Ruth
True, fprmcrly conncctcd with the
War Labor Policies Board, under Dr.
Felix Frankfurtcr and for five years
with Hart, Schaffner & Marx's Ghicago
plant, have been assigned to the task
of evolving the Bystem.
Tin Stocks Mostly Sold
The unsold balancc on May lil of tin
allocated to thin country by agreement
with the Allies waa only 1,615 tons,
aceording to a statement issucd to the
trade yesterday by Georgo Armaby,
chicf in chargo of tin for the War lu
dustrieg Board. The amount originally
allotted to the l/nited State ? was 10,100
groHc, tonn.
Halcg were divided nn follows: To
. Aprll ".','>, 1019, inclusive, 6,863 tons;
belween May J and May 22, lnclualve,
j 1,107 tonn; May 23 to May 31, 084 tons.
U. S. to Soll 5,000,000
Yarxls of Blue Denim
Will Be Marketed Throrfgh
New York Orjzanization at
Prevailing Prices
New Ynrk- Tribune
Wauhinylon Bureau
WASHINGT0N, June 2.?An informal
arrangement has been mado by the War
Department with the Cotton Textile
Association, of New York, and the In?
ternational Association of Garmont
Manufacturers, by which these organi
zations will disposc of the govern
ment's surplus stock of bluc denim,
amounting to approximately 5,000,000
yards, at current market prices.
The associations will market the
fabric without compensation, furnish
ing shipping instructions to the sur?
plus property division of the War De?
partment on which to bill the goods
direct to the actual users at the price
prevailing at the time the sale is con
summated.
The govcrnment's surplus rcpresents
in money $1,500,000. The material is
of two cltisses and was purchased at
29 and .'M1- cents a yard, The prices
the government will receive for the
surplus will range from 20 to 28%
cents a yard. Purchasers will be al
lowed the usual trade discount of 3
per cent for cash.
Textiles
Woollen Mills Still With
Goods to Sell Do Large
Business
With the strike in the cloak and suit
trade definitely settled and the gar?
ment manufacturers ready to proceed
with the production of fall merchan
dise, those woollen mills still able
to accept orders for cloth for women's
wear did a good business yesterday
with indications that the demand
would continue active.
Velour coatings were freely ordered,
it was said, and the jersey and other
knitted cloths showed renewed activ
ity. lleather mixtures in knittcd fab
rics are particularly desirable and
large orders were booked for them.
Because the knittcd cloths can be pro
duced about three times as rapidly as
woven fabrics deliveries on them are
much better. Manufacturers of gar
ments who are anxious to obtain their
materials as early as possible have
turned to the knittcd cloths as a solu
tion of their troubles.
On the whole deliveries of women's
wear fabrics are better than they were.
a few weeks ago. The mills at Passaic,
X. .1., are said to be approaching 10l>
per cent capacity production, and the
outlook for more materials for fall use
is more promising now than at any
time this year.
Cotton Mills Hold
Dowsi on Sales
Uncerlainty Over Price Situa
tion Causcs Them to Adhere
to Cautious Policv
Inquiries for cotton goods were nu
merous yesterday, but actual buying
was relatively light. This situation
was attributed to the lack of desire on
the part of the mills to accept any more
large orders for delivery beyoiid the
month of Septembcr. It was intimated
that prices during the coming autumn
will he higher and that goods probably
will be scarce. Therefore the mill own
ers deem it good policy to "mark time"
until clearer views can be obtained re
garding the future price of raw cotton,
as wcll as the efliciency of labor.
The mill agents for bleached goods
continue to entcr good orders "at
valuc," which nieans that the mills will
not make up the goods until prices have
been determincd.
Prices for unhleaehed goods were
held at stitf levels, but business was
light, except for odd-lot sales that were
made mostly by convcrters, who, hav
ing bought goods at lowcr prices. deem
the present a propitious time to take
pfofits. Some of the mills have taken
a decided stand against selling goods
to those porsons who, they suspect,
merely want the fabric- for the pur
pose of conducting speculative sales,
and not in order to pass them along
into channels of consumntion.
Bnrlap in <iood Demand
Good sales of burlap were made in
the local market yesterday, the news
received from Calcutta indicating that
prices there were strong. Reports ?
from Dundeo, where high-grade bur
laps are made, told of advancing price
levels. Importers at New York quoted
8-OUnce burlap at 101., cents a yard,
while the grade known as lOV^-ounce
was held at 11.80 cents per yard.
To Organizc Nationally
Final steps in the formation of the
National Association of Sweatcr and
Knittcd Textile Miyiufact tirers, an af
tiliation of local associations centred
in New York, Clcveland, Milwaukoo
and I'hiladelphia, will he ttiken next
Wcdncsday.
A special meeting to he held at the
Manufacturers' Club, Philadelphia, has
been callcd for the ratification of hy
laws. The work of the coming year
will he planned at the meeting.
The atliliated organizations which
will go into the new trade body are
the Sweatcr and Knittcd Textile Man?
ufacturers' Association, Eastern Dis
trict; Clovcland Knit Goods Manufac?
turers' Association, Sweatcr Manufac?
turers' Association of the Middle
Wcst, and the Sweatcr and Fancy Knit
Coods Manufacturers' Association,
Pennsylvania District.
Krstriotions on KxporlH of
Leather to Norway Off
All restrictions on the cxportation of
leather to Norway have been removed
and general cxpor) licenses tire now
available. During the war the Scandi
niivinn countries became heavy pur?
chasers of American leather, the ex
ports from the United Statos to Nor?
way, Denrnark and Swedem almost
doubling in valuo from 1913 to 1!)1?.
American tanners are making a par
ticular effort to huild up business with
the Scandinavians because they are
recognized as being the only European
countries in a position to make heavy
purchasea at present prices and makt.
prompt pnyments. Another factor thav
! is helping to devclop this trade is
| the favorablo rate of money exchango
|letwecn the United States and Scandi
navia.
Work on Women's Fall
Garments Will Be Rushed
[anufacturers Say Highcr Wages Will In?
crease Cost of Production, but This Sea
son's Models Will Be Made of Better Cloths
Full speed ahead Is the order of the
day in the cloak, suit and skirt in
dustry, The ratification of peace terms
betwcen the manufacturers and wnrk
crs yesterday, settling the strike, re
moves one of the big barriers which
has held up the trade for a couplc
of weeks.
Saul Singer, president of the Cloak,
Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Associa?
tion, said yesterday that many of the
workers would resume their old places
to-day and that the entire industry
would exert all its energics to produce
fall merchandise for which the buyers
are clamoring.
"Many of the manufacturers have
big fall orders already on their books."
he said, "and are anxious to get started
on the new season. Buyers have been
watching the strike situation closely
and will be glad to know that the labor
trouble is now passed and that the
manufacturers will be in a position to
, supply their wants speedily. Those
. manufacturers who were not fortunate
enough to have their fall samples in
: readiness hefore the strike came, >vill
rush their new models to complet'on
and have them ready for the inspection
of buyers wiihin a few weeks. I think
Yesterday's commcrcial paper mar?
ket was quiet. The rate is generally
quoted at f, '? t per cent, with 5 per
cent commanded by cxceptional names,
while a few names not well known
must. still accept BMj per cent.
The supply of paper coming out has
shown no improvemcnt. To the solici
tations of their brokers business firms
merely reply that they cannot use the
money. A leading bankcr just rcturned
from a three weeks' trip through the
larger Western cities predicts a great
increase in industrial borrowing in the
not distant future. "Business con
cerns throughout the country are
already extending lines for heavy bor
rowings," he says, and expresses the
belief that hefore long the commcrcial
paper rate will he at 6 per cent. He
finds that, contrary to general impreTT
sion, money is not plentiful in banks
in the West. The member banks are
hcavily indebtcd to the various Federal
Reserve institutions as a result of
government linancing. He adds as
! further factors tending to maintain
rates the continued issuo of Treasury
ce tificates of indcbtedness and Euro
' pean financing. He has noticed a
growing appreciation of the value of
the bank acceptanccs.
Great interest was takcn hy the
money market in the remarks by the
National City Bank in its monthly
circular issued yesterday that "as the
Trade Notes
Silk manufacturcis rccently rcported
to the Silk Association of America
that the raw silk in the linishcd fabric
reprcscnted from 30 to 7.'> per cent of
the total manufacturing cost.
I'nited Statcs Trade Commissioner
K. (1. Mcars reports that British and
French manufacturers are planning to
hold a series of industrial expositions
in the Zappeion Palace, Athens, Greece.
The Britisli goods will be exhibited
from Septembcr to the end of the
current year. Therenfter there will be
a display of French chemical products,
jitid arrangements are being made for
an exposition of I'rcnch articlcs dc
lu xe.
Prior to the war tho Greek market
for manufactured goods of all kindr
that inside of two weeks the industry
will be as busy as it ever has been. '
Mr. Singer said the recent strike was
charatterized by no disorder and had
given les.s trouble to the city authori
ties and to the citizens iti general
than any prcvious strike in the trade.
"It was an orderly strike," he said.
"and I think workers and employers
tilike are glad that it is over. It is
too carly to predict the ultimate effect
of the new wage scale. Formerly 75
per cent of the production in the indus?
try was on a piqca work basis. Now
the entire trade will work on the
weekly wage rate. This may slow down
production to a certain extent. and it
surely will increase our labor costs.
For this reason fall merchandise will
be higher in price."
Other manufacturers concurred in
Mr. Singer's remarks on the present
trade situation. They all agreed that
prices will be higher for the fall sea
son, but most of them asserted that
the quality of material to be used in
women's outer garmcnts for the com?
ing season will he superior to last
year. Thus, while a woman will not
be able to btiy her clothing any
cheaper, she will get a better article
for her money than last year.
Treasury must continue to borrow
largely (and the Secretary has statoel
that there will not be another gen?
eral lonn campaign, this mcans that
he will he looking to the banks. Busi?
ness is now reviving and prices have
recovered from the decline which fol
lowed upon the armistice. An un
preccdentcd amount of bank credit
will be required to handle this year's
crops, and, finally, if this country is
to respond to the dllty to which it !s
called in world affairs it must supply
a large amount of credit for that pur
I pose." The conclusion drawn was that
| "cheap money is not to he expected,
'and any relaxation must he tem
porary."
In the bank acceptance market the
inflow of new b i 11s contirues to be
' gratifying, but demand is still poor.
Las? week and the wcck bcfor'e last
were bad, and dealers are hoping that
this week will not be as discouraging.
, Some of the quietness yesterday was
i ascribed to the fact that .t was the
first day of the new month and that
some banks may have been concerned
with dividend and interest semi
annual payments. The call rate ruled
at ti per cent. The flurry to 10 per
cent, at the close was not encouraging.
Fifteen to sixty day price trade ac
ceptances were quotcd at 5 and 5Vi
per cent; sixty to ninety days, 5 and
5'.'. per cent; indorsed trade aecept
ances, 1M> per cent, all maturities.
was controlled largely by the Ger
mans.
Warm Weathcr Helps Sale of
Women's Lighlweight Suits
i The warm wcather of the last few
[days has stimulated business in wom
; en's coats and suits of :tlk fabrics,
1 according to leading apparel jobbers.
Rctailers rushed in orders for imme
diate delivery for suits of combined
, taffcta and georgctte, all taffeta and
f other silk fabrics.
1'p until the present the summer
season was said to have been a dis
j tinctly dress season, and it w;is be
, lieved that the majority of women '
| would prefer dresses to iightweight
J suits during the hot weather. Busi?
ness in summer dresses has been re
mnrkable and it, now nppe'ars that
Iightweight suits will share in the gen?
era! prosperity in the apparel indusVv
Bi
isic
Co
mmodities
?Inne 2, 1919
(Note.?In those case~ wherc no transactiona
prices are given.)
METALS
Monday. Sr
Pig iron.No. 2 Fdry.pcr ton (Pittsb'gh) $28.15 5
Lead, per lb. .05.25
Copper, per lb. jgi ??
Kpelter, per lb. (cast of St. Louis). .06.25
Antimony, per lb. .0634
Tin, per lb .72'2
PRECIOUS METALS
Platinum, per oz..;.$105.00 $1
Silver, per oz. 1.0938
CHEMICALS
Sulphuric acid, 20' oleum, per ton. $19.00 $
Sulphuric acid, 66", per ton. 16.50
Nitric acid, per lb. .08
Caustic soda, 76%, per 100 lbs. 2.75
Soda ash, 58% light (bbls.), per 100 lbs. 1.75
Phenol, U. S. P. (carloads), per lb. .08' z
Glyccrine, dynamite, per lb. .21
Glycerine, crudc, per lb. .09! 2
Glycerine c. p. (in drttniR). .21
Alcohol (denat.), per gal.45- .48
Alcohol (non.-bev.), per gal. 4.90
Nitrate of soda, 95%, per 100 lbs. 4.07'/2
Bcnzol, c. p.,. .25
Toluol, pure . .25
COTTON
Middling tipland, per lb. 32.80
SILKS
Japan filature, No. 1, Shinshiu, per lb.. 8.35
Chlna-stcam filature, best, No. 1, per lb, 8.75
Canton filature, Ex. Ex. A, per lb. 6.60
HIDES AND LEATHER
Hides, clty slaughter, Rprcad, per lb.... .41
Hidcs, city, nat. utrs., sel., 60 or over, lb .40
talfskins, city, 9 to 12 lbs., per skin... 7.60
Lcather, hemlock solc:
Overweights, No. 1, per !b. .55
Middlewelghts, N'o. 1. per lb. .53
RUBBER*
Para, tip-river, fine, per lb . .551
Parn, tip-river, coarsc, per lb. .461 ?>
Plan., 1?t latex, pale, crepe, per lb. .42
I'lan., brown, crepe. thin, clean, per lb. . .451 2
Plan., rihbrd smokcd sheets, per lb. 34
*Quotations for spot rubber only.
wcrc reported tho "bid"
turdaj.
128.15 '
-05.25
.10' 2
?0634
.72'2
05.00
1.081,
19.00
16.50
.08
2.75
1.70
.08!
.17
.C91
2V/
.45
4.90
4.07'/2
.25
.25
33.15
Week
?go.
$2P,.15
.05.25
.16' .
.06.2*7'
.063^
.72' ,
$105.00
1.04?
.18
.48
9.00
6.50
.03
2.65
1.60
.073.
.17
.C9'
.21'
.45
4.90
4.07'/-,
.25'
.25
34.C0
Year
ago.
534.23
?07!/8
.23'2
2 .07' 4
.13
1.01
$100.08
1 .99' 2
$32.00
No market
1.60
1.60
.48
.60
.51
? 16',
./1
4.95
4.35
29.00
Foreign Trade a
Balance Wlieel for
Needle Industries
Manufacturers of Men's and
Boys* Cloiliins; Say Sales
to Other Countries Yield
More Tiian Monev Profit
Foreign trade offers the one and only
counterbalance to the seasonable char
acter of the men's clothing industry,
aceording to a bulletin issued by the
American .Men's and Boys' Clothing
Manufacturers' Association. Busy and
slack scasons, it is contended, have re
tarded the full devclopment of the
trade and are the cause of many disa
greements between the labor and capi?
tal elcments in tlie industry.
"If it were possible to utilize the
prcsent idle months for the manufact?
ure of goods marketable abroad," says
the bulletin. "the whole riddle would be
solved and the old bone of contention
between omployers and cmployes re
moved.
"Now is the time to make the test.
Ever since the signing of the armistice
the message has been sent between
New York and Chicago and all the in
termediary markets, that unless Amer?
ican manufacturers take immediate
advantage of the trade opportunities
offered both directly and indirectly
through the industrial dislocation
which has made all of Europe de
pendent upon America for the next
few years, the big chance of a century
will be missed. When we study the
figures showing the export turnover
in our linc in the past wi cannot but
be shocked at the complaisance with
which America's clothing manufact?
urers have sat back and permitted
Germany, Great Britain and other
European nations to satisfy world
needs to which we could have catered
with immense profit.
"Conditions have developed which
hardly enable our former rivals to re
spond to the demands of their own
populations, much less to the call from
elscwherc. We do not for a single
moment rccommend a mad competitive
|-ace for foreign trade with the nations
who are suffering from war shock, nor
do we suggest that America should
try t<> grab their home markets. Such
unfairness is foreign to the American
way. V. hat we do mean to say, how?
ever, is that there is an urgent de?
mand :<?>)? American goods in nearly
every country on the globe, and that
to take advantage of it is not only
legitimate but. part of the world ser
vice which we must render unless we
care to plead guilty to indifference.
"But it is not so much the actual
money-making of foreign trade which
v. e look unon as its greatest induce
menl to the needle industries. It is
tiie lattcr's seasonable character which !
makes outlcts i*fc addition to those
which v ,? posscss of the greatest de
sirability. We have arrived at a point
in our relations to labor where peace
and harmony seem fairly assured, and
wherc they are nevcrtheless in con
tinuous danger from interruption
through the fact that we are unable
to give steady employment to our
workers. Under these circumstances
we cannol hone to proceed as smoothly
as those who purcue an unbroken
coursc fifty-two weeks in the year. If
foreign trade offers us the chance to
put the needle industries on the same
basis with other manufacturing
branches. i: would certainly he the
very heighl of unwisdom not to try for
it. even though the initial profits are
not exactly in proportion to the effort."
Leathcr
British Import Kmbargo
on Sole Leather Still Is
Effective
Reports current in the leather trade
for some time to the efl'ecl that Great
Britain had removed the import re
strictions on sole leather were dis
pelled yesterday when the Tanners'
Council received ofl'icial notificatio'n
that the ombargo still oxists. Several
weeks ago the British authoritics an
nounced the lifting of the embargo on
uppcr leather, permitting immediate
importation of leather purchased prior
to April 8. Previously offal and buff
hides were admitted into England.
Aceording to the information oh
tained by the Tanners' Council, sole
leather cannot be imported into Great
Britain until June 30, although no offi
cial announcement has been made hy
the British ofiicials concerning a
change in the prescnt restrictions. Sir
Percy Paniels, hcad of the British pur
chasing agents here, is reported to
have completed his purchases of leather
in the United States, but English mer
chants are said t.<> he buying the bet
ter gr-nde of leather available in the
local m&rkot. "??
Siamrso Buy A4arrit Clocks
American-made alarm clocks are
salling readily in foreign markets. The
largest orders come from England. One.
manufacturer yesterday closed an or?
der for the shipment of a large as
sortment of clocks. including many
alarms, to Bangk|>k, Siam.
L
lUeetinfrs and
Conveniions
( harles M. Haskins, secretary of tiie
Xational Association of Waste Matcrial
Dealers, has called the regular quarter
ly meeting of the organization for June
17. It will be held here. The headquar
ters have been removed from Boston
and are now located in the Times Build
ing. The formal opening of the quar
ters, with a reccption for members, will
take place on June 16.
Members of the pneumatic tire man?
ufacturers' division and the solid tire
manufacturers' division of the Kubher
Association of America will hold a
meeting al the Hotol Chalfontc, Atlantic
City. on June 23. Horace r>e Lisser, of
the Ajax Itubber Company, was recent
ly appointed a member of the executive
committee of the pneumatic tire manu?
facturers' division, succeeding H. L.
Mc-i'lai-en. rcsigned,
The druggists' sundriea division of
the Rubber Association of America will
hold a meeting at tho Yalo Club on
June 10 to 11.
Furs
Skunk Skins Sold Above
Market Prices at Fur
Auction
Prices higher than present market
quotations were paid for skunk skins
yesterday at the opening of the auc?
tion of the Metropolitan Fur Exchangc.
The first lot put up for sale brought
$6.70 a skin and the second $6.40. For
less desirable pelts the price ran from
?2.05 for first and second broads to
?5.80 for first longs.
Forty-eight extra large No. 1 dressed
beaver skins brought $26 each. The
remainder of the 399 beaver pelts of?
fered brought from $4 for the third
and fourth e-rades to $20.25 for the best
quahty. Silver foxes, for which there
appeared to be few buyers. fluctuated
between $70 and $305 a skin. Black
foxes sold at $57.50 and $55. Cross
foxes brought from $M to $37 50- gray
foxes, $3.50 to $3.75; Patagonian foxes
$1.10; Kitt foxes, $2.50; Japanese
foxes. $6; South American foxes, $3.25;
squirrels, 32 cents to $1 a skin;
weasels, 15 cents; moles, 15 to 40
cents; raecoons, $2.50 to $4; lynx, $5.50
to $8.50; fishers, $65 to $125; martens,
$20 to $80; Russian sables, $90 to
$150; wolves, $14 to $20, and red foxes,
$11 to $43.
A little more than half of the cata
logue was disposed of yesterday. The
sale will be resumed this moriiing at
10 o'clock. The total offerings in the
sale are valued at $1,000,000. More
than 200 buyers are ?aid to have visited
the auction yesterday.
Purchasers at the auction may clear
their goods by paying 25 per cent of
the purchase price and signing thirty.
sixty or ninety day trade acceptances
for the remainder. H js believed that
this is the first time that trade ac?
ceptances have heen used at a fur auc?
tion sale.
Chemicals
Firnier Market Reported
for Caustic Soda and
Soda Ash
Caustic soda is reported to be more
firmly held. Rapid consumption of
spot stocks has strengthened the mar?
ket. Manufacturers quote $3 per hun
dred pounds, while second hands name
$2.75 delivered.
Soda ash steadily is gaining in
strength. The principal demand is
for light ash in single bags, this be?
ing held at $1.00 to $1.65. There is
comparatively little interest in the
light and dense material in barrels.
Small lots of bichromate of potash
for export have been sold at 28 cents
per pound. Dealers continue to name
8 to 8*4 cents for bichromate of soda,
but these prices are being shaded in
an effort to stimulate business.
British Shijfping Companies
Renew Saiiings to Arcentine
BUENOS AYRES, June 1.?The For
eign Office publishes a telegram from
the Argentine Consul in London stat
ing that shipping companies are renew
ing their sailings to Buenos Avres.
ii s i ii e s s
S'cheduleft in Bankruptcy
Pchedules In bankruptcy filed yesterday
In the United States Diatricl Court were as
follows:
NEW JERREY FEI/r SHOB COMPANY
1M' Schedules of the Jeraey Fclt sm?
Company, Inc, manufacturers of felt sltp
pers, Ml Worcester Streot. show tiabiltupa
nf $107,183 and assets $52.ni7 Spcured
claims arp; Coleman ?? ''" . $33,000; Contl
nental i 'redit i 'orporat lon - '. i 'hat
i u i and Phenix National Bank, $1
l 'nsecun '1 claims an Kelt.er Compi n
JS.320; s Sinale A Son. {:.:.?<<>. F fl< rai
Trusl '',,', panj . N'pwark. N. .1 . J I I 000
Kai l .1 Kief. r, -v !. ? "" UpvI ,v Storn, :?:?'>
Broadwa v . ;u ?? I :??? attoi
DAV1D REICHBNRERG Sehedules of
Davld Relchi nb >::. grocer, 281 BleecKT
Strept. show liabilities of *vsn and ns
sets of $;..275. Principal claims in Wpsi
ehester Macaroni, $:170: Otto Goetz, $156;
Morris Keltel, $500. Morrison & Schiff.
::_?" Broadway, are the attornevs
EDt'CATIOXAl, D1STRIBUT1NG C'OR
P( ?>: \TI< i\ Schedules of the Educatlonal
Dlstributlng Corporatlon, distributing ;?',.?
lng picture 01m?, 2 Vv'est Korty-ltfth
Street, show liabilities of $44,398 ana as
??????? $43 I0l Principal claims are: E. n
I.ysle, $7."'in: Educational Films Corpora?
tlon, $8,936; Thomas J. Edwards, $25 000
Edward A. Pfeffer, 165 Broadway, is the
THE WESTERN PETROLEUM COM?
PANY OF NEW YORK- Schedulea of the
Wpstprn Petroleum Companv of New V'orh
17 Battery Place, show liabilities of ."17?
660 and assets of $208,755 .?'? i .? ? |
claims arp; General American TaiiK ear
1 'i rporation, $1 1.705. Unseeured claims
Cosdi n & Co . $13.70S; General Refining
' ' '" pan> . $43,386; i 'oni Inent n i and ('om ?
on relal Nat ional Bank of i '? Ii go, $ ii ! 6 !S
A 1). NpwpII, $50,010; .). 10 G^rri di Ite
J 1.0. Gustave J. Rosi n, 233 Broadway
Is it;,- attorney.
Petition in Bankruptcy
I.OUIS GOLDSTEIN?An Involuntary
petition agalnst Louls Goldstein, manu
facturer of plate mirrors, 231-233 Bnwcry
shows liabilities of $14,600 and asspfs
? 1,500. Principal i laims are; Joseph Elias
S Co., $540: Eureka Glass Works, $17;
Thomas Potts, $120. Samuel Duberstp?n
? I '.? rk Row, is t he attorney.
Discharges ln Bankruptcy
.Tudge A, X. Iland ln the United Stat?s
Dlstrict Court yesterday grantcd dlu
uharges to thp following bankrupts
Ctarence \V. Giesen, John i'. Sncath,
Rablnowttz Davis, Steit Berger, Pete
Venturp. John A. Bennett, Bcnjamln I,ieb
owltz, Henry Harris, Allce J. Mann, Clar
encc V. Fannlng, fsidore Word
kowltz, Margarel 1. Palge, Henry Got
tried. Rosen ,v- Merinsky, Aaron Sacks
and Bmtl Wagner.
Judgments Fileil
Tho following judginptits wpre filed
yestPiday, the Orst nai le being that of the
' ?!? btor:
In New York County
Andrews, Krank M. -c. E
Thorn . $1,001.13
?S p '' 10 Thorn . 190113
Siimi It \V White . 1.559 29
? ' '?:? Samp . U699 29
Shiiip R \V w !,,,.- ,-t -,; . i(OS0 52
UernngnsEzI, Wni P and Ferdl
"?""I (W. P. Bernagozzl ,t
Bro i 13 N Cadenasso . . . In,lt2 61
BppH, Harry S- Hugo Lehman ( >.
Pluckthon . 1 nf.n "o
Bui hman, f.lpber, Aron Bucn
1 ian, Isldore Buchman and ?
Mnx Malspl H Hausman r\ ,, i r. ^t i(
Cow I, Ktanton I' A It Kighl . 102 1 l
Ulrkstein, Kamuel Aetna Accl
?!? nt .v- Mabillty Co. of llart -
, '''?'?''? t'onn. 137..to
, De < arvalho, Anna V. and Tenjon
\s ettllng ox'rs E. I. Johnston
et al. 34R5"S
Emfleld, John?Uttleflold Stabics,
. ,''"'? ',.,.' 252.15
| 540 Realty Corp?Pan-Amerlcan
Warchousc Co., Inc. l*"",*
Flemlng. Mary o Bausch, costs ios'95
Grudberg, Klmon C- M. l >.-:?t ?. 177 ?o
Gnlvin, I'tuiB \V.- A. Schwe'ller
,. el "'? ?;???:.;?;,. 11771
Gangcl, .inroh and hannio 1
Tompklna . 311 60
Glnbo X Huttf^r Fire Ins 1',,
iiiel Oncar R. Hounton Trex
l.-r Lumber Co. " 04? "??
i Hirsehflnld, Davld- B. Longu
b irdl . 2 431 4?
Hommond, John C M. KPtton 1 036 69
Interborough Kapbl Tranalt i ,>
w: A. Smlth . C.00.00
I Importnl Curtaln i'?, in.-. f
I H. Woolen Milla Cu..,,?,,.,^ 359.77
OJeathers .u Dness
| \tfetght Jersey Clolhs
These superh knitted
fabrics are of the fin
est of their type and
make up into gar
ments of wondcrful
grace and matchless
elcgance.
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Standard Employmeni
Exchange
200 BROADHA1
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YORK
U. 8. A.
Selling Agents fot
.Manufacturers
Export. Write for
particuiars. P. 0.
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No. S.
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KAUR1C
, ' ,le ,;"'' rmiK i,i, throngli t ho Mat< rlal
pisposal Kpction of the Air s. rvl, ??. v .,<>,.
ington, and its Dislrlct < iffli es, ? I . fter
1 ?? a quantity of Cotton Fal ; . ?i
It' m No 1 Cotton Airp I ?,-, ;.,
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Item No. 2?Cotton Balli on Cioth 3 ' In \a
-t' in. ? ld< . :? i.. 7 vds. tn i
ltem No. :: Airplanc Tape. from ? li -0
? ? \i In. w 111 e.
Full Informal lon i ? gnr ling co ti ? ?
!' ?' -ups. etc . also sanipl. s rIioh ? i
goods linlshed. prlnti d and <i\ ???>, |
mereial use, cai fio ubtaim d fi ;. ?
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N< w York, N V , ,:?;?! M,, | . ?. ..
Bostnn. Mas ,., Uttl<
D troit, Mii-li., 1550 Wood ivan ' >
Chii ago, 111.. 1216 Coi
Buffalo, N r., 2 100 IClni
Da\ ton, i ii.:.,. S10 Mutual ll,,n .? |
San Fi mcl co. Calif. 504 I'o ,
Comrminications bIiouW hn ??
the D1STRICT M \N VUKR '? ? *
Finance Division, Man rl .; D , ,. s lon."
Fair Export Trade in Colors
Wool Green S and Patent Blue con
tinue in strong demand, but o(T< rings
are : carce.
Export trading i <,-- fair value. Or?
ders from the Orienl cover ma ichit*
green crystals, brilliant green crys
tals, mcthyl \ iolel and fuchsinc crys?
tals. Soutli America is buying direet
black, sulphur black, Congo red and
acid black. There is a good
demand for auramine also.
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No\ 19, 1918 .
? Bloomflold, Max -B. IH-oi k
May 13, 1918
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