Cotton yarn prices rise as buyers seek supplies
May 17 report notes steady movement of cotton yarn with irregular local quotations. Spinners hold all desired business and shipments extend to November. Weavers struggle to obtain desired delivery while commission houses report no stock to sell. Advances of 15 a yard possible for next Spring season. Women wear market expects higher costs for Spring 1916 and dye, labor costs push prices. Garment makers switch styles when certain patterns unavailable.
Stylish Dress Goods In First Preparedness Sale
Readable summary of a textile sale featuring spring and summer weaves at low prices. Highlights include wool dress goods 50c to 59c, novelty cottons, palm beach cloths, Sicilian and Pekin stripe fabrics, velour cuttings, and stripe basket coats. Multiple widths and colors offered at sales prices.
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Zollinger
Wee Viain
Palm Beach
Price Pressures in Wool and Dyes Cause Higher Costs
A May 17 Journal of Commerce quotation notes buyers see less fault due to fixed costs. Domestic wool markets remain firm with high yarn prices and dyes and materials rising, pushing wages to recent peaks. Agents attribute sustained high prices to these factors.
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Neual
Embargo Extension Hits Indian Shipments Report
The Journal of Commerce on May 19 notes extended embargoes on certain Indian shipments. A local market upheaval occurred yesterday as the embargo pressurized trade flows and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Commerce
India
Advances on Fall Carpets and Rugs Seen
The New York American reports advances on fall lines of carpets and rugs yesterday. Several lines have captured a large share of business since the season began, with withdrawals expected in the next few days. Opening prices have restrained large order flow as agents carry most of the early season workload.
Manufacturers Face Unrest in Textile Industry
The New York Commercial cites rising labor tension on May 16, warning that continued operative demands could close mills indefinitely. Large cotton underwear and knit fabric makers withhold Spring 1917 prices as cotton yarn costs soar, adding wage disputes to the burden.
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New York
Corset Firms Announce Immediate Price Increases
The Warner Bros. Corset Co announces revised prices for Warner's and Redfern Corsets due to higher raw material and labor costs. The notice lists no specific figures, but notes price increases. The same message is echoed by Gossard Nemo American Lady and other corset concerns.
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Warner's
Redfern
Gossard
Nemo
American Lady
Distributors of Wash and White Goods Show Anxiety
The New York Times May 1 issue notes distributors fear rising prices for fancy cotton goods. It signals tighter supply and anticipated higher costs for wash and white textiles in the near future.
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New York Times
Publishers Explain Britannica Price Increases In Times
The New edition publishers announce price hikes in the New York Times half page. Copper and quinine rise 100 percent each along with sugar and other items. Fertilizers, steel, and teather show substantial increases, with the note the figures speak for themselves.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
New York “Times
Railroad delays push food prices higher amid rising demurrage
The article notes railroads delaying or refusing shipments worsen present conditions. Demurrage charges climbing from $1 to $2 daily indicate prices will rise as merchants struggle to obtain needed foods.
Jewelry Novelties Steady Demand Across Popular Styles
Demand for gold top brooches with etched stone settings remains high. Silver mesh hats pins with pearl tops appeal to tailored and sailor hats. German silver mesh bags offered in frames and solder mesh at special prices.
Preparedness Sales On Spring and Summer Apparel
Zollinger's second floor offers spring and summer suits coats dresses and blouses in newest distinctive modes. Prices are stated as unmatched elsewhere and urge shoppers to prepare by buying what they need for the present and future.
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Zollinger
Garment line highlights gabardine to silk fabrics
A fashion listing showcases garments in Gabardine, Poplin, Serge, Poiret Twill and silk fabrics. Special designs include larger sizes up to 63 bust for stout women. Regular prices range 16.75 to 64.50, now reduced to 12.98 to 39.50.
New Styles in Girls Washable Dresses and Skirts
New washable girls dresses and white P. K. sports skirts highlighted with colorings, yokes, striped collars, trimmings and pleated skirts. Dresses come in plaids and chambrays with two tone materials. Sale price S$ 55 and ladies white sports skirts in multiple sizes offered at 145.
Special Preparedness Sale Dresses at Bargain Prices
Special Preparedness Sale offers washable summer dresses priced from 4.85 to 24.85 with styles for all occasions. About one hundred dresses in various materials and colors including Linen and Voices, presenting a wide selection and affordable options.
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Beacon
Ribbon Sale Brings Wide range of Fancy Ribbons
Bargain rack offers 100 pieces of ribbon totaling 1000 yards with 4 to 6 inch widths in prints from Dresden to jacquard. Also 1000 yards of fancy ribbons in patterns with satin borders and oriental designs priced from 45 to 86 cents per yard. See Lollinger's center main floor.
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Dresden
Lollinger
Textile specials advertise 86 inch suitings and ginghams
An ad fragment lists 86 inch suitings in bleached at 19 cents per yard and 15 pieces in 10 colors, plus Lancaster and Amoskeag apron ginghams in fast indigo brown and green checks, plus sateens and silkolines in oriental floral designs with preparedness pricing.
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Eure
Trish lAnen
Palm Beach
Lancaster
Amoskeag
Handsome Summer Blouses in Tailored Sports Models
A brief note highlights sports models in Ratine Stripes Plain White Voiles Candy Stripes and Colored Voiles. The catalog promises attractive materials and smart tailoring with prices indicated as higher than a dollar.
New Corsets and Brassieres From Warner Bros Co In Canton
Hundreds of corsets and brassieres arrive in two shipments totaling 280 dozen. Prices rise regular 1.00 to 1.25 but fairs stay at old prices due to preparedness. Canton exclusive agents for Warner's Redfern and Gossard keep a large stock and showcase Navy, Nemo, Rengo Belt, Grecian Treeo and Treco Girdles. Warner and B and J brassieres feature prominently with values at 25 cents.
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Warner Bros. Co
Ohio
Canton
Warner's
Redfern
Gossard
Warner’s
New Bay State Corsets Offer Special Sale Prices
Two new Bay State Corsets priced at $1.00 each including Summer Nets on sale for preparedness. Wonderful new pressieres priced at 50 cents. Zollinger's, second floor, promotes the sale.
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BAY State
Prassieres
Zollinger's
Hosiery Preparedness Price Advancements At Zollinger's
Local retailer Zollinger's rear main floor advertises price cuts on women’s hosiery with bold claims of stocking up before exhaustion. Fibre silk hose and thread silk hose drop from 59c to 50c per pair, Wayne Knit Lisle hose also featured as an unusual value for today’s market.
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Wayne
Zollinger
Madras
Preparedness Items and Fashion Goods at Zollinger's Display
Unusual collar and cuff sets in Boudoir Caps and nets with laces and ribbons. Silk chiffon veils hem stitched in size 36x63 inches. Silk chiffon veils priced at 1.25 dollars and leather hand bags with new grain leathers and silk linings shown as remarkable values at Zollinger's on the center main floor.
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Zollinger’s
The Daylight Store Sales Promise Endures
A historic ad copy extols reliability as the store’s core principle. It stresses that when a big sale is announced it is truly big and that the merchandise is “all that we promise, and a wee bit more.” Customers are described as consistently returning.
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Zollinger
Civil War Prices On Dry Goods From 1864 Bulletin
A reprinted August 27 1864 bulletin from Claflin & Co New York shows net cost prices to retailers for over a hundred staple dry goods items. The note compares those prices to today noting dramatic differences while clarifying 1864 figures were merchant costs not consumer prices.
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If. B. Claflin & Co
New York City
Hollinger's Fifth Floor Furniture Sale Ad
Prepared edness shows on the fifth floor with furniture priced 10 to 20 percent lower earlier. Bedroom and dining room suites and decor are described as high class with exclusive lines in Canton and vicinity. Also summer furniture porch swings wicker rattan lamps and shades offered at reasonable prices.
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Canton
Rug sale emphasizes old stock patterns and prices
The notice touts 9x12 Brussels and Axminster Rugs in 11x12 sizes with preparedness discounts. It lists Wilton and Royal Wilton options, noting savings versus standard prices, with specific figures such as 47.50 for a 9x12 Wilton rug and 13.50 to 38.50 ranges for different rug sizes and patterns.
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Axminster
Brown Trading Stamps Redemption Offer on Five Floors
We guarantee and redeem Brown Trading Stamps. Full books load for three dollars in merchandise of your choice on any of our five floors. Records and ictrolas excluded.
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Brown
Silk Prices Seen Rising Ahead of Trade Start
A clipped New York Times item quotes a silk merchant predicting much higher prices as demand grows. Buyers risk interest charges and stock carrying costs if they delay purchases, with a trade restart looming and prices expected to climb.
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New York Times
Ell
China Chinaware Firm Reports Higher Prices in New York
A leading New York chinaware importer notes May 1st difficulties in obtaining goods for stock and reduced supply. They announce price increases for repaired or cash lots for immediate delivery to reflect tighter supply conditions.
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New York
We Are Unable To See Supply and Demand
In a May 11 note from Geyer's Stationer the piece cites Selling Help to claim raw materials are scarce and costly. It argues that despite modern machinery and labor methods, production cannot meet supply and demand.
Upholsterer Quotes Manufacturer on Supply Shortages
A upholsterer quotes a major manufacturer warning that relief for material shortages is unlikely for a long time. Dye stuffs are scarce, labor is tight, and conditions for securing goods remain acute across all kinds of story goods.
Fibre Silk Hose Prices Rise Across Grades
The New York American notes mills and manufacturers face wage pressures and rising production costs. Raw materials are tight and piece goods mills are pressed to raise prices to offset higher wage schedules.
Sweaters Mills Face Dye Shortage and Weak Wool Supply
The May 1 Women’s Wear notes sweater mills are hit by a wool shortage and dye issues. Manufacturers complain of unavailable colors and unsatisfactory dye fastness affecting production.
Cutters Up of Woolen Facing Hard Struggle
The Hes ton Advertiser notes garment makers are squeezed by rising yardage costs and retailer pressure to keep garment prices down. Manufacturers either sacrifice profit or push costs into construction.
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Heston Advertiser
General wallpaper price rise cited by New York firm
Richard E. Thibaut Inc of Madison Avenue in New York announces a general price increase for all grades of wallpaper. The move follows widespread cancellation of material contracts and purchase on a volatile market with higher costs.
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Richard FE. Thibaut
Richard E. Thibaut Inc
Madison
32Nd-St
New York
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Hill
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China
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