Textile Trade Booms Amid Global Shifts in 1902
The wholesale and retail dry goods markets show broad prosperity in 1902 with higher raw material prices and strong silk wool and cotton demand. US mills expand capacity in the South and print fabrics advance. imports shift toward novelty designs, knitwear grows, and new large stores multiply nationwide while outlook for 1903 remains favorable. The silk industry gains from rising demand and prices, while dress goods and neckwear rise with fashion.
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Confrére
New Jersey
Farten
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Samuel H. Ditchett
the Dry Goods Economist
Rise of the Oriental rug trade in American commerce
The article traces the rise and transformation of Oriental rug imports to the United States from Persia and the broader East, noting how early imports were rare, varied in quality, and dependent on distant invoices. It explains how demand shifted from antiquities to established commerce, with collectors reshaping markets and older pieces becoming curiosities. The piece ends by outlining efforts to stabilize trade and build a durable foundation for continued growth.
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Persia
Tabiz
Meshed
United States
Orient
Turkey
Ispahan
America
Fur Trade Sees Demand For High Priced Skins
The fur trade reports strong demand for expensive articles led by Russian sable skins selling from $30 to $60. C C Shayne has just acquired sixty skins. The piece also chronicles H B Claflin Company's growth, leaders, and international branches, highlighting the rise of dry goods sales and notable founder Horace B. Claflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Shayne
Street scene with church and financial offices on Broad Street
Trinity Church blocks the view on Broadway as the U S Treasury statue Mashington stands to one side. On the left, the entry to J F Morgan’s office and banking house sits at the southeast corner of Broad and Wallets.
Demand soars for natural furs as prices soar high
Fur dealers report strong demand across varied species with sealskins leading value. Garments use many skins from Alaska and Northwest Coast sources, with muffs, cloaks, capes, robes and linings driving prices up. Matching shades and skilled workmanship push garment costs higher.
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Shayne
Alaska
Northwest Coast
Copper Island
Aleutian
Lobos Island
Cape Hope
Robbin Island
American Woolen Company’s Vast Mills Network and Leaders
The American Woolen Company runs 27 groups of 33 plants across 610 acres with 426,627 spindles and 6,497 looms employing 22,000. Capitalized at $20,000,000, the board includes Frederick Ayer, Will iam W. Wood, Edward W. Chapin, Joseph T. Shaw, and directors such as Charles R. Flint and Samuel P. Colt. Great care is taken in selecting the wool used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Woolen Company
He m
Frederick Ayer
Wiliam Wood
Edward W. Chapin
Joseph T. Shaw
William W. Wood
Charles R. Flint
James Phillips, Jr
Edwin C. Seift
John Ee Francis W. Kittredge
Samuel P. Colt
Edward
Chapin
J. Clifford Woodhull
C. L. Bausher & Co. A Cotton Goods History and Agents
C. L. Bausher and Co., long established in New York Boston and Chicago, operates at 32 24 and 36 Thomas Street New York. Originating in Boston with Gardiner Brewer & Co. they act as selling agents for Amoskeag Manufacturing and Amory Mills of Manchester New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Bausher& Co
C. L. Bausher & Co
New York
Boston
Chicago
Thomas St
Gardiner Brewer & Co
Amoskeay Manufacturing Company
Amory Mills
Manchester
N. H
Boettger and Hinze Silk Finishing Firm Notes Reputation
Boettger and Hinze of 50 Broome Street and 734 744 East 144th Street have built a reputation for careful and delicate work finishing broad silk goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boettger & Hinze
Broome St
East One-hundred
Battelle Hurd & Co. Drygoods Firm Offices Listed
Battelle Hurd and Co a leading drygoods commission firm with offices at 63 Worth Street New York and 1 Arch Street Boston operates from these addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battelle, Hurd & CO
Worth-st
New
Claflin Company Growth Highlights New York Commerce
The article praises New York City's rapid rise as a world commerce hub and highlights the steady expansion of the H. B. Claflin Company, noted as a leading importer and exporter, underscoring its pivotal role in the city’s commercial ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
H. B. Claflin Company
Newburg Bleachery Finishes Fine Cotton Goods
The Newburg Bleachery of Newburg New York with New York agents Joseph Chadwick & Sons at 346 Broadway bleaches and finishes fine cotton piece goods including shirtings sheetings drills and canton flannels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
N. Y
New-York
Joseph Chadwick & Sons
Broadway
Willam Carroll & Co Straw Hat Leader in U S Trade
Willam Carroll & Co a major New York City straw hat firm with Broadway addresses leads in wholesale and imported hats. Founded over twenty years ago the firm employs about five hundred at its Matawan New Jersey factory. Directors include William Carroll C T L Watson and G A Schrader. It is renowned for Porto Ricans and French palms and aims to introduce new shapes each season.
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Willam Carroll & Co
Broadway
New York City
Wiam Carroll
C. Tl. Watson
G. A. Schrader
William Carroll & Co
United States
Matawen
N. J
Cone Export and Commission Company Success in Cotton Goods
The Cone Export and Commission Company of New York and Greensboro has been highly successful in introducing cotton goods from the new Southern mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone Export and Commission Company
Worth St
New York
Greensboro
N. C
New Southern Mills
Doherty and Wadsworth Company Silk Makers of New York
The Doherty and Wadsworth Company of 138 140 Spring Street New York with mills at Paterson New Jersey are extensive manufacturers of dress and neckwear silks and have built up a large trade.
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Doherty & Wadsworth Company
Springst
New York
Paterson
N. J
Garrison Wright & Co Exandeavors in Trade at Broadway
Garrison Wright & Co importers of ladies dress trimmings laces and buttons operate from 536 Broadway and % Spring Street and run an extensive business in their line.
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Garrison, Wright & Co
Broadway
J W Goddard and Sons a Century in New York Trade
The dry goods firm J W Goddard and Sons established 1847 grew into a full range supplier of linings trims buttons braids and buckles with premises at 98 100 102 Bleecker Street. Captain F Norton Goddard leads the house and chairs civic efforts improving New York municipal government.
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J. W. Goddard
J. W. Goddard & Sons
United States
England
Europe
New York City
Williamst
Bleeckerst
Wilmer A. Baldwin
Joseph Mathers
F. Norton Goddard
Captain Goddard
United States Finishing Company of New Jersey and Rhode Island
The United States Finishing Company comprises three large woolen and cotton finishing plants in Palask New Jersey Pawtucket Rhode Island and Norwich Connecticut. Formed in 1899 with 5 million dollars capital it offers printing dyeing and finishing across many fabrics and employs thousands with unlimited capacity. The firm includes Norwich Bleaching Dyeing and Printing Dunnell Manufacturing Sterling Dyeing and Finishing Reed Barry Co. and reports enhanced facilities under unified management led by President J H Wright and Treasurer J Hunt Smith.
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United States Finishing Company
Palask
N. J
Pawtucket
R. I
Norwich
Conn
United States
United States Finishing Colony
J. H. Wright
J. Hunt Smith
Dunnell Manufacturing Company
Clarence Whitman & Co. The rise of a leading dry goods house
Clarence Whitman & Co a premier dry goods firm with offices in New York Chicago St Louis and Philadelphia and branches abroad has driven domestic manufacturing forward since 1878. The Whitman brothers built a trusted system fair dealing and strong credit expanding to a household name among jobbers and retailers. After E C Whitman’s death Clarence led the firm with partners James S Whitman E S Twining C Morton Whitman and L B Frieze Greeff & Co remain as Phoenix Silk agents.
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Clarence Whitman & CO
Leonard St
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
United States
B. C
Clarence Whitman
Drygoods Commission
Whitman
James
E. 5S
Twining
C. Morton Whitman
L. B. Frieze
Hoeninghaus and Curtiss Silk Merchants of Broomest Street
Hoeninghaus and Curtiss, composed of F Hoening haus and H W Curtiss, at No 469 475 Broomest street, are dry goods commission merchants dealing extensively in domestic and foreign dress silks ribbons novelties neckwear and related items.
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Hoeninghaus & Curtiss
F. Hoeninghaus
H. W. Curtiss
Broomest
Dry Goods Commission
Gunther’s Sons Fur House a Century of NY Trade
C G Gunther's Sons at 18 Fifth Ave, long established since 1220, is famed for fur import, manufacture, and handling. The firm offers deep knowledge and experience, with facilities to secure rare furs, skins, and pelts through nearly a century of connections.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Gunther's
C. G. Gunther
Arctic Circle
Tropics
Antarctic
New York
Fifth-ave
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Ures
New England
France
Switzerland
Horace B. Claflin
Wften
Milford
Mass
Worcester
Massachusetts
Claflin
Queen City
William F. Bulkley
Globe
Cedar St
H. B. Claflin
John Claflin
Edward E
John Capen Eames
Dexter N. Force
Stewart W. Eames
George E. Armstrong
Paris
Hamburg
Con
William Carroll
Cone Export 4Nd Commission Company
THE
Greeff
Greeff & Co
Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Company
Emil, Bernhard
Ernest F. Greeff
Hoeninghaus & Cltess
L. Spiegelberg & Sons
Cotte! Goods
Greene St
N.Y
Cotton Cloth and Yarn Brokers
Pray & BR ‘Otton
Market St
Providence
Gene H. Block
Mercer
N. S. Ee
Dyers and Bleachers
Abernheimer & Walter
Dyers OF
E. Howard's Son & Co
Fancy Goods and Notions
Mercer St
H. Fischer & CO
Reynier Freres
H. A. Caesar & CO
E. Berthaud
Annex
White St
Reynolds
Maggioni
Francesco Kid Gloves
Grand St
Cc. G. Gunther’s
Drygoods
K Victor
William Creighton
Mark H. Burch
Benj. P. Bailey
Creighton & Burch
Thomas JT
Mills & Gibb
Broadway and
J. Howard Sweetser
Howard P. Sweetser
Pres. Treae
George L. Putnam
V. Pres. & Sedy
Robert Lockhart
Jos. H. Munson
Pres
Herbert Forrest
James H. Dunham & CO
Dunham
Buckley & CO
Boessneck, Broesel & CO
Broome Street
Meyer Jonasson & CO
Twelfth Street
Burton Brothers & CO
Broadway, N. Y
San Francisco
E. Derby & CO
Greene St. N. Y
Curtis G. Culin
New-York Life Building
Kraft Manufacturing Co
Leonard St. N. Y
Shaw Bros. Linen Importers
Mfrs’ AG
Ojaffe & Pinkus
Leonard St. MY
William P. Gill
Henry Rothschild Co
NEW Columbia Shirts
New Columbia
J. & M. Cohn
Newark
Hutchinson, Pierce & CO
Alfred K. Wright & CO
Hallett & Godone
Broome St. N.Y Ae
Neem A. W. Porter & CO
Samuel P. Burrell
Church
Woollens
Jean F. Schter
ST Green
St, NT
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