Amuih a\ vryLE- anJ. BUYING r.FNTFK SEYMOUR DURST r CLASSICS f m it FOREWORD Business is "different" today. Style has become a potent force in merchan- dising, not only on Fifth Avenue but in every city, town and hamlet in America. The newest in clothing, furniture, ac- cessories for home or person, are broad- cast to audiences throughout America by the "movies," the press, by radio. The merchant or buyer who visits New York can see and purchase the kind of wares his customers demand — because this greatest market in the world is a perpetual bazaar where every type ot goods sold by every type of store can be found. This booklet is published by The Merchants' Association of New York as a brief guide and reminder for out-of- town buyers and merchants who seek the newest and best in merchandise. The following pages partially list some of the principal articles offered in the New York market — with unexcelled ad- vantages to buyers. For supplemental information regard- ing the New York market consult The Merchants' Association of New York Woolworth Building 233 Broadway New York. N. Y. Telephone: Fitzroy 6400 Cable Address: Merchasson c <_ fc BUYING IN NEW YORK Jewelry and Kindred Lines New York is outstanding as a market for jewelry and precious stones. Every conceivable combination and design of precious metals and jewels is obtainable here. A few general items are men- tioned below: Diamonds Watches and Chains Watchcases Lapidary work of all kinds Sterling Silverware Plated Ware Optical Goods Cameras Pearls Rings Brooches Bracelets Necklaces Precious Stones Scientific Instruments Drawing Materials Clocks Bronzes Gold and Silver Leaf and Foil Pens Jewelers' Supplies and Tools Finest jewelry creations are found in the New York market ~4 8 BUYING IN NEW YORK Musical Instruments The modern trend in musical enter- tainment and instruments is exemplified no more strikingly than in the elaborate appointments to be found in the offices, salesrooms and studios catering to the musical trade in New York City. A general list of musical instruments and supplies featured in this market follows : Pianos Radios Phonographs Organs Parts and Materials Band Instruments of Every Type Piano and Organ Ma- terials Carnival Equipment Skilled artisans manufacture all types of musical instruments B U Y I N G I N X K W YORK Foodstuffs and Beverages New York's vast population has made of the City the greatest market in the world for food products of every descrip- tion. Through the immense system oi transportation facilities of which the City has become a natural terminus, food products are transported with speed to every section of the country. Among lies, Preserves and Sauces Flavoring Extracts Syrups and Molasses Macaroni, Spaghetti, Vermicelli and Noodles Carbonated and Min- eral Waters Ginger Ales and Soda Waters Confectionery Confectioners', Bakers' and Soda Fountain Supplies Sugar Hay and Grain Flour these products are: Bread and other bak- ery products Meat Products Poultry Sea Food Sausage, Meat Pud- dings, Head Cheese, etc., and Sausage Casings Coffee, Tea and Spices Country Produce Chocolate and Cocoa Products Fresh Fruits Canned and Preserved Fruits and Vege- tables, Pickles, J el- B U Y ING I N N E W Y O R K 4 " > BUYING IN NEW YORK Printing and Allied Lines New York is the leading printing and publishing city in the United States. Art, color and commercial work of every description are supplied with a skill and speed greatly enhanced by the concen- tration of the trade into established cen- ters which attract many of the country's skilled workmen. Among New York's graphic art pro- ducts are the following: Book Publishing Job Printing Lithographing Book Binding Bookbinders' Materi- al and Supplies Blank Book Making Steel and Copper Plate Engraving Chasing Etching Diesinking Embossing Stamping Designing Plate Printing Stereotyping Electrotyping Wood Engraving Music Publishing Printing Machinery Binding Machinery Printers' Supplies Rotogravure printing. New York leads the nation in graphic arts -4 12 1^ BUYING IN NEW YORK Sporting Goods and Flags Sports equipment for all Indoor and Outdoor Games. Firearms and Ammuni- Flags and Banners tion Novelties Cameras Trophies Fireworks Cups and Medals Tobacco Products A wide variety of tobacco products and kindred items are available in the New York market, including the follow- ing: Leaf Tobacco Cigar Lighters Cigars Cigar and Cigarette Cigarettes Holders Smoking Tobacco Cigarette Paper Chewing Tobacco Smoking Stands Snuff Cigar Boxes Pipes Cigarette Boxes Choice domestic tobacco is grown near New York H U Y I N G I N N E W YORK Home and Office Furniture, Bank, Office and Store Fit- tings, Display Frames Particular attention is directed to the fine market for these items in New York City. All of them are manufactured and marketed in great variety in the Metropolitan District. This is especially the case with respect to store fixtures, office machinery and window display materials, all of which are on exhibition in New York in great profusion. A par- tial list of items under the above heading follows : Household Furniture of Every Kind Interior Decorations Works of Art Wallpaper Window Shades Bedding Picture Frames Mirrors Lamps Statuary Antiques Tapestries Paintings Floor Coverings o i Every Type Oil ice Furniture of Every Type Safes and Vaults Display Fixtures Sewing Machines Multigraphing,Mimeo- graphing and Ad- dressing Machines Coin Counting, Re- cording and Regis- tering Machines Sealing and Stamping Machines Check Protection and Writing Machines Filing Devices and Supplies Show Cases Bank and Office Par- titions < l;4 !> B I Y 1 N G I N N E \Y Y O R K BUYING IN N E \V YORK Machinery y Machine Tools, Hand Tools The widest variety of these products is available in the New York market. Every manufacturer of consequence in these lines has sales offices and display rooms in the City. The following is a partial list of items under this heading: Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Sup- plies Telephone, Telegraph and Radio Equip- ment Police, Fire and Bank Alarm Systems Railway Supplies Engines, Boilers, etc. Hand Tools of Every Description Machine Tools of Every Kind Farm and Garden. Ma- chinery, Implements and Tools Scales Pumps and Pumping Equipment Laundry Machinery ■4 Refrigerating Machin- ery Ice Machinery Printing Presses Linotypes Monotypes Cream Separators Dredging and Exca- vating Machinery Conveying Machines Hoisting Machinery, Derricks, Cranes Shoe Machinery Oil Well Machinery and Supplies Grinding Machinery Metal Working Ma- chinery Hydraulic Presses Envelope Machinery Slicing Machines Textile Machinery 16 fc- BUYING IN NEW YORK Engineering and Budding Equipment — General Metal Products No market in the country excels New York for the purchase of metal products. The following items and many others are available to buvers here: Foundry and machine shop products Structural and orna- mental iron and steel work Gas and electric fix- tures, lamps, lan- terns and reflectors Brass, bronze and other non ferrous al- loys, and manufac- tures of these alloys and of copper Tin cans and other tin- ware Stamped and enameled ware Copper, tin and sheet iron work Doors, shutters and window sash and frames ■4 Tin and other foils Collapsible tubes W ire work Plated ware Stoves and ranges and warm-air furnaces Steam fittings and steam and hot water heating apparatus Electroplating Screw-machine pro- ducts Springs, steel: railroad, vehicle, heavy ma- chine, etc. Galvanizing and other coating Forgings, iron and steel Builders' and Cabinet Hardware Cutlery Metal Ceilings 17 B U Y I N G I N X E \\ T YORK Paper and Paper Products New York leads all other centers in the graphic arts and the size and variety of its printing and publishing establish- ments. It is, therefore, naturally a great sales center for paper and paper products, including the following: Book and News Paper Cardboard Gummed Paper Writing Paper Envelopes Labels and Tags Mulch Piiper Patterns Bags Wrapping Paper Paper Boxes Wallpaper Card Cutting and De signing New York uses and ships thousands of carloads oj paper annually ■4 BUYING IN NEW YORK Chemicals, Paints, Drugs In the New York Metropolitan Dis- trict are located many of the leading chemical, paint and drug manufactories. All of these have sales headquarters in the City and there is no more compre- hensive market for these materials than is New York. Among the items offered in this market are: Drugs and Chemicals of every character, both domestic and imported Perfumes, Cosmetics General Toilet Prepa- rations Soap Patent and Proprietary Medicines and Com- pounds Medicinal Oils Essential Oils DyestufEs Paints and Varnishes Printing Ink Mucilage, Paste and Other Adhesives Blacking, Stains and Dressings Compressed and Lique- fied Gases Grease and Tallow Wax and Paraffine Druggists' Sundries Rubber Goods Painters' Supplies m Horticultural Products Nursery Stocks Seeds Bulbs Plants Fertilizers Insecticides ■ 4 19 i*. Artificial Decorative Flowers and Plants Peat Moss Agricultural and Hort i - cultural Implements Green Houses BUYING IN NEW YORK Stone, Clay and Glass Products Within a short distance of New York are great natural deposits of clay, slate, granite and glass sand, with large plants for their fabrication. Consequently New- York is a leading sales center for the products of these raw materials. Among these are: iMarble Slate Granite Mirrors Statuary Terra Cotta Tile Brick Pottery Crockery Glassware China Lamps Bottles of every de- scription Vacuum Containers & General Wood Products The following wood products are readily available in the New York market : Planing-mill products Boxes of all kinds Caskets, coffins, burial cases and morticians' goods Cork products Cooperage Baskets and rattan and willow ware Brooms, brushes, bristles, etc. BUYING IN NEW YORK Vehicles The presence in New York City of executive or branch offices of the most representative manufacturers in these lines places the City in close touch with both sales and production. The standards set by New York's Annual Automobile, Aviation and Motor Boat Shows, which are meccas for repre- sentatives of the industries involved, are unequalled. The following list covers the vehicle market: Aeroplanes Ships and boats, steel and wooden Locomotives Steam railroad cars Electric railroad cars Motor cars Fire Apparatus Tires and Tubes Storage Batteries Motor vehicle bodies and parts Motor accessories and supplies Carriages and Wagons Sleighs and Sleds Bicycles Carriage Cloths Carriage Hardware Robes Harness and Saddlery RETAIL FACILITIES It goes without saying that New York retail establishments lead the world in quality and variety of merchandise. Every article listed herein that is sold anywhere at retail can be purchased here in stores and specialty shops of the most modern type. These are conveniently located in every quarter of the City. EXCURSION RATES During the summer months railroads are offer- ing special rates from the greater part of the United States, available to those coming to New York. Effective on the first Saturday in June, and continuing through the months of June, July and August, round trip tickets will be sold to New York at the rate of one and one-half fare, with a thirty-day return limit. Visitors must leave the point of origin on Saturday only. This rate applies to all stations west of the Mississippi River and in the States of Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi . North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; to all stations in Kentucky except Louisville; all points in Louisiana east of the Mississippi River; to certain points in New York State and to Windsor, Ontario. Also during this summer visitors to New York from the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois. Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, and from Charleston, South Carolina, may avait themselves of round trip fares at substantial reductions, enabling them to travel in one or both directions by steamship lines sailing from Savannah, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Galveston, Miami or Charleston to New York. Tickets for these reduced fares will be on sale every day up to September 30, and where routed both ways via steamer lines will bear limit of October 31. If steamer lines are used in one direction only and all rail in the other direction, tickets will bear a final return limit of sixty days. Both the railroad and steamship tickets described carry liberal stopover privileges. Apply to any railroad or steamship office for details regarding their respective excursion rates. HOTEL FACILITIES New York hotels provide 125,000 rooms with bath for the accommodation of visitors to the City. The rates and location of hotels are shown in the "Visitors' Map and Hotel Directory of New York," published by the Hotel Association, 221 West 57th Street, New York. Address that organization to secure a free copy. and MIYINP,