People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — Leather Prices Doubled. [ARTICLE]

Leather Prices Doubled.

Newark; N. J., May 22.—Fifteen of the leading leather manufacturers of this city, represen: ing the largest owners of prepared leather in the United States, have sent out letters to dealers notifying them of an advance of from 50 to 100 per cent on cured stock. A capital of $16,000,000 was represented at the meeting.