Show Other Points of or f View f J r 1111 COST cos r OK OP CLOTHING The through h Secretary of o the Ow National association want to know leno why itis u it I Ib is that the grower only reed receives 60 for tor sufficient wool to make a suit of clothing when the retail price of ot the tho I suit Bult mounts mount up to 0 This query is 11 being put put to the tho lie secretary y y of ot commerce The Now ew York business review estimates that wool made Into cloth costs about 1 fj a suit Bull Retail dealers In convention at Chicago a a. few days das ago said that prices would have Q to come down n be because because be- be cause of Dt tho law of gravitation gra but the tho manufacturers Inform tho the retailers that spring quotations will ho bo higher due clue to to the advanced ad cost of ot l labor bor and materials Recently a New ew cw York newspaper quoted prices In Now tiow 0 York fork J London and Parts Paris tho rho Sew New c. c York figures being lower all the lie wo way say through Arrangements are arc being mad madu b by the French government o to manufacture all wool suits I I that will sell for about 10 How much of this will be beby beby I by wa way 1 of or a n. gift to tu the purchasers In is not d. d i. i I An Any dealer deRler in to year clothing will deny den that Ho Hoin hois 1 in is getting more profit now than ho he did when clothing cost half hell Its present price The manufacturers disclaim I excessive profits proUt Tho ha have mn le known what hat the they get Years the tho I I n ago o J garment workers dyed ll In slums lums and worked under the shop method ow NOW the the arc aro organized nd many ninny of or them are arc rc on Others uth- uth I I ers are arc receiving hl high h wages Tho The labor COtt jt alone however however how hOW- ever does not explain all of or the tho a advance unco In It tho the price or I every o cr suit uit of oJ clothing whether it be ready made or tailored tail tail- ored to measure But Hut it Is evident that hl high h and high prices are related related Indianapolis Indianapolis I A I R |