Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 3 | Cost Blame Shifted by Retail Clothiers

The clothiers In several Instances claimed to be running their business at a net loss. The representative of a wholesale and retail clothing house told the commission that increasing costs would compel the mmpanv to charge at wholesale next prtea 'ZC for eults now selling at $27 and $28. COST BLAME SHIFTED j BY RETAIL CLOTHIERS BOSTON, Nov. 24. Retail clothiers, in accounting for the prevailing high prices, of men's clothing, at a hearing today be- foro the commission on necessaries of life, said that spring suits would cost1 even more than before. Federal excess profits taxes, passed along by each handler of the goods, were sal 1 i" be largely responsible for the Increased In-creased prices, with advancing costs, Including In-cluding thai of labor, as an added factor