Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-30 | Page 24 | Collar Man Tells Why Prices Are Higher

COllAR MAN TEllS i WHY PRICES ARE I HIGHER S J J. J E. E Cain Cam assistant manager of the tha Chicago offices office'S of Cluett Peabody 4 Co arrived In Salt Lake from Denver yesterday accompanied by Mr Mrs Cain and son end and maid and his brother A. A C C. C Cain The party are guests at the Hotel Hotel Hotel Ho Ho- tel Utah Mr Cain was for four years a resident resident resi real dent of Salt Lake having charge of this territory for the Peabody Cluett-Peabody company About a a. year yeu ago he was placed In charge of or the Denver office and last week he was transferred with witha a promotion to Chicago II H A. A Bromley who succeeded Cain here will be given ghon charge chan e of the Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver offices and A. A C. C Cain formerly of ot Chicago will assume direction of the tha local territory In explaining explaining- the reason for the recent lecent le- le cent raise in the price of ot collars Mr Cain said fald There has been an In Increase increase In- In crease of 25 per cent nt to per pet cent centI in the price of alt all materials material t which go g o I Into t the manufacture ia of collars and an Increase In the cost of labor as well Conditions In the East Fast give every evidence evidence evi evi- i dence of general pr prosperity perit- perit according g to Mr Cain All factories ar are running full tun blast and because of ot the d mand deman s by the plants for men wages wage have Increased from 10 per cent ent to 2 25 5 per cent In all lines Unes The end of th the e war will not affect conditions imme Immediately Immedi dl- dl he thinks think The Gains Cains will spend a vacation o of f about two weeks here There is no noa not nota t a city In the United States that both my wife and I would rather live 6 in tha than n Salt Lake was the statement of Mr nd Cain when he was asked if he was wal gla glato glad d to be back In Salt Lake