| Show cost of wool for the average suit Is given 5 the statement y of sy 11 R king of seattle 7 washington in an address before the national retail Cl others association 4 at chicago recently that clothing prices will feis advance abay ayay from w 25 v to 40 per cent partly because of higher wool prices Is characterized efey as Kf absurd ey by idez dr a S W r j mcclure V secretary of the national iffa if ff Wool grow diw ers wy association 1 ing abw said wa before the a clothiers that As australian wool had increased in price ww from var 1 14 7 a wt pound in 1914 0 to 4 10 a pound now the truth f Is that bof wool is fay no higher fay is boston mass ff bif the wool market of the country today 7 than fuwa it was i ninety sv days r ago dr mcclure de blared aisa and the wiy highest jv price yet paid for clean www scoured jyom wv wool in boston is around 2 10 d yf pound ewt and that is for the very finest grade or binary three eighths blood vis aff wool is the class butof y which a sy w sol diers as uniforms are made and ay is really aw the iw most useful ff yaw grade of aw wool in wa the orld fi for va clothing pur apse 6 Is selling y today in ay boston S at from 1 30 to ff 1 40 per y scoured 2 pound J this wool has not advanced in price in the last ninety days to manufacture si a suit of man J s clothing agy suitable for the average size individual and made of medium azzi winter weight goods requires wf about sixty w tao ounces of wool which can w be bought ar adv in boston today wv for 5 aan 25 thus ff on a basis 7 of the a aay present y prices a wo the total amount of afa ff a wool iii 7 an average man raw s suit can be b lit for i W 5 25 and yay th Is Is aft made of a za 11 I 1 wool vtha such duits puits affer as this retail aay to day ah from ay sixty fw to sr seventy five dol wy lars if jy one aff were risya to use kaff the very fi finest wool favo grown 14 7 the aff true W of this f suit 7 not more than 7 7 worth of wo wool wv could ff be awa used the price ay affia of ool w has 7 not been cespon 7 div elble for ww the advance jewie in the price of ea clothing wa and even at wicy present the wool required 7 to maw a facture a suit faw represents less tha 10 ff per cent of vi the price if e at which w such suit is retailed a waria there may av be some aw reason for v the price sy of clothing ff z mcclube faw says but it cannot y be avo onto the price of wool im |
