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Show A WOMAN'S SUGGESTION. How to Insure an Increased Demand for the Product of American Skill. In a contribution to tho American Economist Draco Miller White brines forward tho suggestion that it tho women of the United States wero to act In concert In buying and using only fabrics, materials and articles that nro of Amorlcan maka they could rovolutlonlzo trade and labor conditions condi-tions In this country. This writer, who has gone much deeper Into economics econ-omics thnn Is tho habit of her sex to go, demonstrates that by uniting In a common determination to patronlzo nono but homo Industries tno women of America would bring nbout an enormous Increnso In production, and with It bettor qualities, moro acceptable accept-able styles and cheaper prices. As tho matter now Btnnds Pnrls is tho world's great market for novelties of all kinds In women's wear. A manufacturer man-ufacturer in Knglaiul, Krnnce or Germany, Ger-many, being assured of n world mnr-kot mnr-kot in Pnrls, increases his unit of production pro-duction to meet that certain demand. Among tho mercantile buyers who assemble as-semble nt Paris nt different seasons of tho year tho buyers from the United States ore by far tho most liberal purchasers, pur-chasers, for they buy for a country whoso purchasing power and consuming consum-ing capacity is twlco or threo times Vi L'rrnt nor capita as that of any other country. Hence, under tho conditions con-ditions supposed that is, where Amorlcan women and men should havo United in using nono but American Ameri-can mado goods an enormous trado would bo transferred from Europe to tho United States. Consequently our domestic producers, being now assured as-sured of tho domestic market with Its vast purchasing power and consuming capacity as a whole, coupled with a vastly grcntcr per capita purchasing lowor and consuming capacity, would find our 80,000,000 of population a consuming market equaling 250,000,-0C0 250,000,-0C0 consumers in any other part of the world. The dream of such n state of things Is not altogether fantastic or Impossible Impos-sible of realization. Much has occurred oc-curred In tho past flvo years of protection pro-tection to help mnke the dream come true. Much moro could bo done toward to-ward realization it tho women of this country, and the men, too, were to decide that tho things mado by our own pcoplo were good enough for our own peoplo to wear and use. They aro good enough, and. some day wc shall End out and act accordingly. In tho meantlmo any progress along tho lino oi finding out is to be encouraged and commended. To tho largest posslblo extent the peoplo of tho United States should nnswer in the affirmative affirma-tive tho question, Shall the Republic do Its own work. |
