Show TAILORS MUST ADVERTISE or they will pail to get the business new york feb 16 if he custom tailors of the country hope to hold their own against the makers of ready made clothing they must abandon the ancient ethics of their probes slon which forbid them to advertise in alio public press they must adopt present day methods and go in search of their customers whom they have waited for in the past this was the advice several hundred merchant tailors at the closing session of a three daic session of the merchant tailors national exchange at the ho tel astor yesterday yester dav by hugh ard leagh of this city mr said the american tailor could boroo nearer to making a gentleman than any other tailor in tho world and that if they did not cauce that tact to become generally known they could blame no one except themselves he advocated persistent continuous and gentlemanly advertising in the newspapers throughout tin country and prophesied that if his advice is followed the american tailor soon will lead the clothes makers of all nations one effect of the meeting in this city was to cement a breach which has existed between the national exchange and merchant tailors national protective association tor many years the president of the latter organization wa a guest of the exchange at the banquet laai evening |