Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-14 | Page 5 | Clothing Prices to be Higher in Spring

Clothing Prices to Be Higher in Spring CHICAGO. Jan. U Clothing prlc3 next spring will be from 25 to 10 por cent higher than ut present, according to II. H, King of Seattle, who addressed the National Na-tional Retail Clothiers' association. Sir. King said that the Increase ivouki come from a complexity of causos, chief of which ivaa Increased pay to workeir. Labor had gone up 273 por cent since 1911. he said. Mr. King also cited the decrease in worklnpr hours and the Increase In-crease of Australian wool from 51.15 a pound in 1911 to $1.10 a pound now. "Tlio coining- year will be a most cruclv 6n'c for clothing merchants." he saia. "It will not so much be a question cr making money ao to koep the business from going to the rocks." nn