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Show Overall Clubs Formed in Ogden Girls to Wear GinjamJDresse - Move Takes Firm Hold on City (By Godfrey Matthews) " "Associated Press r reports nnd local news with regard to tho widespread attempt to cut down the cost of i clothes wn further pronounced this ! morning. In order to test out local j ; opinion n. Standard-Examiner repre-j sentatlve asked a number of people I today to sign tho following statement: "1 am In favor of tho "Overall and Gingham Movement" and if tho people I am associated with In daily lu.iine?3 po in for It to any appreciable numbers you may count me In." He found that wherever he went the petition met with unqualified unquali-fied support, tho stafts of a number of large offices here willingly signed j the document in. all seriousness. The employes of the "Weber Club, Ogden Chamber of Commerce. United States P.Mnii nf I'nnils nri1nn HitV Board of Education. The Metropolitan L.lfc Insurance Company, the local office of the Railway Mail Serlvco; hailed the declaration as a serious intention. Mayor Speaks Mayor Frank Francis this morning very clearly slated his opinion that the movement is a necessary one. and though spectacular, might be of great service in the interests of personal economy and if followed to a large extent ex-tent would have a remedial effect in bringing down the price of clothes. George D. Bennett, superintendent of the Metropolitan Lrlfe Insurance Company said: "I would not sign the statement . because I don't like over-ails. over-ails. But the aim you have in view is one with which I heartily sympathize. sympa-thize. 'I have a number of suits of old clothes, nnd plenty of boots and shoes and I am determined not to buy any new ones while these last and what I have will last me for tho next two years easily." The representative of one of the largest dry goods houses in the middle west, with headquarters in the city of Chicago, which does a tremendous business In Ogden, said: "Ultimately high prices are the public's own concern. con-cern. If your tailor asks you 100 for a new suit. It's up to you whether you buy it oi not. If your wife is asked ?90 to $1-0 for a new suit or dress it's up to her whether she makes the purchase or goes avay determined to i make her present stock of clothing I last her, no matter what her friends and neighbors may say. Personally I boljove tho only respite the people have is to quit buying high priced goods. Let the people of the United States suffer a good attack of sound common sense and they will spend their money more wisely, work harder hard-er so as lo Inc?ca3C production. - and use their leisure hours in a way that will build them up. All over the coun-Lry coun-Lry just now there are evidences that we have gone crazy on spending mon-' ey and fooling time and any movement move-ment that -will teach economy even though it is spectacular and picturesque pictur-esque will be worth while. I will be one erson lo profit by such beliaA'ior. I im tired of the "wall of high prices" md like every other business man I ,vant to do business. Postmaster Browning , Postmaster G. E. Browning refused to sign the statement, saying, ''I wear overalls to do my rough work about j the house and parage, and down town 1 am wearing old clothes. .But r sym- pathlzc with the .movement. A mpr-, chant made complaint to mc the other oth-er day of a fifteen yoar old girl who owed him $05 for a coat. 1 refused to sympathize with him. Any merchant, who allows a fifteen year old girl to run an account for a $05 coat which) Is not probably worth more than $25 , deserves to suffer the loss of his mon-.' cy. Any girl who contracts such a debt ; Is acting foolishly, and parents whoj allow their children to prow up In' such a way that they do these things aye acting wickedly. What wo need Is, a return to simplicity of dally living ' with a quickened interest in doing a' good day's work, and a lively interest' In spending our time well. I went to my tailor the other day to negotiate I for n new suit but the price he asked1 was altogether out of proportion to what I feel I can afford to pay and I am doing what every sensible per- son would do, I am doing without a: new suit." "Well, we suppose the price of ov-. oralis and ginghams will go up now." s-cid many on being Interviewed, but the survey proved that there is a wide- J ly prevailing common sense at work among down town worlcers to be wil-ling wil-ling to flaunt Dame Vanity and go' to the' Job of effecting economies that speaks well for the average worlc-a- day American. Anyhow no fellow or .girl needs to i bo ashamed of old 'clothes from now on for the observation of the reporter report-er proved that the boss, in most cases. I is more concerned with work done than with appearances. If the old suit has to be donned, or hidden under un-der a suit of overalls, or the flimsy i vanity of crepe de chine changed for! gingham, and the money saved put j in the secure little bank account, nobody no-body will suffei'. neither merchants, j nor people, and prices will come again j within the reach of the average per-j son. I Here's a Cynic j Only one outspoken cynic was met during the morning. He said "Oh. , : ! You make me tired. I'm in busl- ness for my pocket. If I can get the price I ask. then I should worry. The ; public is the profiteer. If the average Mr. Person wants to pay high prices. I'll let him." Two Overalls Clubs have been formed, form-ed, one by the employes of the down town office of the ' IJtah-IdahO Central Cen-tral railroad, and the other by clerks of the Utah Power and Light Co., who I promise that Monday morning will sec them rigged out in Overalls, Calico Cal-ico dress, Gingham, and other inexpensive inex-pensive substitutes for high prioed clothes. Men and women of both staffs entered enthusiastically Into the idea and reports have reached the Standard-Examiner that another club was formed at the Union depot where tho jelerks of all departments are expectetl to swing into line in tho fight to slay Old II. C L. ! |
