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Show II; Keep on Wearing Old Clothes Says Mayor I Commenting upon press dispatches of this morning Avhich carried the in-I in-I formation of an alleged confession by I n former overalls manufacturer that. I the "overall" movement was origin-! I ated by a New York reporter and the t Idea sold for the purpose of stimulate i j I ing an immense sale of denims, Mayor! 1 Frank Francis declared thai even Ifj II this report were true, the overall 1 1 movement and the wearing of old clothing was a good one and the peo-. pfi pie should not allow rumors, by any ' means, to bring a halt to their efforts I . tor bring down the cost of clothing. L J'Even if the' newspaperman d.d re-L re-L ceh e $10,000 as reported and the ovcr- jails manufacturers adopted and adver-m adver-m Jised the movement to increase their I Isales, the move has already proved I' beneficial," Mayor Francis said. "Prices of clothing arc already falling in the eastern states and the decrease 1s rapidly sweeping west. Prices in I New York have been reported as fall-I fall-I Ing from $5 to $20 a suit and the dc-I dc-I crease can be directly traced to results I obtained by the 'overall' and old cloth-I cloth-I ing movement "The 'overall' movement, however, Is rapidly giving way to tho wearing : of old clothes in all parts of the coun-I. coun-I. try, in order that no hardship may be I' Ihnist upon the workingmen who need I: the denims In their employment. If U the people of Ogden will religiously V give their co-operation In the moves' move-s' ment and wear old and even patched I clothing, they will accomplish much! H in bringing clothing prices to their m normal level." oo |