Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-03-13 | Page 20 | Americans Eager to Clothe Natives

AMERICANS EAGER TO CLOTHE NATIVES MANILA, P I. Mar. 12. That American firms are on the alert for, business In the Par Past was demonstrated demon-strated by the receipt of letters here from clothing manufacturers of the; United States, offering to furnish trou-, sers In un quantity or grade of material mate-rial for the male population of the Philippine islands. These offers grew out of tho publication pub-lication In the Upited States of the' provisions of a bill introduced In the legislature by Senator Jjope K. Santos, requiring the hon-Chrlstlan tribes of Northern Luzon and of the island of j I Mindanao to wear more clothing. The: I hill has never been reported on by 1 1 committee and leaders of tho senate II sa ii probably will not he revived dur- lng the present session. ne large manufacturer of clothing I in Chicago wrote lo Santos: !; "Tho writer was Interested to note I the enclosed clipping from a Chicago newspaper. As one of the largest ciohtlng specialty manufacturers in this country, w are in a position to supply trousers in most any grade or, I character of material at prices Ilia' i win prove attractive. "If at an lime your government Irishes' bids We ask to have the privilege privi-lege of submitting our prices and samples" sam-ples" . A large c lothing firm of Brooklyn, 1 1 N. V., wrote to Senator Santos In I similar vein t