FOUR
THE ALLIANCE IIE11ALD. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920.
Comment-and
Discomment
The high cost of living haa struck
a Insidious blow at the superiority
of men. For years the average male
nas had an opportunity to rap
romanklnd in general and his vife
la particular because her clothing
cost several times as much as his
own. It used to be a pleasing Indoor
port to rage the wife about It, and
to point out that man, by reason of
sniffing at the dictates of fashion,
scaped paying those outrageous
juices.
The past six months has knocked
All the wind out of our sails. Men's
ttlts, on the average, hare CPt al
most as much as women's. XV 9 don't
refer to Tarls gowns or sealskin furl
-we are speaking of the hopelessly
middle class people who buy two or
three suits a year dignity we are
driving to attain, with Indifferent
access. A body blow comes this
week In the announcement that still
higher prices on men's clothing are
due.
All this is in spite of the fact that
production has increased. At least
this is the position of Sidney II 111
man, president of the amalgamated
garment workers of America, who la
in a position to know if anyone is.
Here Is Hlllman's story, and it has
a familiar, ring: "Retailers have
gone to wholesalers and outbid com
petitors, offering as high as $10 more
a coat. The competitor has then of
fered more money for others. Then
the manufacturer, In order to obtain
plenty of help, began to bid for his
neighbor's workmen. Thus went the
vicious circle and the results are
prices that are criminally high."
Trices on wool have not advanced
in the past ninety days, at least this
Is the statement of Dr. C. McClure,
secretary of the national wool grow
ers' association. He bases his asser
tion on prices at Doston, the wool
and wooden nutmeg market of the
world. According to the prices he
quotes, It on were to uso the very
finest grade of wool In the manufac
ture of a suit, not more than t?
worth could be used.
The new prices, they tell us, will
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be about like this: Punk, cheap suit,
$76; ordinary bull, $100; good suit,
more or much more. It makes us
long for the good old days when the
Romans dressed in togas. A toga
was built like a winding sheet, only
different. It was a graceful dress,
provided the Roman was not too
skinny, and whenever need of patch
ing arose, this repair work could be
done and the garment turned end
for end, so that the patch wouldn't
show. We have a sort of an idea
that a toga would suit our style of
beauty, but we shudder and gasp at
the thought of how some Alliance
people would look in a garment of
that kind. We fear that it can't
be wrked, at least not In this climate.
Latest news from Paris concern
ing the new fashions Is enough to
make women weep and strong men
swear. We have no doubts that the
ecect of the new designs is startling
and probably pleasing men are
easily pleased but we wonder
whether the Parisian modistes are
not carrying things with too high a
hand. We have no desire to dispute
the dictum of the fashion makers of
the world, but when they announce
a breakfast costume, consisting of a
plush-llned coat with ermine, and
underneath this coat nothing but
a suit of silk pajamas, we arise to
say that no matter how much we
hope H way become popular, it never,
will.
WAR STOCKS BRING
80 PER CENT OP COST
Between 73 and 80 cents on the
dollar has been realized by the gov
ernment during the last year on the
sale of surplus army stocks held in
the United States at the close of the
war, according to the report of As
sistant Secretary of War Crowell.
The amount received from the sale
of surplus stocks sold in this coun
try was $676,727,873, exclusive of
stocks valued at $61,985,421 trans
ferred to other departments. Among
the large items received for sales
were: Wool, $201,310,000; textiles,
other than wool, $44,540,000.
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