National Republican., 1875-11-16

the cheap apparel for sale at the rsady-msds
clothing stores Is constitutsd Of, q composed Of
alisyusys, eta, By rss.pIoEers, and q what is
clothing: Ts ind that when tsliori and store
particles Of the flling, being brittle, readily
SoatDT n the air. ths euns out q sso oea o
three suits Of this cloth the taiors table becomes
thickly coated with dust. This me dust, when
on account Of It's being therein an Irritating fof
eign substance, but because It 10 frequently i'm
pregnated with the virus Of disease, communicated
process Of washing the rags before preparing
them Tor hlling does not, II seems, entirely free
them Of their pernicious character. Cloths made
from these rags are frequently unwholesome to
the vearer. Some physicians interdict their use,
especially BY children and men not In the best OF
These poor cloths sre Of course, furnished very
Imitation beavers for example, are sold by the
oVercoat being, therefore, afforded at $3.50. Add
to this the trimmings at 81 so, and l.50 for max
ing, lall that 70 paid in the large resdy-made
clothing manufactures, )lnd we have q coat ready
for the market at $3.50. This would have aston
ished our ancestors. surelyl These coats are sold
generaiiy to the display" and % expenses % Of the
merchant-rents, etc.
The cloth Of q suit-coat, pautaloons and vest
OF the "business" kind costs from 60 cents to so
cents per yard, (single width) To make these
for an average sized man requires six and q half
yards. Calling the cloth worth 10 cents per yard,
It costs 55; add trimmings o. 50 making. 81 40;
in ALL s555 as the cost Of the suit; Suits Ike this
retail at from SIS to SIS, and sometimes s35, de-
pending on the location and rentals Of the stores
Considerably. 1t Is always wise, therefore, to buy
these goods at stores located away from the main
avenues Of trade, where rents are comparatively
light
OF the best broadcloth suits In the ready-made
clothing market the cost Of the cloth per yard Is
s3. Three and q fourth yards are required for
full suit, costing e9.75. The trimmings for such
suit cost S225, and Il is made up In the large
taolshments at 81. Ut should, however, be re-
marked that the making is mostly done for these
establishments by poor women at their homes,
and that they are able by hardest labor to earn
only the most meagre lving.) Sixteen dollars,
then are all that of these really best suits costs
passes the "best" costs but s14. Such.suits re-
tail for S4os5 for the coat 5 for vest and SO for
the pantaloons. 1t will be seen, then, that when
'sharp," penurious buyer has beaten . clothing
has not accomplished such wonderful feat as he
IA apt to boast Of, for even then the merchants
proht is $40. At go for such suit the merchant
would have made twenty-five per cent. prott
which Is not altogether an un-Shylocky considera-
tion. We ind that many shrewd men buy cloths,
have them cut by "a skillful artist Of tailor"
and have them made up at home Figures" show
astonishing results, such, for example, as this:
BY the wise purchase Of the cloth Tor what 10
called SIS suit, II the suit Is made up at home,
hours, can save the results OF sixty-four hours
labor Ia consideration not TO be despised. In
other words. by buying the cloth and trimmings
himself, getting IL cut and having the suit made
himself with three suits. instead OF one, for s25.
Verify, there's no end TO the "mysteries Of mathe-
matics" when applied TO the solution Of the mod
ern clothes problem.