The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-15
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staple stufs now. If ever
there was a time to say cheap,
now is that time. And yet
our attention has to be so
engrossed with things that
can't be cheap, that we slight
the most conspicuous fact
of the seasons trade.
Four months ago we said:
"Just now we are justified
in selling goods too low. :; =
We can better afford to sell
without profit than lose the
prestige we have won. i! ''' !"
Our policy is to keep trade
going. s. $: IS Goods have
got to be cheap
Wehave kept to thatpolicy.
We have bought low. We
have taken advantage of
every disaster, every danger,
every prudent downward
move in the market. Weu
have gone further; we have
sold without profit ourselves.
And yet we have tried to
avoid increasing the danger
of the time. You don't
know what we have kept
back. We try to tell the
harmless part of the truth.
Our caution also has led us
into sighting the part Of the
truth that you need to know
and we ought to tell, the in
centive to buy, the terrible
lowness of prices.
discriminate. Not every
thing is cheap; and we must
advertise extravagances; for
advertising is the news. But
remember day after day,
when we are busy with ex-
travagant things, that staples
are terribly down.
A ladies' coat of good
looking cork-screw" dag
onal cloth, neatly cut and put
together, sewed to stay,
trimmed a little, faced and
seams underneath bound
with Farmers satin not too
fine, 81! The cloth belongs
to that large class of ladies'
coatings that is commonly
supposed to be wooden, and
is commonly sold for
wooden. If you pick it to
pieces you will find it a dou-
bic fabric; an outside solid
looking "cork-screw' dag
onal and a shaggy lining of
hair-like wool within. The
two are held together by an
other hidden cloth between.
That hidden cloth is cotton;
and the outside is shoddy
held togetherby a mixture of
wool-of course it is shoddy.
The coat is guaranteed to
wear reasonably well, and, to
a reasonable extent, not to
rip.
If 81 buys SO much of pro-
lection, comfort, neatness.
grace and d durability, what
will $40 buy? SIS? $40!
$25? $50? Stop there.
1t is making by thousands
that does it. Readymade is
dividing ladies' clothing
sharply into two parts; cheap
with certain degrees and
kinds of excellence, and not
cheap with nicer and higher
PROJECTIONS. There are
already two arts of dress
making. Both are here.
Thick cloths for ladies'
ovcr-garments. Are they
cheap, too Some Of them
are a little under current
prices, some a good deal.
some wofully down. And
they are not the worst things
that are down. Quality has
nothing whatever to do with
these tumbles. Let's walk
through the cloths.
Beaver everybody knows
about; $3.50 to So. Next
to beaver is a smooth cloth,
with a double back, 81. Ber-
lin Twill is worth knowing, 50.
Frieze is rougher and tough
er, $3.50; with cotton warp,
S1.25. Diagonals with dou-
Bile backs, 81.
By the way all these dou-
bic cloths, a cloth for the face
and shaggy back, are really
two cloths woven together
by a third cloth between; and
this third cloth between has a
cotton warp for strength and
a big wool filling for warmth.
1t isn't worth mentioning, ex-
cept to make sure that no.
body misunderstands what
the cotton is for: to strength
en-, not to adulterate. Almost
nobody tells of the cotton;
merchants don't dare to, be-
cause you w'n't believe what
the cotton is there for. The
wool that is used in these
cloths isn't SO long and strong
as the wool of a beaver.
You can see that in the price