The Meeker herald., 1888-12-01
GOVERNMENT CLOTHING STORES.
uni,.d States Soldier. Supplied ut Cost
Prices with Good Goods.


Tho largest clothing. boot and thoe
store In this country is run by the United
States, though they sell things down al
cost prices. and there Is no profit In II
Every army recruiting station Is branch
store where supplies are dealt out. II Is
different from ordinary stores. In that the
United States treasury furnishes the
money that buys the bouts. hats. blankets
and clothes. and the money that buys
from tho United States also comes from
tho treasury Besides his pay each sol
dieE Ia tho regular army has an allowance
for clothing which varies fnom Sis - TO
s.s5. 10 for his ilvo years terni THIS Is
only from $50 I. 10 sibGD year II tho
soldiers had to So around and buy their
own clothing at ordinary rates they would
not have a now coat more than once every
other year and they would have To sleep
Ia their underrlothes to kerp warm
- tho United States has gone Into tho
business OF supplying their ordinary
things To soldiers at tho bottom price a.
which tho contracts for them can L.
mado There l. no rent. nor salesmens
salaries. nor Insurance. nor profit t0bs
paid by tho government As a result the
prices at which clothing Is sold To the
soldiers arc no low that many working
men who are paid four times mr. much
wages as tho soldiers Arr not clad Is well
Tho blue coats cost Sass They ars mada
81 good material. well cut. and are better
fitting than the uniform Of tho average
policeman. for which ha pays several
lines VIVA, tho soldier PAYS Ills caps
c"st forty nine cents Ills stockings cost
s..s.s ss...-a f.-is, s.i .'.-y aEu uettor iiah
the Eowery storcs sell for quarter. while
tho forty nine cent caps nru as good ~
any man could wait For his blue
trousers tho soldier PAYS &. They HTu
20 cheap that he can buy half dozen
fairs with lgli months pay, which In more
than many young men who lool. down on
soldiers can do
Tho two bits Of esinvaFanee arr the
hsnnei shirts and tho blankets The shirts
n1st thirty eight Goats more than tho
trousers. but they aTo as good hhlTis rs
can b. bought at E;sy price. and they 10
no.; shrink Into a Uo1ily hall whpn ihcy
an, waslirSi Tie blankets aro to!i Tor
sies II il Easy enough TO su 10 almost
any dry goods shop and bay cheaper
blankets than tho soldiers have. but these
blankets cru wool and weigh ak pound,
uns pair Of them In eaoIgh Ia cold
s-ailer. and they sFo warmer than
several Pairs Of cheap blankets The
uuli.i States consider Tho health Of their
soldiers. aud though ,lcy economi1s on
the caps and trousers. ihry supply tho
best weldon shirts and BLANKETS
fhcFu nrp various kinds %! hhoc. ih.,
,sli from 81 10 To- s3ui Then there Hru
heavy stockings that Heii for morn than
thn uius erat, that summer stockings
bring Thuru av gndeErln;hci for sale
that aFe OF fnca guoI quality tina, the
piiirvrs oii.a fscar them Ia preference 10
lie undertaking that they can buy Ia
ihc usual way.
Tho United States 60 further. and sup
ply all tho uee-a,ltlss Of tho soldiers Ei
cost prices. aud 'li.lr cost rates aFp fro
queugiy lower than those a. which pH
vaie hiogrfcrpeF could buy. ns the United
States buy Ia large quantities sad arr
auru pay !, also ;cads to iacEvaso u man
g!1r;uEuE'a outside TRADE u ho svis lzrse
garment contracts. and a ii. tnanu.ari
urvr with a large stock on hand cat
afford to cell TO tho United States .. cost
1! no rali y; tho same faia 10 private
sellers they IliEh, cut rriail rates. wLiip
tho United sia;ci kSll TO nobody Ia,
soldiers.
When rccrui, Ia sworn In tho rssgraI,
'zkca lila, igip tho clothing room Aill ll,a
kim up with fall ogtii- Tho cos, Of u
IN taken trum his ray. though q. tho rA,ss
=, ~hira tho government sails u da-ss 10,
take hs'r long To pay up No on. may
buy clothing ia this way frufs the govern
risn; except ,9!dicfr. and u Is crime for
amy clothing. 10 ~ given or sold 20 any
ono .ls, u the government, were TO srii
50 everybody =; ;hn tafno rz;o tho bust
ncsa Of tho furnishing; ruoia store, Ia tho
nr!ghboFhood % recruiting; stations would
10 ritaei.-Sss Nors Sun.