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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
But optics sharp It needs. 1 ween,
To see what is not to be seen.
THE LABOR PROBLEM SOLVED.

do You have any trouble in connection with
the so called labor problemy"
"No; we do not, never did have and neverex.
pect to have. We were the first voluntarily to
introduce the nine-hOur system, which is OK
tended not only to our men, but to every woman
between us and our employees. the latter being
too well contented with the wages which they
earn and the treatment which they receive to
permit themselves to consider their own inter.
ests as In anv way conflicting with those of
their employers. They know when they are
our profits, without running any risks on collec.
tions. Many of them have been with us for
nearly n quarter OF q century.
HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS EMPLOYEEs
'We employ the best labor that can be had.
and retain 1t year In and year out to do the bes
work that skill and experience can produce.
No one is eng"ged by the piece nor even by the
has any reason for hurying through unneces.
sarily nor for fastening work to its detriment
as though he were working by plecework: his
only incitement is to DO the best work that can
be done. and to do 1t as rapidly as perfection in
work Will permit. These are his passports TO
would get the bounce in short order. A good
one is encouraged and never has an idle day.
BY this system each workman gets more for his
years work than IL he were employed in New
York at u high price during the busy season,
and by living in Rochester, which Is pre- emf
pigment the year round, he is enabled to make
for himself home. Being thus a fixture, he
can do Stein, Bloch Il Co. s work better than q
raw recruit could. and we lose no time and ma
terial breaking in new hands all the time.
Then, too, each workman learns to do one thing
perfectly and rapidly, and this is better than
having man do one kind OF work one day and
another kind each day during the busy season.
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utmost care is exercised to produce the very
best effect by the best material and workman.
& e Ss S In
lhanding me garmentl "and compare the but
tonholes with those in that really hne coat You
l had to admit that the ''resdy.mode" button.
hole was the best.
who puts handmade buttonholes on all his
work, as the better grade OF custom taiiors do.
Every pocket is double stayed; every button
sewed on firmly and the same attention paid to
the hidden inside work rs TO that which shows.
There is none OF the patching and lpiecing so
OFTEN seen In reeuy.mado clothing. Every gar
ment g cut from whole cloth, as with custom
made work.
put into them. They are made to ht py proper
setSer 50 hat no Padding Is iSS neeessary' % IN con-
retain their shape. which cannot be said OF
padded clothes. In all the Stein, Bloch y Co.
overcast, this being done by q special machine,
which is the only one in this country which Will
do this work. :, All the trousers pockets are
overcast ms Wen. Even in the matter of the
product Of the Leonard Six 'c co@paas wv Ware.
mode. so that every seam scam is Strong, neat and
durable; every button is hand-made and Is
sewed on, rounded and fastened with as much
care rs though the entire comfort and success
of the garment depended upon the button stay
The parts are made by iourneymen taiiors,
just as though they were being made in a Gus.
tom tailor's shop The establishment OF Stein,
Bloch Co. IL In fact an immense custom tail
ors shop employing 100 journeymen instead of
from two TO n score.
There seems to be no detail which Is consider.
ed so trlhing as TO be slighted. the firm evi.
IDENTITY bears in mind the remark of Michael
Ange!o, who. when asked why ho spent so much
''lries make perfection. and perfection is no
tri1e'" In fact, careful attention to detail has
made Stein, Bloch Co garments-they are rip
proof, tear-proot and practically wear proof
Any one can tnd in ordinary garments sins OF
omis sion and commission.
But optics sharp 1t needs, ween,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

lowed by one in which the public is requested to
"Call and Examine Our Stock Before Purchas-
Inc elsewhere. and that by one Offering to "Black
Your Boots Inside" There is one Philadelphia
firm named Mice s. Good, Sash and Door
makers" and Chicago house ''Schweitzer Il
Beer. Fanny Goods" And there is one said to be
genuine as follows: freeman Huggs, Select
School, Freeman Teaches the Boys and Huggs
the Girls"
Passing down broadway the other day, In the
neighborhood OF Bond street. my attention was
attracted by a very original sign at No. 65S, the
wording thereon being novel one, namely:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

things that beHgars description. Men, women
and children piled together In O squirming
mass like maggots in a cheese. in noisome quar-
ters, not only In broken-bRcked attics. but In
damp and rocking cellars; lap-boards, tables
sewing g-machines, stoves for heating their
irons, all intermingled with a mass OF what
might pass for humanity in these days of
boasted progress; women nursing squalid
babes at poor, lean breasts in full sight of their
fellow slaves OF the other sex. who were dressed
with but little regard for decency, in but two
garments-an undershirt and trousers-and
these foul with Precipitation and other dirt and
ili-fastened; some eating OF their machine
tables, others preparing or heating their mis-
erable MONDAY meal over the gas-evolying
stoves, which served to heat their pressing
irons. From in the morning. often to IL at
night, these white slaves of the needle and
shears toiled in these grlmy, sitting quarters
in this degraded way in order to keep their mis-
cradle bodies and their ill-cared-for souls to-
gether. They were not "butchered TO make
Roman holiday" but starved and ground
down to help adorn an American Sunday or an
American weekday.
Health, comfort. what of those could there
be2 Morality? Need we expect It'll Intelli-
gence? There Is none displayed They are
beasts OF foul burden, with unceasing hours of
pitiable toll, which they NAV not change
for they know but the one trade. -and do no.
even we'll know that,
But was resolved. sickening though the de-
tails were, to probe the matter to the bottom;
so, effecting incredulity to this being a COM
mon thing, l said "oh. well. these people
would have boen even worse OF in the other
country"
'Do you think such thing posslple2'
And In these quarters where no civil
| zed being ever gets unless he is hunt
| ing criminal, we may expect to find disgrace
| ful things The system at least keeps them to.
| gether and prevents this class from degrading
| our American work people. They stay in their
| own district"
"Do theya Well, Broadway itself is Just as
full OF them. 1t is not only the rattle trap shan
ties and tumble.down rookeries which have
such sights and sounds i can take you to
| great iron -fronted buildings of our main artery
| of ravel, where the thing is to be found" 4"
THE sICKENiNG PROOF.
| Wen. within u blo,k of the Grand Central
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

monious trimmings that they do; but by our
unequaled manufacturing facilities and judic-
ious use of unlimited capital making the cost to
the consumer almost rs low us that OF ordinary
rendy-made clothing. We ara as particular to
satisfy our million Gust omers rs the high-toned
tailor is to please the most particular swell"
ON his list.
Tho result OF our skill. capital and care is
clothing which any gentleman, however precise
or stylish dresser. need not he ashamed to
wear on any occasion. We give everybody lit
era. "Bts," no matter what his size, shape or
previous condition of servitude. AS wholesale
taiiors We have no desire TO compete with whole
sale ootitsrs in the production OF inferior work
that is, OF inferior materials cut by a care,oss
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worn by so many bright and well dressed boys
in every state In the union, Tne time has gone
by when boys trousers were built upon the
whether he was going 10 school or coming from
II and, owing to the artistic productions of this
firm, no mother will now make the boys trous-
ers with straight legs so that when the knee is
worn the legs can be cut OF and turned half
way around TO present O new wearing surface.
The mothers and the children themselves are
now more exacting than the grown people.
THE garments produced by us In quantities
are often purchased by merchant tnilors ana
sold as custom work. In proof that they are
cut and made upon the custom work system the
exact measures of the garments in every par
tcular. No mere wholesale clothiers can do
this, because their garments are neither cut
wUrkmen who would be capable of preserving
the accurate Dimensions, even we're they started
out with originally"
The extraordinary economy effected in pur-
chasing the entire absence of waste OF time and
material In manufacture the great care that is
exercised throughout the entire process OF pro-
duction, the skill brought 10 bear upon every
detail and the unsurpassed aud even uneQualled
facilities OF the firm In every department OF pro-
duction. distribution ana sale. are living adver-
tisements of the business and I'm the highest de.
gree trade-makers for those who purchase OF
these conscientious wholesale tailors to sell
again.
The business ofthis concern reecheS we'll into
tho millions yearly, and its garments are to be
found exposed FOR sale I'm frst-class houses from
Maine to the olden Gate and from the st. Law
ence to the Gulf of Mexico. As wholes lie tail
ors STEIN Bloch Co lay their claim for public
merit of their goods. 1t is they who have
raised the standard of clothing in this country.
and they who have won the worldwide reputa.
tion which they enjoy for fine work and durable
garments,
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'vrake it all in all. we are not so much philan-
thropists you might think. We are business
men, not in trade for our health nor to reform
humanity. We see that by making certain arti-
ceS better than any else ever has made
them we can keep ahead of the trade, and keep
on making them better than any one else does
or will Each man who wears one of our gar
ments tells his neighbors how well satisfied he
is. and each workman is on the qui vive to see
that every one about the place gives full days
work for his full days pay"
Most of those engaged IN making up the
clothing are men, women being employed only
as operators on the machines and for the lighter
kinds of stitching. All look healthy. comforta-
BILE and contented. The accompanying sketches
OF tailor. presser and two tailoTesses
from photographs taken in the shops during
working hours.
"You seem to have rather nice lot of girlsr,
"We ought to have. Not only would we
promptly discharge any girl whom we thought
would prove an undesirable associate for the
Others but we are careful about the men with
whom they are brought in contact. man OF
drunken habits or immoral tendencies would
get his ticket-of-ieave the moment that we
found him out---so quick that his head would
swim. The CONSCIENCE is that there is no time
wasted In business hours, and that careful
mothers have no hesitancy in letting their
daughters work here. Thus, by starting with a
good grade OF employees, we are constantly
raising the standard We have the most intell-
gent and conscienctious employees in the trade"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
A UNIQUE new INDUSTRY.
Desirable Revolution in the
Clothing Trade.
WHITE SLAVERY ABOLISHED.
The Foul Sweating System and
It's New Rival.
SOME SIGNS OF The TIMES.
What Wholesale Tailors .
Means.
A TAILOR SHOP EMPLOYING 1000
HANDS.
Facts and Figures for the
Million.
What "Wholesale Tailors
Means.
A TAILOR SHOP EMPLOYING 1000
HANDS.
Facts and Figures for the
Million.

Interesting Chapter About Carmen Is
"A Mine OF Information on Mems
Attire - The Disgraceful Contract
System Compared With the New
Humane Methods - A VISIT to
Rochester, the Clothing City.
Largest and Most Complete Tailor
Shop In the World-A M BILE Struc
ture-A Wonderful System Happy
or's Art-Cheap Clothing Versus
Clothing Cheap.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
nI.-RoCHEsTER. THE CLOTHING CITY.

in the p. IN. train tor the Clothing City.
nI.-RoCHEsTER. THE CLOTHING CITY.
found superb city of 10000 inhabitants
beautiful but business like place. with wide
streets, palatiaI residences cosy cottages. i'm
posing factories. fine lowering commercial es
Establishments. immense hotels, unequaled rail.
road facilities. an enyiable water power. bus.l'
ing citizens. commodious schools. numerous
churches, charming drives and general air of
goahcaditiyeness and prosperity,
After a comfortable breakfast at the magnin-
cent fire proof Powers hotel, ! inquired of a
street urehin: Sonny. can yon tell Inc where
Stein, Bloch 4 Co.'S factory is?"
"Can tell you where Rochester is?" said the
youngster sarcastlcally. Go along up the main
street four blocks until you come to North st.
Paul street. and turn to your left until you
come to the finest building on the street. It's
on the right hand side and you will know IL by
its not having any sign on to toll You what It Is.
II you forget what I'm a-teIling you. ask any
body YOU see."
Now this. be II remembered. was iu city
which was full or giant clothing factories
(meaning giant manufactures of clothing. not
factories where they make garments for giants).
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

"But getting down to the dollars as well as
the sense of II. is th any money in II for me.
and for Thomas and Richard, and Henry buy
ng your suits In preference to any othcrs2'
''Yes. every time. second-rate goods are dear
at any price. The Stein. Bloch a. Co. garments
are cheap at the price at which they retailed.
Our suits and overcoats that retail AT from
sl5.oo to ssjo0 compare favorably with the ilnest
merchant tailors work costing from 5000 to
1900. the fabrics being identically the same.
We ma Ike none but the best. and put on every
garment this label which is an absolute assur-
ance OF the very best quality. workmanship
and STYLE"
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and inefficient system with the sole idea OF
meeting a flctitiously low price which reckless
competition demands. Such work has to rec
commend IL nothing but low first cost. . recon-
mendation which soon loses Its effectiveness.
u-THE OLD wAY-wHITE SLAVERY.
"rhe ordinary ready-made clothing sold by
staring signs and lying display advertisements
is made up TO sell cheaply; thrown together
slouchily In tlthy tenement-houses under the
sweating system OF starvation wages for wo-
men and children; system which is a combin-
alton OF nnskilled labor and disease. and in
which. as the makers name never appears on
the garments or even on the tickets. the respon-
sibility for Door workmanship and bad mater
ial can never be fixed. Now. per contrd--which
is a Latin expression that like to work in oc-
casionaly-Stein, Bloch x Co.'S clothing is made
In the largest and cleanest tailor shop in the
world and by thoroughly experienced tailors
under the immediate supervision OF the firm.
'Ihe thoroughly American method OF manu-
facture so well carried out by our house is in
direct opposition to the sweating system which
SO disgraces this wonderful metropolis and its
boosted civilizat on"
Now, thoroughly interested by my inform.
auts enthusiasm. inquired:
"hat Is this sweating system bug-a.boo?"
u don ask you to take my unsupported word
Tor what seems as Impossible as IL is disgrace
tul. Here is what the Inspector of factories of
New York State says In his last Official report:
OFFICIAL CON DOMINATION
in New York City, in the tenement-house dis.
tricts where clothing Is manufactured,
there exists system of labor which is
as nearly akin to slavery as 1t is pos
sib!e to get, The work is done under
the eyes of taskmasters. who rent small room
or two in the rear part of an upper floor OF
high building put in few sewing machines, a
stove suitable for heating irons, and then hire q
number ofmen and women to work for tn en-
The boss" or sweater he is colloquially
called, obtains from some wholesale clothing
manufacturer stock OF ready-cut material
from which to make up coats. pantaloons. vests
or other wearing apparel and this is broug hit to
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

In reply TO query my conductor said:
while We use a large quantity or imported
goods in tne work, We take the very best of the
product OF all the leading Americ IN mills, and
the same with trimmings as with woolens IL
Is our policy 20 use In every depart m snt none
but strictly all-wool goods, so that the label OF
stein. Bfbeh Co. will be q guarantee that all
is wool. We are proud TO b. able TO soy with
truth that our label upon suit OF clothes or an
article OF clothing has the same guarantee as
to its superlatiye excellence and worth as the
neme of Jurgensen has upon watch or stein.
way upon piano. IL means that the articles TO
which IL Is affixed are of the very best which
can be produced at any price and that every
pains has been taken that the state OF the art
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

pective of whether they go well with the body
fabric or not; they are loud and iiashy. and sell
dom-and then only by Notwithstanding
with the goods with which they are assembled.
sale cothiers, we simply doing fashionable
tailor work oh a large scale.
"AS all our trimmings are made TO our ofder
and to match the goods, the clothing made by
us is in fact in better taste throughout than can
be had from nine custom tailors out of ten,
because none of these custom tailors can have
all their Innings, facings, buttons and other
trimmings made especially to match the cloth
with which they are used. Further, no custom
tailor, however important, can afford to carry
such an immense variety as we are compelled to
do by reason of our tacit agreement to sell no
two dealers in any town the same pate rms
I'VE now go to the cutting room, where the
real artists of the tailoring trade are to be
as skilled and experienced as money can get.
they have 1i,O0O square feet OF floor space, a
fifteen foot ceiling and windows on every side.
THE goods having Deen cut ana assembled
with the proper tasteful trimmings, go to the
workrooms on the first and second floors, where
every other operation is performed to make
them completed garments These Immense
tailor shops give working place for 1Ou hands.
and that these are not crowded Is shown by the
fact that they have for their accommodation
1000 square feet OF floor space, while the CELL
ing height is fifteen feet.
"In tine stock.rooms for made-np goods there
Is In q space 66x305 feet about S4OOC0D worth OF
finished goods awaiting shipment The sample
rooms are admirably arranged Tor the reception
selection and display of the garments, every Ia
ing afforded. and the light which streams in
from tine front of the building offering full op-
rortunity for the display OF artistic beauty or
the detection of possible defects"
mo why should we? We want all the light
that can be got thrown WORK and our
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
NEW YORK HOUSE, G5s Bl

NEW YORK HOUSE, G5s BROADWAY
Now, on the other hand. our label appears on
every garment we manufacture. and we make
our goods so well that the man or boy who
wears one suit with our label always gets an.
other If he can.
HOW HE CAN.
1.-THE way to get Stein, Bloch Il Co.'s gar
ments is to ask for them. If the retail clothier
has not them on hand he can get them very
readily. He can get one suit just chelply az
though he were buying forty or one hundred.
il he refuses, all the customer has to do is to
write to Stein, Bloch Co.. Rochester. and they
will tell him where he can get them in his town.
We VIII not sell to the consumer. but VIII to the
retailer, and Will take just MS much pains to fill
an order for one suit asked for in this way as
though IL were n heavy sale. We want to build
up just that class of tlade IN every town Do
tween the two oceans"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
"I.et those now dress who never dressed before,
And those who dressed now dress the more"
l.-TH K NEW ADvoCATION.

OR q long time i have
been collecting signs.
Whenever I see one
which strikes me as odd.
like . Capt. Cuttle. l
make q note of it."
The fist one in my note
book is Cast Iron Sinks"
a statement that seems
unnecessary to well infor-
l o,Nlo l. q. Col
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following in every detail
of manufacture the
methods and styles in
vogue among the lead
ing fine custom tallors
of Fifth avenue and
Broadway = recognized
as the best in the
world-and using tho
same substantial ana
tasteful fabrics and har.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
IVA PALACE OF INDUSTRY , show us how 10 make

show us how to make our garments better. We
want to know It and win do it.
'3y reason of our immense purchases wo OBJ
tain piece goods VIII III are absolutely not ppr,
chasable elsewhere. Sometimes. where the
and Where the m Of the
tern IN be guaranteed we take the entire pro-
duction of the mill, and the firm actually does
control the product of several domestic mills.
thereby owning piece goods at less than the
average manufacturer can buy them for
when re Iuired, they are taken to the exam
Here every yard OF goods pas ses over frame
in full sunlight, and any faults that may exist,
as picks hoies, differences in shade, defects OF
color Or weave, are noted by the expert eye OF
the trained examiner. Should faults exist the
goods are at once returned to the makers, for
| under no circumstances are any imperfect
AFTER thorough examination the goods are
sent to the spongng.room, where, on machines
of the latest approved patterns, they receive
the steamlng necessary to shrink them perma-
nently rendering any future shrinkage abso-
utely impo Ssible.
"Are the goods now ready to be cut into?"
pared by the membe IS of the firm new, original
and appropriate designs which Will suit the
popular taste. The des gns having been pre-
pared so that there shall b, harmony In out Ire
and in color, the trimmer steps in with Sc &C.
ton which will hnrmonize with the cloth.
Then the standard patterns are cut and
are kept in a fire-proof vault so that in case of
any accident to the working patterns they could
be at once replaced and the work go on with
but few minutes interruption. The patterns
are made up new twice every year.
The trimmings are cut ready for use with
the piece goods, this part of the work being
done very largely by ma chineiy, special care be:
ing taken that the trimmings for each kind and
color OF goods shall be appropriate as well as
handsome
QUIET ELEGANCE.
.'Rather quiet styles of linings nicht aCdhr?'
.Well. YOU see we are not making 'hanu. u.me-
~ sh fn "a
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clothingl, and there is electric light enough in
this room to tan your skin Tor freckle 1t II you
are built that way as thoroughly as thoughyou
We're in the middle OF the street on bright
day."
II is evident that all through the work of de
sign and manufacture most mechanical and a
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30

methods. il there is
anything wrong We wish
to know 1t; and what
there IS. good we want
our customers to know.
We have let in all the
sunlight that 1t Is feasi-
BILE to provide tyOu can't
make a building oil win
dows. yon know, espe-
cially when you carry as
heavy stock as we do of
suCh haavu pnolS as