The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
THOUSANDS SPENT FOR WOMEN's FlNFRv
~.osnnndence TO The Tribune.
BY +, l.. Shalla bargcr,

III c,,,espondence to The Tribune.
s,ers, ~ France, Nov, Why,
.. that sign, *. Y. 2. & Co. ex-
.d an American woman in Paris.
IA, y know they had n store over
u ~ She had recognized tho name
-otail firm having headquarters
=, home city. 1t has no store in
INT because several hundreds of
in its home town insist upon
ro Parisian-made garments, or. at
garments made from materials
tbe Paris stamp, it maintains
ainn asncy and keeps force OF buyers
- tbe year round.
n"rnnallv to satisfy the feminine
~ for Partisan finery. 1t is es-
that Frances annual income
J .',o ,,ourists is 100000, 900. and that
l.sns contribute at least quarter
s;s amount, The invoices on ex-
!..,;ons wi; from France to the United
s.. in 1907 numbered 34,61S, and the
@ y. NJ exports was $29,102.273
"a largest single item. millinery,
~ ~ was of value of S6,0S3, ,185,
s.,,es that q great proportion of the
y, must have represented either
..snr or goods for the making of
sSne There is no way to estimate
rslue of French made garments
In were worn home and, therefore,
=. eyempt from duty payment, or
4 amounts spent for dresses, lingerie
Spts made in America after the
.,.ials had been shipped to firms
4. 90 the grand total spent by
sMicsns cannot be told, even ap-
nnstely.
I 7ouspnds of American women who
dawes to the Partisan fashions
IN see Europe at all, They depend
4, The homo merchants, and to sat
| g this demand the merchants have
"a up department Of business, Of
ise Importance or expense of operat-
few persons have any apprecia-
q Some American houses are sup.
81 BY men and women "commis~
|'-aiIes" in Paris. who make bust.
"a Of buying for foreign firms. Many
\ ||kB send their own representatives
|lssd every year TO make purchases.
4 pne cases single representative
M ior every department Of his store.
|E7sr houses have n specialist for
y. department.. who buys goods in his
|rneular line only. But half dozen
4 he most important American firms
J cay send corps of expert buyers
|-vu twenty. to fifty in certain
|Ea-but, like "X. Y. 2 & Co., keep
|rElsr siaffs abroad all the time. The
|Ics house and the foreign agency
g, in close touch with one another
rAsDily. The agent in Paris must
ibreast of the changes in fashions
u almost from week TO week, sends
|szples home. Meanwhile, the home ex-
|Eu, who make annual trips abroad,
|pp their hands on the local business
II.
h is proverbial that Europeans do
|<aE on smaller scale than Ameri-
|fs and nowhere is this better illus
|aed than in a comparison Of whole
p houses and manufactures. A store
|z5er in small American town NAV
I % sny one Of score of large cities
- United States and find under one
II goods sufficient to stock his en-
p establishment, But an American
pa can never do this in Paris. The
Crsiactqrer here, and tho wholesaler,
p carries only one particular line |
E: IN that line he is not only a spe-
|11H, but an ideaGst as well. Most |
\ he Paris wholesale houses and fac.
|aH are smaller than many Ameri- |
1i retail stores. In this city are 5000 |
[lss whose sole output is roses for
'3e1 s hats Similarly q man rho |
F-nishes the trade with feathers makes |
I Tills or any OF the other conceits |
eeanded by the milliner. The same |
.Ee1 Of specializing extends TO all
- lines of trade and a wholesaler
4 only sells just one certain line,
Only one quality Of goods in that
ce :, The wholesale diamond merchant
i.aes only the finest gems and the
~ In limitation stones makes no
-.ssnse TO possession of the genuine. !