The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-06
sHERMAN's SUMMER SUIT
And the Winter Clothes Of the Masses
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And the wInter Clothes of the Masses.
Baltimore Sun.
vice-President Sherman appeared IN
clad in a suit OF light-blue cotton
cloth. If King Edward VII of Great
Britain had presented himself at the
ton goods. Of indigo hue, all the smart
set In England would have fallen in
line in quick order. It remains to be
seen whether Sunny Jim's" example
clothes were given to him by acqnaint-
ances in Georgia. The cotton was the
product Of Georgia soil The cloth the
product OF a Georgia mill; The suit
light and cool. The vice-President,
with the. temperature at the national
capital at 100 in the. shade, was far
more comfortable in this unique attire
than the statesmen Of a more august
and severe type who CARRIED them
selves In conventional senatorial gar
ments II he was not exactly dream
least good to look upon from the stand
point of weather conditions. The man
who wears a blue cotton. coat. or
type of the statesma 1.-THE high Brow
ed. massively Intellectual Solon. Blu,
on the principle that 1t is wiser to be
cool than to suffer in heavyweight
ance Of grandeur, Sunny Jims' ward
robe needs no defense.
But the time is coming, in a few
months, when clothes made Of Georgia
cotton will not be seasonable when the
masses will need heavy wooden gar
ments to keep out the frost. The Vice.
President of the United States. Senator
Aldrich and all the extreme protection
lists in Congress will not suffer because
the new tariff law which they are now
''perfecting" will result in an advance
In the price OF clothing made. of wool:
They can afford to Jay the increased
price without much financial embar-
rassment. But the great majority of
men and women are not as fortunately
make the tariff schedules. Our esteem
ed contemporary, The New York World,
in review Of the clothing market in
that city. states that staple woolens
rise in the last few days in anticipa-
ton of the Aldrich-Payne tariff bill go
ing into effect. The advance in prices
from $115 to $3.50 a yard for certain
tons from buyers and sellers, but the
large retail clothing firms believe that
In spite Of the advance the season will
be successful" member of one OF
these firms is quoted as saying: II
have never known such high prices TO
prevail between seasons. But l do not
feet on the demand or the output. Peo-
pie must have clothes. There is very
little doubt that the near future will
record the highest prices ever paid In
q VI 4ihcS "a hiCA
ing"
If the climate of the United States
were such that the American masses
could be comfortable the year round in
cotton clothes of cerulean hue, the an
nouncement of a IS per cent advance in
the price of wooden cloth would be re-
ceived with Indifference by the people
of this country. But, unhappily for
the masses, our winters are severe and
the people must have thick clothing for
several months in the year. If sunny
jim" has kind heart and Is full of
sympathy for the toiling masses, he
cannot feel unalloyed happiness at the
prospect of higher prices for the over
coats and other winter clothing which
are Indispensable to the comfort and
health of his fellow Americans. But
we do not understand that his influence
has been exerted in the slightest de-
gree to keep down the cost Of any OF
able. contented and happy nov IN
ping frosts come he win be warm and
snug in the best wooden clothes that
the market affords. Perhaps some gen
tie shepherds of the West VIII send
him a complete outfit of wooden gar
ments as a token of their satisfaction
at the advance in prices. But the man
who has 10 pay next winter So per
cent increase for wooden clothes will
possibly do some tall thinking. And
IL he does sunny Jim" cannot COM
plain that the dissatisfied citizen is
either ungrateful or unintelligent.