New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-19
PUTS BLAME ON FARNB
Marcus M. Marks Gives Then.
on High Cost Of Liyino.
GIRLS CLOTHES FACTOR. TN
Political Scientists Hear W..
They Spend on Dress, and
What They Would Like Tn


Marcus VI Marks. president Of IN. g..
ing Manufacturers Association. fooL J.
place OF W. 9. Brown. president -
New York Central Railroad on tn
gramme AZ the session or the Acase-,
Political Science al Columbia r-niv.-
last night
Mr. Marks vas emphatic In savi-.
me trusts had nothing to do win An. -
cost % living. for according "a bf-, $
thing that was produced b., a 80. ~
sold for the same Or smaller p-ic. -
before the trusts came into being m.
farmer Is the one who really IA. -.
W the cost or living. according ~ =.
Marks, FOR y IL the products f,irpsss.s
MN that have risen now IN price Tbf,L
turn. said Mr.. Msrks RAD bsen 49,.
about by the constantly increszin- !.
rnand outdoing We supply. Psopl. vc-..
days are unwilling to wear and uss "a, -.
/ things with which they would bav. -
perfectly satisfied a scors OF years 40 !.
cordins 20 Mr. MarRs
No one will wear short tail coa, -
the fashion is in for long tail co., y.
no one would Think OF Wearing a Coz. -.
IL was green. said lIr Marks IN. -.
Of desire IS higher. the level az u,,,,. :
| higher. and that has also trouzbt ,so,.s
increase IN the level OF vszas Tbs V.t.-
wage is the minimum stsrdars "a -.
living wss. Of to-day rleans uv,n, -.
mere vesetatinz"
a. Barton Hepburn, presidsrs a. -
| Chase National Bank, presided o-s- -.
meeting. at which Arthur Lionel sp.i,. !.
Oxford. was guest OF honor.
A b Farquhar, a PENNSYLVANIA 49,.
facturer, spoke OF The Cost OF Iivinv -,
the Tariff" and put the blame on ~ u,
OF Injuries and automobiles. ana 49,
that the protective tariff was in -.
large measure responsible
Herbert NJ. Robinson Of ths R,,r.,, .,
Licenses. and Miss Susan m. Kinrsbr-,
OF the WOmens Industrial Union. -
spoke.
The afternoon session was scbsduist -
Schermerhorn Hail. but 50 many turned ~,
for the meeting despite the rain that n Ia
20 be transferred TO Earl Hall. where tssr.
Is room for five hundred persons. Profs..o-
Frank J. Goodnov, OF che departures. a,
public law at Columbia. presided and in-a
duced Dr. Fabian FraRklyR. who spoke N
THE Quantity Theory OF Money" Or 10
seph French Johnson spoke on The Cos
Supply
The paper that aroused the greatest n.
terest at the session, however. was one ssad
by Miss Insz Weed on some STANDARD, a.
Living Among Girls or the Leisure Class
Miss Weed discoursed without a blush the
apparel of her sex despite the fact that
two-thirds of her hearers we're men.
Miss Weed described the answers 70
questions put by her 20 class Of thirty
nine girls in ''onS OF the older prlvais
schools of this city"
"Au the girls" Miss Weed said. "took
lively interest in the Investigation Of TIER
own feelings and ideas on dress Tier
tastes on the whole are very simple. The
girls. like all OF Us. were more or less m
der the tyranny OF the miiIi1er and wore
their badges OF serv4tude 80 dearly bought
Their tastes ran 20 severely tailored suits.
tailor made shirtvaists and heavy. relisols
boots
After putting the girls into two classes.
according "a they favored intellectual or
social activities. Miss Weed SAID that the
tastes Of the Arzt set Of girls as 20 Their
actual expenditure included dress hats at
s. each. two Or three a year; three srsa-
INK EONIa. 81 - tdCur diiu -"O ettrel sai-,s
at SO each. The total expenditure vas 80
a year on the average
The figures for the social butterflies were
q little different. The average girl in this
class bought three street has. al - % each;
four dress hats. at SO each: four stree
suits. ct $50 each. five evening sOwns. at -
each, and twelve pairs OK six stockings
at s. a pair. The total for this class Went
Up to $3.50 a year. In the summary Of VIA
the intellectual girls would ike 20 have
il no limit were placed on the use OF tleT
pocketbOck were found items lie thres
street hats. at SIS each: two dress hats. a.
s22 % each: three or four street suits. =
Sol % each. i've evening gowrs az 81 =
each. with a yearly total expense OF N'l".
The butterflies. when asked 10 iet tasn
fancies run free. suggested spending sool'
8. s0e
Miss Weed said working Sirls needed onS
y7S s. for clothing a year. but vould Ike u
spend Sso.