The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
CLOAKMAKERS' STRIKES COST
UOHEN M iERS non PiiING
ITLND THEI IDON'T LINE 1T.
General Nj, anc~ of From Ten tn Twelve
and Onr-haH Per Gent, In Price of
GarmrnIs New Rules Have kcpt
stock Depicted shopper PAY Illl.

shops. or Will you pay N" advanced
prices that Won who ar" shoppers hav"
all seem on IN" very much r"~'rl"t"i
s'ocks Of tallurma 4" cOods which latt"r'y
YOU have h',,n shIc tn inspect IA the
greater and th. le-,"r stores ah," M the
metropolis.
II Won elect 10 make them az hon YOU
will Justify once more thar wonderful
PruyId"uo" which moves ia a mysterious
wav - wonders to I"rform. for one ot
th,. demands which the CloJN makers won
Ia 'hcir recent long strike IN this city WGS
thai there should To- no home iahuT
\rIth"r shall there H. NOR" than two
hours overtime work, according 10 the
terms - settlement II the strik"
And th" r,Snlt ui - oil. with the sT-CiiiC
Increase IN wages - hat all the ladies'
clocks tho coats and skirts which are to
H.. found tha-. DAYS IN the stores are
much higher in pro" than they w"r" last
s~a-un or even than the corresponding
goods IT last spring The cost IL living
for ~" cl,aS'd ladies a. for the un-
cloakrd u nowadays ever onward. n
seems
The fall shopping has only just begun
and vet tho women folk. acute IN thor
peculiar preserve. hav" discovered
promptly and declared the Ills just spok On
OF
Here W" traverse IN. heart 81 the
mctrupolis. thay have said To- THE SUN.
"th. metropolis Of this Who'll" glorious
country m search of outer attire and We
find that stocks are short. are limited
or incomplete. and that prices are way
up. what about ~"
noon to find ont what about II Its re-
porter found. alas. ia" tale too true
Lake that early immaculate fnaucier who
first gave the world paper money IN
bringing IN" green hack To- Noah. the
messenger returned with the news that
II w., money. IA. question II money.
that was writ on the face Of III. waters.
mere vulgar bat unmstakabl" money
thar caused III" shoppers tears Ia Hood;
not money that the shopke"pers wanted
To get out of them TO put INTO their own
til- hut money that must he passed ON
Ia the cloakmakers lately ON strike In
Fifth avenue and broadway and Thirty
fourth street AID IA" other crosstown
shopping street, the story was the same
Their vas uo argument We admit It.
sad IA" trai",u"n
And here l. an" way that collectively
they 'alked
Tie cloak makers were on strike for
more than Two months They have re-
sun'-i work with IN" provision thai not
Du|y shall 'h.v receive higher wages buj
thl' 'h"y shall not work more than two
h,ur~ cg"~rIm" and that there shall be- no
home WORK. In m" 'ir,t pll," those lost
Two months Will never he made uy. can
never he made yp. II matters not that
We nav" not recognized tho UNION Why.
the-" were time busy iIme-. when We
saId Ia amul'Iou- workers. When do YOU
sIerp' and wer" answered cheerfully and
happily After ~" first II July
Thr workers w~r. busy early turning
ou' the fall style. Then orders were
gwen and throughout ~" breadth 81 the
Land people w"r" enabled 10 know early
what style, wouli prove acceptable and
the orders could b" repeated. duplicated
the acceptable" many times repeated
Ih" -irik" cent everything back
Orders from th. West wet. counter
manded because hobudy knew where he
va, at. Nobody knew what Na- coming
And TO you know those Cluakmakers v-r"
Rpf.Iug NOR" han college people are
grttiugs They we're going ou' - here
many - them. with s25, 81 or SIS a week
Now thli they ar" ny a. nigh a. tii there
H. no telling what next will be coming
-Bu, while the strike was on no goods
We" made up. II WINS primarily "a strike
II what ven might call repaIrcr-. but Us
eject V.r" broader than that would
iHlIcai" For example. the special rider
workrr~ 81 on" 81 he largest shops IN the
city wer,. fOrC.-i ui!i b"sarISt. ths repairing
cloak maker. had % IN their head- that the
spcDtll order workers vsT" doing the r.
pAIr.r- work "" learned. for instance,
81 th" unions holding mp pu'i"~ up -
clIr'aiu- oven. charging him with doing
Clpakmaker-' repairing or making. and
he had - undo his kit ana show hem that
he wa not a Cloakmak"r hur u curtain
man And you know II wasn't gowns
thai w"r" affected. they are made 10y
women and didn't figure m thS strike
IL was Clpak-. coats and -kIrt~
We'll. With no goods made up while the
strIk" was ~ there could IT course be- no
such stock on hand now for IN" fall trade
a. - Customary " takes perhaps fort
nigh' lrum IN" cutters knit" ~ IN" shop
where tn" customer, NAV s''a the goods
But NOR" than that tins - not q business
vhor,.u Their" - straight raiS'' ~ the
faf sim an hour or dav for the work
man wages. a. might IL. the Cas@ say,
with IN. brick LAYER ~ hen tl-- employer
curJld hC4r" actual, IN nv increased cost
n th.. business ~ ~ pl"c" work and each
firm hI, fp rgtI" for itself what the in
creased c''s' 20 ~ will b" under IN" new
a'r'''u"U'- for Its output That ~ "A
matter fHf mo i4iIlF Nltilt, ann ffhf
'hs-,, must ..ll'yss ths. time required for
N" rnrnrl"-ing Il m" suits before tho
sru'k- can b" ready for the retail cue
t.uIpr
A. q consequence We all acknowl-
edge that our stocks ar" NOT 80 large
nor 49, fIll - T. rIsiIal N this season
Ne uayeu' h""u able 10 gr' the suits
ArG fr" Iutr''a-"i prIo" 10 W j. - course
reelected 900 th" prlcr - The ultimate
rrT..Ifr"r 1h.- i- I-'rhap- Un the aver
4 Hr" 900 .l.'r .'.u' 20 ~ p"r cont over
W'lr ur..u- fHr similar goods have teen.
y be- 'a..I"- rp NOT lk" II They DO not
Do. % '.tl"r rN" Increased cpst or ~" IN
o,rnr..'''. a--yr'U"u'-. ,"' Whan M" sales
ElrI, '"II 'h'fu 'h" a hYl" story iheV hay.
~ No IHn-' raft taken the matter Jhilp-
-pp'.IutIl'. although -pru" 81 the southern
"rl-'rrr.'r- cannot refrain from saving
'Itr % -'"'n- strange. lna-ruu'h ~ here
to- r-,. ih"y ll." ilWay- been able ~ get
vNI' 'l..y vlu'.si Iu Nv Nork az this
ir... z wear
- char N"Y Nura 80 think. VIII fare
70 If'.' I..fI"r than m" iIstaut cities ~
its l'r 'n.. 'r-. ,iil IN ~" gDpdr 'uru"d
..' ~" ',ul|y Ipuk fpr fun stock wlthtn
aU"H.f tru'n'.r -,'.... bu' ~ 2. prirss they
n.Is' -r-'.t.r. 'h'. ID am mad" for some.
body % .,...r-'. Ia- got - nav M" increased
sIIf. Ih' ..-' = repair mas at auCe,i
i.r r'" '." rrrs..rs IN some Instances
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