Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-06
LADIES GLAD RAGS
COST GOOD MONEY
But Who Doesn't Know That I;
Uncle Sam Gives Out Some
Interesting Figures on the
Subject.

Washington. Dec Part of what
woman gets out OF her briel span OF
life il disclosed in the latest prellmi-
nary census report pu, out by Director
Durand II deals with the manufacu-
ture of woman's clothing IN the United
States
According 10 the figures and aside
from innumerable small dressnaking
establishments throughout the com
Try. woman has working for her f,a5S
large manufacturing establishments
given over exclusively TO the mann
featuring OF woman cloihings such as
suits, dresses and skirts, shirtwaists.
cloaks, capes, jackets, wrappers. XII
.nonas. bclts. shields. stays and a line
OF dreams" "iovelles" and mysteries
that are modeslly grouped under the
designation OF "and similar articles.
Army OF i5s,74s.
In these i,55s establishments there
ID working for her an army OF 1887
persona whose annual payroll Is $751;
COS, 600.
Persons who work for mother ap.
parently do not grow rich, for bulking
the highest paid with the lowest this
payroll represenes an average month
~ wage OF Sf2.5S ,or the year 1865
This. however IL n vast Improvement
over the rate Ut pay OF ave years pre-
vious. when the average monthly
wage was t3G,S3. In addition 20 this
force OF wage carners. there are 1876
employees. such az officials and CLERKS.
0f the salnried class whose monthly
average pay 10 $50.
The material these factories WORK
NJ Is valued at S20S. TSS.OOO AiieI
faS,9sG.O00 has Deon spent on u m
labor and salaries and t33.745 600 IN
miscellaneous expenses. making 90.
tai OF s3ii. $4,000, the produc. leaves
the factories worth t3St,7b2.O00
or course. womans bin Ia not 1884
5s2. 900 Il would DC u she could buy
direct from the factory at factor -
values. But by the time THIS output
Is piled IN dlsneyeled hesna on the
counters for the weekly bu"gain day
stampede or stunningly nnrE ON show
window MODELS its aggregate sum bar
files the boldest Sunday supplement
economist. whose bewildaFing calcutta
tions never fail 10 make thrilling sun
day reading.
Even the retail price figures do no,
begin to tell the story, for they ~
not take into account the damage done
by the army OF 100000 Tres smakerr
the force OF 10a,000 milliners snl
those thousands OF other craf.speopIe
engaged In the AIT OF making women
happy II not always comfortable. u
these totals could be ascertainea and
set down on paper. secre'aey Wilson,
amazing figures On the rayases OF The
uoll wcevil and economic iamage 10y
diseasscarryinE insects would sink
into inslgnihcance. Only the DARING
siderial calculations Og the Aslrono,
meF Flammarion could shine above
that flood Of figures.
starts on Upward courss.
Nor ls the end In sight. What mai
been termed 'tle woman's game hai
Just started on fresh upwar.
couiso In ave years the number @
establishments manufIc'gIing VIZ
mans wear on an extensive scaic IN
creased from 1881 To- s.55S. tho cap
ital invested IRON t73 J1D.U0D 10 sis9
a0l 600 and the value Of the odipL
from s2iT.o0O,09o 10 1891 .0p0.Q0J
whats the moral Ji this siory7
some one aslel he cel,ls oftois
who handed 0ui me preliminary re
port on wumans elofhme.
Fits this" replied the census man
III YOU want TO feel like plker' jus
look al mother. Also at sister"
Then De handed 10 The press tn
preliminary cunsds report ON hol
much II costs 20 Keep man IN cigars
II shows that not more than loss
tobacco factories are kept wording .
supply the needs GILMAN.
While the woman's clothing estal
lishmenls employed an army of i72
600 persons. the tobacco factories kep
10000 employees busy making smOk
fuel, chewing tobacco. snuff and sim
liar necessities for men.
Az factory prices u costs 1884. 200
600 10 keep woman In clothes. but
costs sf16,ooo.0Oo to keep man In q
bacco.
That has been advanced as one {
the reasons why men object no strenl
ouHiy 10 women acquiring the tohas
co habits NJ well NJ the clothes hahi
l