The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-23
SOME MILLS ALREADY OUT
y . Not Necessary For Ap-
par,~ It IS The Cloth That
Countsi White Always Worn
in Summer Months, Why
Not Especially So This Sum
mef?-Designers Scoff
dorothy Mitchcii.}

aH1 going to make this story a per
Sonal talk between the women and
men, for = is intended for the women
of the State, and if [ should say any
thing during this little conversation
that does not suit your fancy, why you
just IMAGINE am talking about Your
neighbor-the one you don't like
snail be glad ii you read and consider
II and appreciate it if anyone should
follow the little suggestions that ]
shall make. They are these
1t is beginning to look rather dark
for the cO1Ored mills on account Of the
scarcity Of dyes for which this coun-
try has been dependent upon Ger
many, and If this insane war-I dc
not know of a better name for it
lasts much longer and England sue
ceeds in stopping or curtailng ship
InentS to and from Germany as she
now proposes to do, it would seem
that the mills which have been max
ing the coloEed goods will be facing
crisis A few days ago the news
dispatches carried story of the clos
ing down of the HOlt-Morgan mills in
Fayetteville on account Of the lack Of
| dyeStuffS. Not having been on the
ground since the story appeared in
| print. l cannot say whether it is very
serious or not; that is. whether the
hold-up of work will be indefinitely,
| or that matters will soon be adjusted
| Let rs hope for the latter. But q
| thing Of this kind only goes to show
| that there may be serious trouble
| ahead for the dye mills
| What Mill Closing Means
| Maybe you good WOmeYN and espe-
! cially those who never had to earn
! living, do not know what it means for
a mill to close down. and the troubles
| it brings to those who are dependent
| upon it for support in trying to solve
! the eternal question of how to make
| a living. And possibly you who never
| give business a thought, never real
| ized that such a thing takes several
| thousand dollars month out Of circu-
lation. and that it is harder for some-
| one to get the usual amount which
you have been receiving.
But. perhaps some Of you wonder
| what ali this has to do with personal
| talk with the women. 1t Is this: Col
| OrS are not necessary for apparel. Il
| is the cloth that counts. This story IS
| merely to suggest what a good thing
| it would be for the mills and the peo-
| Dle who are dependent upon them II
| the summer Of 1915 or as long as the
| war lasts, or until some Of our Amer
| leans have produced lasting DYE,
| could not be a White Season. and let
our slogan be not only Wear Cotton"
| but Wear White" There is enough
| white goods consumed in and near
| Fayetteville to keep ali Of its mills
| busy supplying the demand, and yet Z
mill has stopped because its thread
must he dyed.
Designers Scoff al Poverty.
And yet from the appearance OF the
| millinery openings it seems that the
| designers have made it a season OF
gay coIors. Have you ever really no
ticed how the fashion designers al.
| ways scoff at poverty and the real
needs Of the people? II there evr.r
| was q time when the American mills
should economize in cyestufe anG
save them for the colder snasor < ss
now. and il there was ever q time fn
| history when white shortd Re the PIE
vailing color. it is now. White IS al
ways worn during the summer
months. You women can make = M
leading thing if you will. / under