El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

Trimming Done by Girls
The trimming IS done by women ard
girls who work az long tables with needle
and thread They sew IN the sweat bands
and fasten the CORDS around the crowns
I saw one room Do which thar- were az
least half an acre OF Elrls trimming rats
for the soldiers. and. during my stay. =
walked through one vast room after an
other filled with men handling these hats
establishment is one o. The largest IN the
hat making industry. and "a trip through
its various branches gives one some idea
% the extent % which the hat Industry
Of our country has grown
The American coiouists began 90 make
hats almost as soon az they ic1ded- They
were not satisfied with the coouzkin caps
used by the hunters. and about 40 years
after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth
rock the assembly of Virginia was enact
ing laws TO encourage hat making A
premium OF ten pounds OF tobacco vas
offered for every good FUR hat made On
the colony and q little later the eLpcr-e-
tion OF raccocu furs was forbidden
Long before the Declaration o. indie
pendence was signed Delaware had
offered prize Of 90 EhtlIir-s for the
uratest and best hat manufactured in the
lower counties and Carolina had developed
a Lourlsh hing hat industry and was eE-
porting hats 90 the West Indie
Even before that ENGLAND became
alarmed at the American has which
were brought there 10 be sold. and tire
Englizh manufacturers petitiousd pariia-
lDaUM 10 lnEUIu NuHA .IILUDElI
committee 90 which this petition was re-
ferred reported that there were zen hat
tiers lu the single city o. Boston. one %
whom made 20 hats q week. and that
10000 beaver hats were annually manu-
iactured In New York and View EnEl1nd-
As result o. this evidence the English
parliament passed an act that no person
was 90 be allowed 90 make hats unless he
. had served an apprenticeship OF seven
years, and that no negro could work at
the bushes II provided that no hats
or falts. dyed or uudved finished or IN
finished could be put on board any yes
sel FOR any place within any % the Brit
Ssh plantations with the intent 60 be eU-
ported thence 90 any other plantation or
. thence 20 any place whatsoever tt WAS
laws like this that aided in bringing
about our Declaration OF Tudeue1dence.
Danhury's Hat Trade
After the Evolutionary war the haf
( Industry thrived- As soon ne tho soldiers
were dishursed there was demand Tor
new hats. and On 1850 Zadoc BauedicL had
started the hat Industry OF Daubury.
Conn He was then making three hats a
day, and panhury has been noted for it's
hats rom then until now little later
hat manufacture had become an extern
slve industry in Pennsylvania Two yearE
after the revolutionary war closed there
were sS hatters in Philadelphia and 2f7
ln other parts OF the state. Peunsyl yluia
was then making $4,000 fur hats per an
mum. and at the same time thousands II
hats were being made 81 Connecticut In
A"A. we MNNaNHA nHNN TO HM.AH or LN|N.=
600 and IN 1881. when Andrew Jackson
was president the annual production was
estimated as worth SIS 600. o0o aud as
Swing employment 60 1900 men and
than 1900 establishments that are MAX
Ing hats and cans Of one kind OF another.
and about $4,000 persons are employed in
that work More than $1,000. boo worth
q capital IS invested I'm the business and
the wages paid are something like Gfo.-
100000 per auuum. while the products
have n value OF more than s19e COO o0o.
we have two or three hundred factories
which make hats Of fur-feit. and these
are scattered over the United States from
Aassachusetts 10 California and from the
lakes % the gulf There are IS such fac
tories in Connecticut. Il in oew Jersey
According TO Col. Cumming statement
which have quoted. there are only about
q dozen OF these factories which have big
army contracts. and these have kept IN
advance Of the demands OF che govern
men-
No shortage for Soldiers.
There has been no shortage % hats for
me soldiers, and this is % striziug con-
lrast with the shortage IN clothing in-
Guiding overcoats and uniforms Hats
nave not gone up In price 20 such an eI-
S - As other arueles or wearins apparel
lheF nave advanced only about 25 ner
cent since the war BEGAN. whereas SHOES
have gone up more than 100 per cent.
This is true. notwithstanding thar an hat
NaAAH ANANH ANNaA aNENNN
Today the United States makes as good
hats 10 not better than any other coun- I
Try on earth. II has more styles and bet I
ter workmanship. and it spends more /
money for fine hats than any other coun- /
try In going through the factory which I
7 have mentioned 7 saw hats which were /
MADE Tor the cowboys % the western I
United States and Canada. which sell Tor /
$50 and S25 apiece. and there are many I
mats sold in cur cities which now bring .
So SIS and So
Travelling through Korea before tho d
apanese-Chiuese war which finally rr- I
suited In the Japanese taking hold OF tho I
country. ] saw mobiles wearing hats % q
black horse hair which cost SO or SIS I
apiece These were FAR lighter than any
hats we have. and they were so beautiful
.y woven that they looked like black lace.
Straw Hats 500 Each.
have seen straw hats ia Ecuador which D
are with as much as 500 apiece. They are
made by specially skilled women who do
much OF the work under water i've or six
months sometimes being required 20 make
D single fine hat They are not made OF
straw. but Of the tender nber1 o. the palm
Leaf. which are boiled in a mixture OF /
lalt and lemon juice % Whiten them