Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-08-05
WHAT WOMEN CAN
Do To GUT COST
Of LIVING HERE
NOTED WRITER TELLS SOME
WHOLESOME FACTS ABOUT
NATIONS EXTRAvAGANcE. .
BUYERS ARE NOW ROUSINC
Remedy Is TO Work and Save, In.
crease Production and Get
Moneys Worth.

In his comment on current events,
Richard Spillane, in Commerce and
Finance, has the following to say con.
corning the work of the women OF
America in their organized campaign
for thrift and saving and against high
prices: g.
"a wall is going up from the women
these days owing to the poor quality
of goods they get in the department
stores and speciality shops and the low
grade of workmanship.
Stuff that ordinarily would not be
handled by high class, reputable estab-
lishments now is put on the counters
and a price is put on it that is little
short of robbery. Sales persons are
just as contemptuous and supercilious
in their treatment Of persons who are
shocked over the cheap, poorly made
ARTICLES put on sale at outrageously
high prices as If 1t were a favor to
permit a person to buy anything these
times at any price.
"The truth of the matter seem to
be that in most staple articles, either
textiles or furniture or anything else,
there is carelessness and ~profteering
or worse all along the line. Labor is
slipshod, and manufacturers skimp in
every possible way.
"The clothing people r particular
offenders. They may not be RESPONSE
bile for the poorer quality Of cloths,
but they are responsible for poor work.
manship on garments. They charge
the poor quality of cloths to the mill
men, and then excuse themselves for
the poor quality Of cloth to the mill
Saying labor is out of hand, and the
employer who protests against any.
thing is in danger of having a strike
or a new demand for increased pay, SO
they have to bear the ills they meet
and try to wait in patience for time
to adjust conditions.
"But If you r a friend, the cloth
ing manufacturer will tell you in con.
Ifdence he Is having a very profitable
year, the best in fact of his whole
business career. Honesty in manufac.
turing and merchandising seems to be
at a pronounced discount, more Of a
discount than the dollar is today.
Here's something worth while.
-Four hundred thousand women of
Pennsylvania, members Of organiza-
if;ooa affiliated with tho No+iopol Fod.
Grafton of Women's Clubs, have
pledged themselves to earnest econ
'omy in household and other expenses
in the first three months of the new
year.
Every woman is to keep a detailed
account of her daily expenses and
study for every reasonable reduction
In expenditures. Every woman will
strive to conserve food, fuel and
clothes and eliminate waste of ma
terial and goods and labor. Every
woman will keep track of every cent
that is saved. Every woman will in
west every dollar saved In Government
Savings Stamps paying APT per cent
1uL6E ISL dHu AOQOlL W uOI StdtS oAO
city chairman as to the saving.
That's business. More power tc
those good women, and all honor tc
them.
IF the men Of the nation would fol
low suit many Of the ills from which
we are suffering would end.
There is h specific for the woes Of
the work. 1t is simple and known tt
all men, but few accept it.
What is it? Simply this: Worl
and save. We do tco little of each
and never was this so true as today
Commerce and Finance also make!
the following editorial comment:
"In a letter to Mrs. w. H. Winslow
president of the Chicago Woman!
Clubs, Mrs. Cyrus H. Mccormack ask!
the women not to forget that there il
still an important responsibility upoI
them as women to continue wartime
conservation and exercise their in
tiuence and their self-control to stem
the tide Of extravaganza and help tt
avert a national crisis. We hope thii
appeal will be needed. The women
clubs OF the United States exert a wild
influence. If they will use it to maxi
economy the fashion they will do
great service"
Money invested now in Libert.
Bonds, which are a little below pa
On the market, is very much bette
than buying expensive clothing, fuI
niture, jewelry and Injuries of al
kinds, that command prices ava,
above their actual worth.
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