New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-24
March
In High Cost
Protest To-day
Governor Bestows His
Official Blessing Upon
the Directors to the
High Price of Clothing
Pastor to Don Overalls
Demonstration Will Wind
Up With Concentrated
Fire of Thrift Oratory

With an official blessing from Gov
ernor Smith to encourage them, about
twenty thousand high cost Of living OBJ
jectors will line up at II o'clock this
morning for New York's first economy
parade. The massed attack will orig
mate at Columbus Circle, encircle
Broadway and Times Square in a flank
ing movement, debouch on Fifth Ave
nue. at Thirtyfourth Street and wind
up in Central Park with a concentrated
fire Of thrift oratory.
Twenty-Five universities, clubs, pub
lie schools, societies and neighborhood
organizations have announced their de-
termination to be in line. To these will
be added about the same number of the
atrical and motion picture groups,
bands, jazz and musical; professional
boxers and other retiring personages
who will make heroic sacrifices for the
sake of the cause.
lead the parade. Behind them will
come a group Of municipal employees,
boys and girls from I'VE high schpols,
Columbia, New York and Fordham uni
versities, City College, Brooklyn Poly
technic and Boy and Girl Scouts. Letter
carriers, illustrators, the Poetry So
ciety, elephants, vaudeville artists,
motion picture stars and delegations
from every musical show in town will
follow. In the rear any New Yorker
who is wearing clothes of sufficient an
line and make his individual protest.
1t will be the first free-for-a all, catch
as-catch-can parade since the days
when New Amsterdam used to go down
to the wharf to welcome the latest
schooner from Holland.
Soldiers to Preserve Order
A delegation of Italians from Cherry
Street and another delegation of Chi
nese from Pell Street will demonstrate
that though East is East and West is
West" the high price of clothing boxes
the compass. Haberdashers and others
of a cynical turn of mind will find sig
'ni6cance in the fact that the Wholesale
cleaners and dyers will be up in the
front row.
A group of soldiers from army re-
cruiting headquarters will help keep
the parade in its proper formation.
mand. Army truck and ambulances
and quick-tiring guns will be part
of the show, strictly for display pur-
poses.
Governor Smith wired congratula-
tions to the organizers yesterday from
Albany. His telegram said that the
paraders, deserved to be CONNIE nded for
their efforts to promote economy and
thrift.
An official announcement given out
yesterday by the promoters definitely
oI %ha ~
movement rather than a mere display
of overalls.
Protest Against False Standards
ut is; much more than an overalls
movement" the document says. "It is
protest on the part of salaried men
against the prevailing false standards
of American life and step toward
thrift, saving and economy.
eve do not believe that it is neces
sary for every citizen to be dressed up
like Christmas tree every day in the
year. This is the only great nation
whose workers do not have cheap and
durable working costumes made digni-
fled by Standardization.
1.-THE parade will be a demonstration
without bitterness toward anyone. We
are all woven into the fabric of Ameri-
can everyday life and we all share re-
SPOi ioiOi1iIy 1Oi Iuc HlSIi COSC OF ilVlnR,
reckless spending and trying to bluff
our neighbors: The best way to reform
conditions is for each individual to cor
rect his or her mode Of life by common
sense standards. The era of extrava-
gance is due to end and a reasonable
measure of prudence and self-denial
will benefit most of US"
The overall movement reached White
house, N. j., yesterday, when the an
nouncement was made that denim and
gingham would be the proper caper at
the annual fremen's ball
Jacob F. Becker, eighty three years
old, Germa- interpreter in the Brook
lyn Municipal courts, appeared yester-
day in suit of khaki overalls fos
which he paid s2.25 and was compli-
mented by Justice Jacob S. Strahl, who
said that Becker was setting splendid
example Of thrift.
The Rev. C. G. Cornwell, Of the
Riverhead Congregational Church, who
will preach on thrift next Sunday, an
nounced that he Is seriously consider
ing wearing overalls or khaki in tho
pulpit