Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-29
SECRETARY, OF NATIONAL AS
ISOLATION SAYS REDUc-
TON Is IMPOSSIBLE.
MANUFACTURING. COST
CONSTANTLY SOARING
Reputable Retailers and Manufactur-
s's Said to Be Making Effort to
Stabilize Prices - Protests Being
Made Against Further Advances Of
Members Of Union.

OF telegram from Chicago last
week which appeared In Iowa news
papers and gave the impression that
mems clothing prices were coming
down immediately, The Capital
sought an authorized statement from
Charles Wry. the secretary iof the
National Association OF retail Cloth
iera Here Is his statement.
Chicago, July rs. 1920. state
ments to the effect that clothing
prices viii lbe lowered for fan are
not based on facts and can serve no
purpose except to deceive the con-
snining; public. Retail .cIothiers In
placing their orders for fall sner-
ch'sndise had to pay heavy advances
over the prices OF last spring and
last fall. y assss IS
Manufacturing costs have steadily
increased and are still rising. "A
statement issued late in June by
the United States department OF la
boz showed that employees OF estab-
lisllments engaged In the production
Of mems clothing received an aver
aS's Of 50 per cent more money per
week in May this year than they
did in May last year.,
1The AmalEamated Garment Work
era, the union Of workers In the
clothing industry. are still asking
for further advances. One OF their
demands at the present IL that
clothing manufacturer should pay
into . fund that the union calls an
unemployed fund a certain percent
age Of their entire payroll. UNDER
stand they are asking for five per
cent. Perhaps you got the point.
Both ret. -lers and manufacturing
cltthiers are vigorously protesting
any further labor, or any further
advances Of any kind that will In.
crsase costs Of merchandise.
Protects Further Wage Advances
z am leaving today for Rochester,
n Z. to. appear before the arbitra-
tien board that is considering there
q demand Of the Amalgamated GAR
mint Workers for further increases
In wages In that important clothing
market. shall register the FORMAL
protest OF the six thousand leading
retail clothiers fof the country, who
are members OF our association,
against any further wage advances
and In doing 10 feei that I am serv-
Ing tho public interest.
Every reputable retailer ana man
ufActurAr In the country realizes the
need Tor stablixation OF prices and
IL bending his every effort In their
Individual and collective power to
bringing prices to q normal basis.
False statements promising early
reduction Of prices that have been
appearing in the press Of the coun-
try. falsely accusing. retailers Of
| profiteering, have led the public in
to 9 belief that by holding OF pur-
chasing they could reduce prices:
but the facts are the only result evil
ds,nced from slowing down OF pur-
chasing has been to develop UNI
settled conditions IN the clothing In
d,lstry to an extent where at the
present time the majority OF the
wooden mills Of the country are clos
Ing down. and many clothing manu-.
lecturers are either closing their
plants entirely or. greatly reducing
tfteir number Of employees. thus caus-
Ing widespread unemployment and
cutting, off production. which is the
o,ae thing needed to bring lower
prices.
Clothing lndustry.
tho clothing industry Is the
fourth largest industry In the coun-
try and any unsettled condition. no
matter what its caure. which de-
vtslops In 20 important an industry
Is bound sooner or later to be re-
Elected into the other Industries. !. II
there anything to be gained for the
great mass of labor, who after all