The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-21
OVERALL CLUB
CHANGED into
OLD ClO' CLUB
Prominent Speakers Ad-
dress Large and Enthus-
iastic Audience on the
High Cost of Living.

The Overall club died in it's swadlins
cloth a the City Auditorium last night.
in the presence of about 1900 men
women and children And the Ola
Clothes club, like Phoenix. arose
iriumphantly in its place, while the
requiem was gloriousiy chanted by
mum Der of Richmonds frst citizens
The keynote Of the meeting was
Thrift, conservation. frugality and
sacrifice Of pride"
None of the speakers could suggest
remedy for the high cost Of living
All agreed that the cost is high, and
many of them blamed it upon the indi-
vidual while some of the less cautious
blamed u upon tho manufacturers
while few. Judge Wells in particu-
lar, blamed IT upon the whole shoot
ing match"
AS one man the speakers urged
the thousands present 10 practice
economy; 10 wear their old clothes;
n eat palmer and cheaper food 70
put false pride out Of the way and
feel not ashamed to appear in pub
lie with honest patches.
Il cannot but feel said one speaker
that We are % blame ourselves for
most Of this high cost 81 living The
merchants themselves say The people
wont buy cheap stun There is more
money IN circulation, people are get
ing higher wages. and they do no.
know what X means to be thrifty Tho
only way We can get the best ol The
prohteer ~ to stop dealing with AIm
Buy The platnest clothing and food end
We will see difference very soon
COST or 4 DRESS.
Mrs " Durham, leader n ,iyic
and economic movements n Richmond.
in : short sneeGh. sai i the peonl, them
ss4Ves could contribute toward a l.e'-
ter day, and she illustrated by saying
the very becoming dress which she
tnen wore. cost her just see The
material was forty cents a YARD she
made the dress herself ard The collar
""ns were from an Oh dress III
se|erai summers age. Betn Mrs pu'-
hau and h"s aeess rece we'd Jn cv7.i00.
Augustine RoHall prominent south
slider amused and instructed the
audience in his usual characteristics
fashion He said he wore pair OF
shoes he had been wearing for seven
years And" he said, ''Tii stick to
them IS long as they stick to me" He
declared thar he had stopped eatinc
turkey and SIGH" and intended 10
stand rs rhe planned food until some
thing dropped
why" said Mr.. Royan. "a tel-
low wanted to sell me a shad vester-
day for $3.50 What do you thing
OF mat FOR FISH and for nerve |
used 10 be fond of shad but I told
tina. fellow I had lost all my appe-
lite for shad"
Later Attorney General Saunders
said he had just got back from Mid
dlesex. and there they were selling
shsd anywhere from 25 10 50 cents
each, ut certainly don't cost two
dollars tn get shad here from Mid
d'eses,' continued Mr. Saunders.
Who gets the profit In that case"
Nobody in the crowd could an
swer
Governor Davis said he had been
u farmer for twenty years. He de-
clared that no class should be blamed
for the high cost OF living, but hat
TIE individuals should he picked out
and punished. He said the farmer
was not i'll the profiteerinc class. and
Illustrate d his statement hv saying
that fat cattle in Loudoun county had
been selling At loss TO the farmer
Who gets that profit9" ne asked
Judge Ernest Wells said he would
Continued on Rage Two)