The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-05

Finance, has the following to say |
concerning the work of the women
Of America in their organized cam
paign for thrift and saving and
against high prices:
"a wall is going up from women
Of these days owing to the poor quail
ity of goods they get in the depart
ment stores and speciality shops and
the low grade Of workmanship.
"Stuff that ordinarily would not
be handled by high class reputable
establishments now is put on the
counters and price is put on it that
is little short Of robbery. Sales per-
sons are just as contemptuous and
supercilious in their treatment of per-
sons who are shocked over the cheap,
poorly made articles put on sale at
outrageously high prices as if it were
favor to permit person to buy
anything these times at any price.
"The truth of the matter seems to
be that in most staple articles, either
textiles or furniture or anything else,
there is carelessness and profiteering
or worse all along the line. Labor is
slipshop and manufacturers skimp in
every possible way.
"The clothing people are particu-
lar offenders. They may not be re-
sponsible for the poorer quality OF
cloths, but they are responsible for
poor workmanship on garments They
charge the poor quality of cloths to
the mill men and then excuse them
selves for the poor workmanship on
garments by saying labor is out OF
hand, and the employer who protests
against anything is in danger of hav-
ing strike or new demand for in
creased pay, so they have to lear the
ills they meet and try to wait in pa
tience for time to adjust conditions.
'But if you are friend, the cloth
ing manufacturer will tell you lin con-
fidence he is having very profitable
year, the best in fact of his whole
business career. Honesty in manu-
featuring and merchandising seems
to be at pronounced discount, more
of discount than the dollar is today.
'Here's something worth while.
Four hundred thousand women of
Pennsylvania, members Of organiza-
tons affiliated with the National
Federation 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 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
vest every dollar saved in government
savings stamps, paying APT per cent.
interest and report to her state and
city chairman as to the saving.
"Thats business. More power to
those good women, and all honor to
them.
s1f the men of the nation would
follow suit many of the ills from
which we are suffering would end.
"There is specific for the woes of
the work. 1t is simple and known to
all men, but few accept it.
"What is itf Simply this: Work
and save. We do too little Of each,
and never was this so true as to-
day.
Commerce and Finance also makes
the following editorial comment:
'1n letter to Mrs. w. H. Winslow,
president of the Chicago Woman's
Clubs, Mrs. Cyrus M. Mccormack
asks the women not to forget that
there is still an important response
bility upon them as women to con-
tinue wartime conservation and ex-
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