Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-15
ovERALLs VS.. PRoFITEERs.


In line with the spirit which has
prompted several of the leading
cities Of Mississippi and Alabama to
organize what are known as Over
all Clubs. Many of the University
boys have donned overalls and are
avoiding the "gouging," by clothes
profiteers. The movement is rapid
ly spreading throughout the Univer-
sity community and Oxford, and al
though no definite club has as yet
been organized, that spontaniety of
feeling which is due to common
desire to avoid an evil which has
been SO pressing on our pocket
books, and so depressing to our
spirits, is finding satisfaction for
each man who owns a pair of over
alls. Many of the co-eds of Ole
Miss have caught the spirit of the
movement and have shown approval
by stating that the sun bonnet, and
"overallette" ie., apron would soon
be in order. Members of the facul-
ty have expressed their approval
and the conservative spirit of these
men will be made manifest in what
some people are too ready to call "a
i fad"
The writer of this article has
great satisfaction in knowing that
the adoption of this form of cloth
ing will save him Several dollars
which he would have spent-(had
he been able to get hold of them)
on new suit of clothes.
"a fad that will die out in a few
days." some have called it. Others
have "Ole Miss" is no place for such
a thing" others have said, and it
going to extremes"
There is no doubt that Ole Miss
is a place for practicing practical
economy, and what is more practical
than saving two or three scores of
dollars. No one can look down on
a man for practicing economy, and
if he chooses to express his feelings
in a way that will SEEM radical"
he will be doing only that thing
which the movement was organized
to do, that is: Save money, and set
people to thinking. Thus the price
of clothing will come down. Az the
demand for high priced clothing de-
creases, the price will corresponding
ly decrease. The reverse of this
may be said in regard to overalls.
True! But the increase surely can
not offset the good done, and the
thinking people will live more con-
sevatively in other ways, and in
keeping with the Overall" idea.
Those who say that it is "fad"
that will die out in few days are
doomed to disappointment, in one
case at least, if all present indica-
tons are to be relied on, for at
least one whole class has adopted
unanimously the plan to fight the
profteer. One class is going to
wear overalls to the end of the
year. The writer knows one man
who is not going to back down, be-
: lieve him "fad or no fad" If it's a
fad, when one saves $4,000 then
bring on your fads. The only re-
gret is that this so-called "fad" had
not been started earlier in the year,
before so much money was spent for
high priced suits.
Let the man who called the idea
an extreme know that one extreme
against another often brings about
The "happy medium" and just in the
same manner that we fight Hatred
with Love and have the "happy
medium" so may we hope to fight
the $4,000 profteer with $2.75 over
alls and get in the end good arti-
Gle at reasonable price. The
sooner we wake up to this, the bet
ter off, we will sooner be. By our
overalls and aprons shall We know
us. Thus speaketh the prophet in
pronouncing against the profteer.
4 It's the thing to do, We thinkers.
Let's do it in good style, and with
the best proper system. Let it not
be said of Ole Miss and the COM
munity in general that they were
laggards in helping to bring about
that which promises for the general
good.