Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-19
OVER 100 SIGN
PLEDGE T0FOR|N
Owe RAIL- CLUBS
Suggestions Were Made to
Keep in Touch With Over
all Factories So as 10
Prevent a Jump in Prices.

Overalls made their first appear
lance at public gathering in Albu
lquerGue yesterday when a mas!
meeting was held in jefferson hal
/ to consider a resolution that ha(
been drawn UP looking to the or.
lganizatiOn of a denim and ole
IclotheS club.
The meeting convened promptly
at O'Clock with about 100 person,
present. Nes!or Montoya. county
clerk, was made chairman of the
meeting and E. b. Garcia, secre-
tary.
! In a speech opening the meeting
MIR. Montoya strongly urged the
adoption of the resolution and the
| forming of a club and said: while
many may be in a position to buy
two or three suits of, clothes al
present prices. everybody cannot
do this and it is our duty towards
our fellowman, who is less fortu
mate, to make the load lighter for
him. J. is my desire to see the
governor of the state riding 10 his
mansion and Judges sitting on the
bench, clad in overalls. until such
time as the price of clothing is re-
duced, bringing the commodity
within the reach of all"
It was urged at the meeting that
la measure be passed which would
act toward holding the price of
denim down. 1t was suggested that
overall factories be communicated
with that the committee would be
lin a position to make arrangements
with them should the commodity
take a jump.
Il. b. Garcia said; eve have had
all sorts of fads and remedies pro-
posed but We have had no relief.
II is my belief that II is the desire
of the majority of those present to
adopt stringent measures in reduc-
ing this commodity to a fair price
and the desire of all to help the
retail Clothiers of the city find out
who Is to blame"
William Cote, president of the
State Federation of Labor, brought
the attention Of the meeting to the
fact that the movement was a very
serious one and advanced the
theory that thousands of men and
women would be thrown out of
work by reason of the action taken
in the forming of these clubs
throughout the country. He sug-
gested that the legal department of
the state and country he appealed
to and the people abide by its de-
cision.
1t was his opinion the matter
would have 20 be threshed out
from the bottom before solution
could be found and that he didn't
think it was right to boycott
against the local Clothiers.
This brought Judge Mcclellan to
his feet and he asserted that cloth
ing was SO to SIS higher in Albu-
ouerque than it was in Denver or
Los Angeles. Il was his idea also
that resolutions should be passed
the high cost of potatoes
and sugar as well as clothing.
Col. y. X. B. Sellers in an adj
dress that was right to the point
said: The whole proposition is a
matter of the ballot. We are now
working under an income tax law
which is largely responsible for the
high cost of living. A. solution of
this could be reached if the manu-
facturer could be taxed on his
gross sales. The higher the sales
then the more income tax he would
pay, which would make his profits
much smaller"
The resolution is a most worthy
one but instead of buying any
more clothes we should wear our
old ones and when they were out,
then buy overalls, until such time
as the price is within the reach of
every mans pocketbook. 1t is my
desire to see the resolution adopted