The Connecticut labor press., 1920-03-06
HOLDING FEM UP.
Example of How Some Manufac-
 turers Propose to Operate.


 The following piece of publicity matter wandered into the editors basket the other day, and though we are not a Sunday paper, we are glad to print the item, so kindly sent us by the Associ- ated Dress Industries of America. Here 1t is in full:
 For Sunday paper:
 There will be no over-production of dresses for the spring and summer of 1920 if the Associated Dress Industries of America succeeds in its campaign which has been started, to urge manu- lecturers and jobbers to operate close to shore, and prevent condition from arising whereby large stocks of mer- chandise will be in evidence when the season comes to a close.
 statement to this effect was issued yesterday by the national organization of dress manufacturers, through its executive director, David N Mosesohn, who declared that the organization will ues every effort to warn manufacturers against an over-production of popular price merchandise. MT. Mosesohn said there are no fears of any over-produc- ton of the high-grade merchandise, but that last season particularly an over production of cheap merchandise was in evidence, with the result that many wholesalers sustained severe losses on account of offering the goods that they were caught with at considerably re- duced prices.
 The manufacturers and jobbers of popular price dresses are exercising cau- tion," said Mir. Mosesohn, because sev- eral large orders are placed at the be- ginning of the season 1t Is not necessar- | 1 <l,oA l. mand will follow, and all interests will profit by more careful method of op- eration for the coming season. It be- hooves the wholesalers of popular price dresses to be cautious insofar as pro- duction is concerned, and this warning IS issued at time when it can do some good if it is followed"
 Just what MT. Mosesohn hoped to gain by having this published escapes tor the moment our comprehension.
 At time when the world is hungry for staple goods at a popular price when the cry for increased production has gone forth III all parts of the land when the National Retail Dry Goods Association and individuals in all parts of the country are cooperating with the department of justice in an attempt to get people interested in economy mer- chandise, why does the executive direct or of the dress association declare "that the organization will use every effort to warn manufacturers against an over production of popular price merchant dise?"
 Even the good old law of supply and demand, so often invoked by men who are making money from a scarcity of goods, doesn't have a fair chance to function, when 1t is c1ever1y suggested that production be curtailed Make all the high-priced goods you please, but go easy on the merchandise the average family can afford. Don't believe the economists who say we need big pro- duction-that there is no such thing as over-production of popular price staples keep goods scare and high priced-T people have to have themi What sort of philosophy is this for the present times of soaring prices and discontent?
 The press agent who quoted Mir. Mosesohn has never apparently thought of the idea that demand for popular price merchandise might be created. sufficiently large to take up any possi- ble production. He might receive a hint along these lines from the California ralsin or walnut growers. Letting part of the crop go unharvested to keep prices up Is an outworn philosophy, since progressive farmers learned better methods of advertising and merchandise ing.
 Where has the Associated Dress In- dustrles of America been lately7 The