Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-20
MONS DIFFER AS |1 1HE EXTENT OF BREAKS IN PRICES
, Contend Reduction Can
 rot he Maintained, Others Differ
NEWS APPAREL ALSO SELLS LOWER

ALSO SELLO LON1A
 rxerted by New Yorl ,kers Has It's Effect in Stores
 in All Sections of the
 Country
 ,.co. May 19.-The wave of cut wearing apparel continued to- sweep the country. merchants L. cities and towns announclhe ny yns s in mems and women,s clo' lJns shoes. hats, and other articles snvoe' aome merchants said the re .,s s0 conld not be maintained al rssent rs stocks were exha"ssea lesen eseolared the price cuts were .;asI u outcome of breaks in the gi'a, ,orket. a backward season rge stocks on hand. ;u T ers of department stores m of of cities and towns today an sd Il price reductions in men s Eomen,s su apparel, ranging from to fifty per cent, while m .,oces shoes and other articles sold at reduced prices.
 Sine interests in New York also sd their campaign of detla- f credits and high commodity todav. carrying out their pledge federal reserve board. Pres |yerted by banks in the whole " goods and general merchan- istricts was said to be respon- or the wave of price cutting in ts were reported to have noti- mporters and dealers in luxur- rticles of apparel and manufac- if so-called non-essentials that moderate financial accommoda- lould be extended now.
 price cuts largely were con 10 wearing apparel, but a spread movement to other lines was fled by the action of Omaha ts in reducing the price of den- prk.
 Calls It Mistake.
 newspaper advertisement by a K clothing concern today de- ed price cutting as Gan econo- histake," asserting that Cit is nically unsound to sell mer- ise today for a price which is han we can buy it from the s anywhere. What the world is greater production, not the [ sacrifice of retail prices" " I Milwaukee merchants char ed the movement as a "circus Bt. Paul, the largest wholesale kry concern in the northwest heed it would open it's doors to trade and dispose of a $1,300,- pck at prices fifty per cent be- revailing retail prices.
 large furnishers' store for men, ing stores in several cities, an- ed general reduction in prices teen per cent.
 E reductions ranging from 15 per cent were advertised by a of Boston retail stores. Most reductions were in clothing but epartment store announced a aon of 25 per cent in cottons, ts, linens and similar mater
 To Move Stocks.
 St Louis three department cut clothing prices 15 to 25 mt, while several mems stores nee SS 1-3 per cent reductions n's suits.
 exarkana store announced a Sl2.OO shoes for $4.85. Other advertised large reductions. ually all leading stores of Chat
 advertised 20 per cent dis on all goods sold except con- commodities. One Columbus educed women's clothing B 1-3 cutting in the sale of textile s' hats and furnishings, put rect in many San Francisco snments M yesterday was follow " oy the announcement of a llm of reduction of from forty per cent.
 middle western cities and reported reductions in clothing ren,s uealers at Sioux City, Iowa ssn's wearing apparel was "S uesause of backward season eu With large stocks which moved to meet financial ob- HS' A break in the eastern oa ralny spring and large ct;aa x" hand were responsible for ''Oh Tn women's clothing. they eialapolis, May 1e.-silk shirts $ ts of Tor men are the first ar oa VI clothing to suffer radical s'uceions in Indiana.
 'asastown, aa nvN O., May 19.-A reduc. dv per cent in prices of nearlv was announced today by one
 'afse downtown department @r, ordia, Kan, May 1s,-A loca1 t"snt st store, holding one of ths anso osocKs of goods in north cen. ut Hias in m; nas announced a 20 pc, ore pr III price of every articles ir ta' to RI May 19.-Price reduction, sv o oo per cent were advertisaf lous retail stores. sei''se'
 Of the reductions woro !, anna"o m uus one large departmen, caut unced also a reduction o1 d Ns othor m cottons, blankets, lin tuner goods. A store snec;ai | < 70 ~Smen's sSn clothing displayet was us cnt prociaiming that every = cut 'one-half in prices
 iI1ls; in s; May 1e.-Reductions Q. NJ waea wulo1hlng of from 15 to SI ress #ele re announced by three O, SeverssIIp rsIIpartmsnt n, stores here to Ieed .as 5 % mems clothing store,