Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-03
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whom capital will seek and will work with;
England takes the boy in knee breeches.
"They try to put technical training into
too young, head. where We insist upon
cation. at least four years in the high
school. before he begins his technical work.
The result of this Is that college boys, as well
az those from the high school, come to us,
and when they so out into the textile world
they take trained minds with them.
The Philadelphia system Of production,
,;,,; Mnich sacrifices something Of quantity to in.
somewhat different from the New England
pan. Most of our men are specialists--
ayers, weavers, spinners etc.-while In New
England they are nearly always all under
one ROOF. Therefore some of their depart.
ine, nehts are crackajacks and Others are q
ample. yarn. To compete in the omen mar
set' ~ must be produced as economically as
the material used will permit. Often the
shal1er maker can produce this yarn CLEANER
!han mill which has all the processes, and.
therefore, can sell It for less. But unless the
thssv Ih,s mills nn, can make this yarn cheaper than
'hem TOO much to produce Il.
Situation in Europe
49,, Ihe year 1870 was great stimulus to
our work In this country, and in that vsor ~
as well az in 1873 and 1870. there t wos y.a,,
Hooa OF dress goods coming over here from
france which threatened to nut our ,.r,;ia
makers out of business. We found TINT
we had to compete with them and thsn
we mad no designers. They were ali Coz"
H.in., ,.Im, french or Scotch and We had to de-.
business OF our own country. '" tue
The French and German des,,n.,. .
net killed of IN the late war az n storv were ren
M whlch was circulated all over ths xo.id' "Jd'
INC! nre very much alive md M oo,;un u. ~
ever but the trouble was that thev - -
E%me turtner than the purchasing powor ."I ~
traU nasope permitted. Europe wanted the t.r. y.
them. '"' Anohey to buy
Those goods which lar on tbo r,.
shelves for couple Of years are now fiOpesn 70 .ti
country, h9ving been sent here when =. g. @ .n's
seen mat Europe could not absorh ,hsas was
we price demanded, because or The biah az
roI y, pr"ducti9n The foreign designers tu.n r"si
,,.,', "IUuha ana gave their own peoplc dss,na dnea
""''" sa'e tue erect without the cost 'sHS
The Center Of Fashion
for the time being the cente, -. A.,
t %or,a sor styles Of women's wear has ~ ~ tne
I is tbsra 's T. 70 New York. Where the eS moneS
this country Tiss VIII Inn the fashion center. but
IL II desires to remain tho center eS prestige
par''eaiar pa industry. and France viii VI VI, tnis
~ ..Tba .HrSn'aoIr n; matter 90 easily. " "'' let
essentially 'tf dieprntt' view Of the countries are
MIL over there, the store. t,s In TT It is the
store people Of the great sellinn o.ns nrahes the
tel the mill people exactly wing, ,eehters can
sanno. be Il Gons "ds rss,, htts TfI S,
edge in certain lines tbs,a a'so more knowl. |
people will often know mere: me:. and the sales.
tails OF the product than viii T01ht ,ht the dc.
s'onal buyer IN the United Stat.s" s"e profes.
Is too often fight between the huses me Here, it
fort Sn the bsn~ mass mn OF price without sucsn1t
aess or tho 1"s aSay IL 9,pf ai up either the chss
"The successful local ,nan"tct. protauct.
DO broad enoug b In his bac.aret bsfa.a.aret must |
processing that he can guide e.ore. os and after
duSs the right kind OF material al well as pro.
ia'aG" ia on beh esn sSss tSssh him n. bny fd