Evening star., 1923-03-06
PRICE. OF CLOTHING
UNLIKELY TO SOAR
Only Moderate Advances Now
PIanned-$4,0O0 Yearly
Wardrobe Too High.
BY j. G. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March 6.-Extreme
price changes in the prices of cloth
Ing for men and women throughout
the spring, summer and fall. due to
the cost Of raw wool and of Woolen
cloths. need not be expected. The
custom cutters Of the country gath
ercd here today to voice their orir-
ions as to how much we'll dressed
man should spend to repIenish his
yearly wardrobe. but to the great
bulk OF the clothing trades and tn
the public at large previous estimates
of the cutters, ranging over $4,000 a
year, represent hopes rather than cx-
pecIaiions.
Retail clothiers say that IL Is A
dress rather than how expensiycly or
aply. The majority of the re1dv-
made ,l"'ning manufacturers already
have CONT acted for their supplies nf
cloth for summer and fall. Manufac-
tUrerS also in most cases have lad
in wool stocks to see them we'll into
the heavyweight season. These raw
materials and cloths have advanced
to sc1nc extent, but the increases hava
been rather less than expected.
Manufacturers Revise Ideas.
Manufacturers of ready-made cloth
ing, who early in the year talked OF
increases of IS a garment to the con-
sumer as a result OF the rise in raw
materials and labor costs. have re-
vised their ideas, and there seems a
concensus of opinion that the added
price consumers will be asked to pay
will be not more than half that sum:
Manufacturers Of woolen cloths are
still watching the market closely.
but while the figures showing the
world production of raw wool in 1922
are undoubtedly low, the supplies OF
foreign woods are such that definite
check seems to be set to the extent
of the advances which domestic
growers may expect for their clips
In 1928. Retailers of clothing have
resigned themselves to lessening the
spread between the producer and con-
sumer instead Of widening 1t.
Boil weevil Fight Unchecked.
The split between the America
Cotton Association and DR.. Miller
Reese HutchiSon will not affect the
activity of cotton growers of the
south against the boil weevll, accord
ing to dispatches from Atlanta TO-DAY.
Hutchinson heads an association Or
ganized in Atlanta and the 1rlctioll
developed at a meeting between the
men behind his organization and the
American Cotton Association, headed
by j. s. Wannamaker and Harvie Jor-
dan of St. Mathews. S. c., at a meet
ing here.
a compromise has been reached by
turning over to the American asso-
citation the funds raised in New YORK
by their representatives. Each Will
continue to fight the boil weevil. a.
will the Cooperative Cotton Asso-
citation. a marketing organization
which disclaims affiliation with either.
Railroads Buying Equipment.
The extent of the equipment pur-
chases by railroads has been thor
oughly emphasized by the orders re
ceived by the Baldwin Locomotive
Works this week. The Southern Pa
cific Company has placed an order
with Baldwin for forty locomotives
costing s2.150.o00 and another for ten
engines with the American Locomo-
tive Company.
Julius Kruttschnitt. chairman OF
the Union Pacific board. announced
that work was started today on con
struction of the 1OO-nlile gap Wnicu
will connect the Southern Pacihc or
Mexico lines. This work will cost be
tween sS.O00.000 and slO,O0o,ooo.
About s3,oo0.OO0 also will be spent
by the company in double tracking
two pieces of track In California 10
accommodate expected freight in
creases next fall.
The Atlantic Coast Line also has
ordered so locomotives from the baiu
win works, at cost OF sE'ooo'ooo; NV
louisville and Nashville has author
lied purchase of SO locomotives, 1000
coal cars. 200 gondolas and 81 pas,
senger cars The Gulf Coast Line Will
spend $1.0O0,00O in improvements III
! Louisiana and Texas. and the Pere
Marquette will spend $10.O00.oo0 In
| improvements and new equipment TINS
year.
Meaning of Sugar Price Rise.
The Great Western Sugar Company
will pay an additional 100000 to
beet sugar producers of the west
April .. as a result of the increased
prices for sugar. The growers are
paid under a sliding scale. This. how
ever, is not the final settlement
The proposal to increase the CAPT
talization of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company to one billion
dollars was regarded today as logi-
cal development, in view of expansion
and large betterment program pro
jected for this and coming years
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