Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1916 — SHORTEN STOCKINGS OR DOUBLE THEIR PRICE [ARTICLE]

SHORTEN STOCKINGS OR DOUBLE THEIR PRICE

Hosiery Manufacturers Discuss Grave Problem Caused by the Jump in Cost. Chicago, Dec. 24.— Stockings must be made shorter in order to effect a saving in materials or hosiery prices •will make further advances, according to C. P. Carter, of Philadelphia, secretary of the National Associatum of Hosiery Manufacturers. Members of the organization debated last night whether to shorten ■the stockings or add another 50 per cent to the recent 25 per cent jump in values.