Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — DO NOT SHOOT CRY CLOTHIERS [ARTICLE]

DO NOT SHOOT CRY CLOTHIERS

New York,. April 23.—Coincident with the announcement that nearly । 20,000 persons attired in overalls, and old clothing are expected to! parade here tomorrow as a protest against the high cost of clothing, j thirty more clothing dealers, in-; eluding the largest stores in the i city, today advertised substantial re-1 ductions in prices of ready to wear clothing. , , . I Comparisons of'advertisements in, today’s newspapers with those of *last week revealed that reductions of men’s clothes .alone averaged •from $5 to S2O a suit. The price of the ordinary grades of ready made suits, which last week averaged about S6O, has dropped to nearer $45, with smaller average reductions in shirts and neckwear. Reductions in women’s clothes were even greater, one of the city’s principal stores advertising reductions of SIQ to $24.50 of certain styles of, spring suits, coats and dresses. Today’s advertisements, some of which refer to the overall movement, carried such phrases as: “Prices below original cost, At ‘greatly reduced prices,” “Much below regular prices,” ‘Trices reduced 33 1-3 per eent” and “Deliberate cutting of our own profits.”