Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — TARIFF BURDENS WOMEN. [ARTICLE]

TARIFF BURDENS WOMEN.

How One American Girl Got Her Eye» Opened. An American young woman who recently spent some time In England studying the condition of the people as compared with life in the United States brings home some interesting facts bearing on the relative cost of women's clothing in the two countries. Finding prices delightfully low at Manchester, she made some purchases and on her return to New York obtained the American prices of similar articles. The following are sample prices, showing some of tiie burdens we bear as the result of the Dingley superstition: MANCHESTER PRICE. Thirty-six inch Japanese silk, per yard $0.48 Elbow length gloves, per pair... 1.12 Mousquetaire gloves, per pair 70 Thirty-eight inch voile, per yard 18 Cashmere hose, per pair 36 Forty-four inch mohair, per yard 46 Total $3.60 AMERICAN PRICE. Thirty- six inch Japanese silk, per yard SI.OO Elbow length gloves, per pair 3.00 Mousquetaire gloves, per pair 1.25 Thirty-eight inch voile, per yard 1.00 ■Cashmere hose, per pair 75 Forty-four inch mohair, per yard..... 1.00 \ Total SB.OO Nor are these low prices in England the result of lower wages than are paid hJre. It is well known that English wages in the textile industries are as high as those paid in America, making allowance for hours of labor and quantity of product. Not evefy American housewife can visit Europe to learn sucli facts for herself, but possibly if prices here were nearer just values more of our women could afford to travel abroad.