Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1920 — “FAIR PRICE” LIST “UNFAIR,” CHICAGO COMMITTEE ADMITS. [ARTICLE]

“FAIR PRICE” LIST “UNFAIR,” CHICAGO COMMITTEE ADMITS.

Clothing Cannot Be Bought at the "Fair Price” Set for Retailers. Chicago, Jan. 7. —The clothing fair price committee, composed of five officials of the big down-town department stores and one representative of the suburban dealers, frankly admits that clothing cannot be bought in the wholesale market today at the “fair price” set for retailers. The committee fixed the fair price for men’s suits and overdoats at $24.50; women’s suits at $25; men’s and women’s hose tat twenty-five cents a pair, and other articles on a corresponding scale. “The merchants in smaller cities are right when they say they cannot buy now at wholesale at prices as low as our fair price list. We could not either. We fixed this list and made a special drive for the main and woman who want lowpriced clothing. “The cheapest wool suit, moderately well tailored, on sale in the regular clothing departments today is priced at SSO. The average welldressed business man cannot be outfitted for less than $75 to SBS for a suit.”