Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 23, 5 December 1919 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND FALLAPIUH AND SUN-TELEGRA1X, FRIDAY, DEC. 5, 1919.

PAGE THIRTEEN

CLOTHES PRICES

STILL AUyANUINU BY WILLIAM R. SANBORN One of the striking changes noted In the attitude ot eastern manufacturers and jobbers toward merchants who go east to buy, has a depressing effect upon the visitor in quest ot supplies. .' Nobody seems "to care two whoops about his patronage; not a single concern seems to be seeking new accounts; not one in a hundred will consider it worth while to quote you a price, If you are not already on their books. This Is bad enough when trying to do business with strangers, but when houses with whom you have traded for years, and on whose lines you have an established trade in clothing,

women's ready-to-wear, shirts, shoes.

or what not, seem sorry that you have burned time and money in travel,

when they profess to have so little they can "spare" you, the situation be

comes exasperating.

This may seem to be an overdrawn

picture, but in the main it is simply the concrete truth. After you have

"padded" your order in the hope of

getting enough stuff to pull through

the season on, you are most likely to

be told, then and there, that your allot

1 ment will be 20 to 30 percent of what you have selected, and that complete delivery can not be guaranteed for any

certain aate, wimin a range 01 ou

days from March 1. All conditions befavAvaVlA wAiifi bv4w eAA(1a m o v

reach you early in March, say, if not a rart of them will and the balance

may follow along up to June.

Prices Tendina Upward.

The same conditions also apply to purchases made for 19k ("fall delivery.

and thousands of orders have already been placed by early buyers. All fu

ture orders have been placed, broadly

.speaking, on an advancing scale. In - M a - m

xaci we ao noi learn oi a single exception. This is in line with the re

sults of all the hue and cry as to reducing the cost of foods. What saith the Ancient Mariner ' "Water, water, everywhere, and never a drop to drink." Largely so, too. as 1 to Officials everywhere, supposedly at- ' tempting to bring down the H. C. L. and many doubtless trying honestly

to do something for the millions paid in salaries and expenses to officials and committees, without end. Nevertheless, our thirst for value received is unquenched. Well, the textile industry, the clothing and ready-to-wear trades, the boot and shoe manufacturers, each have been or are still being Investigated and warned. Indeed this has been going on for some months. There now seems to be plenty of wool in this country, nor is the price exorbitant for the raw material. But when one ia charged $6 for an all-wool sweater for a 6-months old baby, said sweater weighing so little that it can be mailed once around the world for about 6 cents then it is that language fails. Knit Goods Sold Out. It is a fact, however, that knit goods manufacturers, the country over, are overloaded with orders and that production is only ranging at from 60 to SO per cent of capacity. Knitting mills are not localized, they are found in many states, and are mostly sold up for spring delivery. Many are not even accepting orders for next fall, because of uncertainty as to the supply of silks and yams. This condition will

be reflected in the retail- prices to bel

paid for all classes of hosiery, knit underwear and sweaters, later on. Richmond merchants were notified

from Chicago on Monday of an advance of 10 cents per yard In Bheetings because of a strike in the cotton mills. This strike was quickly settled and

ihe wages of thousands of operatives; have been advanced 12Mi per cent, j which will be added to the cost of Roods for spring and fall delivery. Both ! cotton and woolen spinners pay this j wage advance, about 300,000 workers j

snaring in ine raise, lmvk. wucm c may the strike fever .still persists and seems very contagious. Scarcity cf Tailors. One Richmond clothier states that he is still short on some deliveries, and that he is advised by his New York connection that they have 5,000 overcoats cut awaiting workmen to finish them. This firm is not complaining so much of the shortage in piece goods, as in labor to make up the garments. An exasperating feature of current merchandising is the unexpected cancellations, after orders have been placed for weeks or months. For example, one local buyer reports notice

of cancellation of 20 dozens of Bhirts for spring delivery, which he may And difficult to duplicate, either east or west, or if so, then at higher prices. Complaint Is made, and this Is general, that merchandise sold to one buy

er is frequently resold to another at

higher prices, and the original buyer

notified of cancellation, or inability to

fill the order. Nor can one always select the patterns or number of pieces. Take ginghams, for instance, which

have been liberally advanced again of

late. One local firm attempting to by a case of 60 assorted pieces last week was informed that 15 pieces was

the limit to be promised, and that

they would have to take the run of patterns available at time of ship

ment. One could not have even im

aglned such conditions a few months

ago. As to calicoes, the prices are so

nearly prohibitive to consumers that many merchants throughout the country are buying sparingly, or are refusing to handle them. With reference to cotton hosiery,

we have been shown samples of ladles hose costing $4.50 per dozen a few months ago, which were advanced to 96.00 for fall, and were recently pur

chased at 7.50 for spring delivery. The Clothing Trade.

A Richmond clothier states that a

firm from whom he usually buys 150

suits each season has claimed that he will be lucky to receive more than

15 suits on his order placed for spring

delivery. This Is most likely an ex

treme case, but It indicates the Independent position of the manufacturer. These suits will cost him more than

he retailed similar and even better

goods for during the past summer.

While it is true that wool growers

were paid fairly good prices last sum

mer, the cost of woolens of all classes are exorbitantly high, and are not on any basis relating to the actual cost of raw wool. A Rochester. N. Y..

clothing maker cites the actual costs of woolens entering Into his product, comparing 1915 with August, 1919. He cites a standard fabric costing $1.50 a yard in 1915 and $4.37 last August:

.also one which had advanced from

$1.07 to $4.00, an advance of 372 per cent. A standard wool serge costing $1.60 in July. 1915, reached $3.10 In August, 1917, and $4.60 in August this year. Another serge which sold at $1.72 in 1915, brought $5.10 per yard last August, and Is quoted much higher for spring, 1920 delivery, as indeed are all the cloths herein mentioned, even now. This manufacturer cites advances in "findings" ranging at from 165 up to 400 per cent, canvas for instance having advanced from 16 to 80 cents per yard. Coat sleeve lining which sold at 18c four years ago, is now quoted at 80c, and cottonback satin has climbed from 45c to $1.70 per yard in the same period. The facts related are of general interest. We are all, and naturally, inclined to be "fussy" over the continued

upward climb in practically every es

sential to comfortable living. We want to know the why of it all. There are many explanations which do not really

explain; are unsatisfying Indeed, and

do not get down to bedrock facts. Many ot these are plausible on the

surface, while others are not at all convincing. That there Is a shortage of labor in many lines seems clearly evident, and that the cutting down of

hours per week has resulted In curtailed production is admitted everywhere. There are a dozen different classes of workers in the clothing and garment trades which draw more mon

ey per week or month than do 90 percent of all the bank employes in the United States. It is also a fact that

comparatively few country, bank of

ficials are making as much money as

the button-hole workers In ready-to-

wear lines, and than the later, many

are much more highly paid in the tailoring trades.

Four-fifths of the halibut of the

world is captured on the Pacific

coast.

Economy, Ind.

Miss Carrie Cranor entertained at

Sunday dinner Miss Gertrude Steven

son and Miss Helen Lundy Kings Herald meeting at 2 o'clock Saturday

afternoon to organize all children from eight to fourteen years of age

H. H. Hutchens and bride have moved

into the Earl Conley property near the' school building.. ..Miss. Juanita Atkinson spent her vacation at home

with her grandmother, Martha Atkinson..... Miss Clara Hill, a teacher in Bloomington school, spent Thanksgiving here with her parents. Will Hill and wife Mr. G. M. Stewart and daughter, Lucile and Miss Ammond retruned home from Madison, Indiana, where they spend Thanksgiving with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Wade Kennedy called on friends at Williamsburg Sunday afternoon Dr. Deardorf, of Hagerstown, was in town Monday. .... Oscar Boner returned home Sunday.

He attended the funeral of his mother-

1 in-law at - Richmond. .-. .-.Mrs. - Mont

gomery returned home after a week's visit with her parents, D. P. Richman. at Honey Creek.. . . .The M. E. Foreign Missionary society; met Wednesday

afternoon with Miss Ammond Miss

Helen Farmer and Miss Margaret Haisley spent their vacation with their parents Mrs. Peterson spent. Monday with Mrs. Newman Mendenhall. . . . .Mrs. H. E. Cain and son. Howard, returned home Saturday from Illinois. ....Rev. J. J. Fischer and family returned home Saturday from Gaston. They were surprised to find on entering their home, a table loaded with glasses of Jelly, preserves, canned fruits, pickles, butter and lard.. .... Mr. Newlin, of Earlham. preached at the Friends' church; Sunday..... Miss

Elderly People Have A Daily Health Problem l Stomach muscles and digestive organs alow to act as age advance

MOST people find the yean slipping by without realizing it, until suddenly confronted with the (act that they can no longer digest everything they would like to eat. It then becomes their daily task to avoid what they know to be chronic constipation. When exercise and light diet fail it will be necessary to resort to artificial mean. Strong physics and cathartics, however, are not advisable (or elderly people. They act too powerfully and a feeling of weakness results. What it needed is a laxative containing effective but mild properties. This it best found in Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin which is a combination of simple laxative herb with pepsin. It acta gently and without griping, and used a few day will train the digestive organs to do their work natui-

rally again wahout other aid. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has been gj the market since 1892 and was the private formula of Dr. W. B. Caldwell, who is himself past 80 years of age and stall active in his profession. It can be bought at any drug store for 50c and $1 a bottle, the latter containing enough to last

even a large family many months. It is i trustworthy preparation. In spite of the fact that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin it the largest selling liquid laxative in the world, there being over 6 million bottles sold each year, many who need its benefits have not yet used it. If you have not, send your name and address for a free trial bottle to Dr. W.

B. Caldwell, Sit Washington St., Monticello, Illinois. 0

IF BACK HURTS BEGIN ON SALTS

Fluah Your Kidneys Occasionally If You Eat Meat Regularly. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric

acid which clogs the kidney pores no they sluggishly filter or strain only

part of the waste and poisons from

the blood, then you get sick. Nearly

all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou

ble, nervousness, constipation, dizzi

ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys.

The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of

sediment, Irregular of passage or at

tended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a

tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes

and lemon Juice, combined with llthla

and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids In urine so It no longer causes

irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure ; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications. Adv.

Daisy Osborn was at Richmond. Tuesday. Mrs. Sam Meyers, of Muncie, daughter ot William Swain, returned to her home Sunday, after a visit here with relatives Harold Manning

made a business trip to Richmond,

Wednesday The county gravel dipper was moved from Economy to Fountain City. Wednesday.. ... Miss

Wilson spent her vacation with her

parents. A. Pearce and wife at Greens-

fork, returning home Sunday fcrman ' Swain and family called on Clarence Pedro and Elihu Swain and

wife, Sunday Raymond Daugherty,

of Richmond, was in town Sunday the guest of Clifford Chamness and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bond return ed home Sunday Mrs. A. W. Swain went , to Richmond. Wednesday....' Jesse C Townsend went to Cincinnati Sunday evening.. . . .... , ... . . It is estimated that 30,000 American settlers have entered Canada. ,

CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES TELLS SAFE AND 8IMPLE WAY TO TREAT AND RELIEVE AT HOME.

If you have catarrh, catarrhal deafness or head noises caused by catarrh, or If phlegm drops in your throat and has caused catarrh of the stomach or bowels, you will be glad to know that these distressing symptoms may be entirely overcome in many instances by the following treatment which you can easily prepare in your own home at little cost. Secure from your druggist 1 ounce of Parmint (Double Strength). Take this home and add to It V pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar; stir until dissolved. Take one tablespoonful four times a day. An improvement is sometimes noted after

the first day's treatment. Breathing

6hould become easy, while the distressing head noises, headaches, dullness, cloudy thinking, etc., should gradually disappear under the tonic action of the treatment. Loss of smell, taste,

defective hearing and mucus dropping

in the back of the throat are other symptoms which suggest the presence of catarrh and which may often be overcome by this efficacious treatment. It is said that nearly ninety per cent of all ear troubles are caused by catarrh and there must, therefore, be many people whose hearing may be re

stored by this simple, harmless home

treatment Adv.

QUICK ACTION WHEN PNEUMONIA THREATENS Tightness and Soreness in Chest Calls for Begy's ? Mustarine

Don't fool with slow acting lint ments, poultices, plasters, hot watei bottles and the like, when Begy'i Mustarine, the first and best improve ment on Grandma's old-fashionel Mustard Plaster will subdue the la flammation and put you right ovef night. It's hot stuff is Begy's Mustarinethat's why its the speediest killer ul pain in the world. But it can. not blister -you can al ways depend on that, but it will opei up the pores and end the misery, double quick time. Its the real honest remedy, for al aches and pains, for congestion and In flammation, for swellings . and sore ness. -.. - j Use it the minute: you suspect tha! Influenza is attacking you and remem ber to apply-it promptly if. you" warn to conquer sore throat, toasilitii croup, coughs, pleurisy or bronchitis II' Just a few hours. Always, in the yellow box neve' sold in jars and money back It not as advertised. Be sure its Begy'i Mustarine. 8. C. Wells . Co- LeRoy, N. Y.

AT HOME 29 South Tenth St Phone 2399 DR. A. J. WHALLON

Suits Dry Cleaned and Pressed

$1.25

SUITS PRESSED, 50a TROUSERS Cleaned and Pressed 60CARRY AND SAVE PLAN Altering. Repairing and Pressing dons by practical tailors JOE MILLER, Prop. 617J Main Street Second Floor.

DIB THIS HAN HAVE TUMOR OR APPENDICITIS? Some Doctors Said Tumor, Others Said Appendicitis Advised Operations as Only Relief.

CALLUS? "GETS-IT" WILL PEEL IT OFF!

Nothing on Earth Like Simple "GetsIt" for Corns or Calluses. A callus, or thickened skin on the pole of the foot, which often makes walking a misery is of the same nature as a corn. "Gets-It" removes it

Uu "CU-It" and Dane. Even with Com.

a3 easily as it does the toughest corns. By using a few drops of '"Gets-It" tn the callus, you will be able to peel it Dff with your fingers, in one complete piece just as you would a banana peel.

it leaves th skin free and smooth as though yo. never had a callus. You need no more fussy plasters, stickly tape, "packagey" bandages, knives or scissors for corns or calluses. "GetsIt" is the national corn remover, the biggest on earth, used by millions. It rever fails. You'll work, play and dance at ease in spite of corns. "Gets-It." the only sure, guaranteed, money-back corn-remover, costs but a trifle at any drug store. M'f'd by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. 111. Sold In Richmond and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by A. G. Luken & Co., Clem . Thistlethvaite, and Conkey Drug Co. Adv.

The INTERSTATE DOCTORS Located the Cause of the Difficulty and Removed it With out the Knife.

Mrs. Rosa Carver, of 530 Ferry street, Wabash, Ind., had a multitude of troubles, pains and symptoms, which puzzled the doctors. Her trouble was a tumor, according to some doctors, appendicitis, according to others, and all suggested an operation. In bodily pain and mental anguish she went to consult the Intcr-State Doctors, those great modical specialists who have their Richmond office on the second floor of the Starr block, Isomer of Tenth and Main streets, over the Starr Piano store. They gave her Stedical treatment and she tells of her relief In this public letter: ! "Wabash, Ind. Hater-State Doctors: . "Over three years ago I began suffering with a severe pain in my right side and running all through my stomach; I had a bad headache all the time. I would have severe' chills and pains in my side and then have high fever. My tongue was so coated that tilings would not taste right After eating I would feel so tight and bloat up so I was in misery. My headache and pain in my side was constant Sometimes a great lump would come in my right side over my appendix, and stay for days at a time. In the last two years I had a lump in my eide nearly all the time. I was in so much misery that I could not sleep well and my kidneys bothered me night and day. When I did sleep I

had all kinds of dreams. Some doctors told me I had appendicitis and must be operated on at once. Others said I had a tumor and it must come out I did not want to submit to an operation so just dragged on till you came to town. On the 13th of September, last year, I made rrv, first visit to you. Prom that tl;, pn I have been gradually lmpro-Jug till now I am entirely well. My bloating Is gone, my strength has returned and my appetite is good. My complexion is cleared up. my bowels seem perfect and my kidneys do not bother me at night 'And best of all, the pain in my side has gone, and all th tumor and swelling has disappeared My appendicitis Is gone and it is because of the treatment you gave me. Everybody I meet says I look ever so much better and I surely feel like a different woman. I want to thank you gratefully for what you have done for me and I will do all I can for you any time. "Tours truly, "MRS. ROSA CARVER. 530 Perry Street." The Richmond office Is now open to patients every day In the week wlta DR. B. THOMAS DAGGY b ftarg from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Adv. Who is an expert on curing PILES, FISTURES and FISTULA without the knife. Adv.

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