HOW THE TARIFF AFFECTS THE POOR MAN'S CLOTHES
How the Tariff Affects the Poor Man's Clothes (DA M. TARBELL, who is a recognized authority on the tariff, has an article in the October American Magazine, entitled "The Passing of Wool," in which...
...It is notorious that th« cest of all clothing has steadily advanced under conditions made possible by the tariff/ this gentleman said, 'while the quality has been steadily debased...
...The cloth in these suits is the same which used to be offered in the cheapest places at $8 to $10 a suit...
...See how it works out...
...A very few days' wear will reveal what these suits are madh of...
...To-day there are numberless places where a man can buy ready-mads suits at from $18 to $30...
...Speaking of the way in which the wool schedule affects the poor man, she says: "The manager of a leading New York selling house told a representative of this magazine last spring that he paid the manufacturers in America 45 cents for the serge he bought in Holland for 26 M: cents...
...How the Tariff Affects the Poor Man's Clothes (DA M. TARBELL, who is a recognized authority on the tariff, has an article in the October American Magazine, entitled "The Passing of Wool," in which she points out a few of "the mysteries and cruelties of the tariff...
...That is why so many of the young clerks who have paid enau^h money ou'- to get a good suit of clothes look threadbare, and ,f walk around with their collars turned up...
...The serge costing 34 cents here he gets there for 11, and he declares that in each case the Holland goods are vastly better in quality...
Vol. 2 • October 1910 • No. 39
