From the Hickory Daily Record

Overalls Clubs Cause High Prices

Mr. Frank A. Henderson, manager of the Hickory Overall Company, does not believe in the overall movement. It would enable manufacturers and retailers to profiteer, he told a Recorder reporter, and would make the price of these garments about double for the man who must wear them. As an instance of what the movement already has done, he cited the cost of heavy denims, which rose from 47 to 54 cents in a few days.

The supply of overall cloth is limited, the demands from the regular trade is all that the factories can supply and an abnormal demand naturally would sent the prices kiting. If one wants to economize, Mr. Henderson said, the old clothes movement has the overall beaten a block.

Mr. Henderson makes a point that many farmers have already made—that those who actually need overalls will be forced to pay more for them as a result of the movement. Many overall organizations have asked for wholesale prices, but in each case their orders have been turned down.