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.
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