CHEAPER WOOL AND DEADER CLOTHING REASONS GIVEN FOR ADVANCE IN CLOTHING COST AS PRICE OF WOOL DECLINES
Credulous consumers who reasoned that the recent price-cutting movement, the marked decline in the price of wool and wholesale cancellation of orders by dealers all pointed to an approaching reduction in the high cost of clothes were arguing, it seems, from false premises. These are the very conditions which make for dearer clothes, which mean, in the words of a trade journal, that "apparel lines will be higher over the retail counter next fall."
It is the editor of the Haoerdashor who sets these mistaken logicians right, and his remarks on the effect of the wool on wool cannot be felt by the consumer before next spring, as it must first pass through the hands of the consumer. That's why, the question is put to the consumer, and the result is that the wool-dealer, weaver, mill man, mill agent, merchant and tailor—must exact their toll of profit at the old price. 