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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (232554)	12/24/2007 6:18:29 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794484

The driving cost is the cost of getting the ends sewn. I read a long article on this that I don't have a hope of finding now. The piecework cost differential between the USA co and Honduras is about a penny a sock. The companies left in the business here are pushing for a NAFTA change to stop the Honduran company from competing. Who have responded by buying one of the biggest US manufacturers. The point here is so obvious that I hate to make it. American commodity garment manufacturers can't compete. That's to be expected, and it's not just labor. The answer? Get out of commodity garment manufacturer and into a specialized area. I don't know how they are doing these days, but the Women's knit clothing company, "St Johns" was doing very well in California with a high-end line. [I knew of them because the Engineer in charge of their dyes used to drink at the same bar I did. A second generation Pakistani, he was the most vicious anti-Semite I have ever met.]