Show CLOTHING MEN USE LESS U. U S. S S WOOL IN 1923 American sheep supplied 60 per percent percent cent of the wool used In 1923 for clothing purposes In American mills as compared with 70 per cent in 1922 according to a statement m made de today by Professor F F. R. R Marshall secretary of ot the national Wool- Wool growers association upon receipt of ot the United States department of ot commerce report entitled Wool Consumption Report for 1923 Mr 11 Marshall said The larger proportion of domestic domes domes- I tic wool used in 1922 Is accounted I Ifor for by the fact that the he entire clip I was sold from growers' growers hands about as rapidly as shorn In fn that year while last year a reaction in prices which took effect in June prevented the marketing of the domestic wools and manufacturers drew upon large stocks of ot Imported wools bought nought at lower prices price's and held In bond until required for use The figures given by bythe the department department department depart depart- ment of commerce are based on re reports reports reports re- re ports received from of the manufacturers in the United States The American Woolen company is the largest consumer of wool failIng failing fail fail- ing to make reports and therefore not represented in the totals pub pub- The total consumption for last year as reported reported- by the mills was pounds Of ot this amount pounds were carpet wools au all allot of which were Imported Imported imported Im im- Im- Im ported as no considerable quantities quantities quantities ties of ot wool of ot this class are produced produced produced pro pro- In this co country Carpet manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers man man- obtain foreign wools free tree of duty The 1923 consumption as reported Is 15 2 per cent less than for 1922 However this deficiency can easily be accounted for by the fact that some of ot the mills whose reports were included In the 1922 totals did not report in 1923 |