Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-11 | Page 9 | Price of Wool is next to be Fixed

OF WOOL IS NEXT TO BE FIXED F Government Is Alarmed Over Sinking Supply of Prod Product ct By United Press WASHINGTON ASHINGTON WASHINGTON April 11 Wool Wool is is' the next ext of the long line of necessaries necessaries to come under the sharp eye of AmerIS AmerI'S Amer- Amer I V IS new neY industrial dir director gen general ral B Bw ard M. M Baruch chairman chalman o of the the Industries board ti I As part of his sweeping overhauling o of the nations nation's business rapidly bei being g j revamped to tofit fit wartime needs Baruch will soon consider the question of woolI wool I I supply and prices Into Intolerable erable conditions conditions condi- condi I condl-I are rapidly developing which will throw unwarranted burdens on civilian populations Army and na navy demands for wool over 60 per cent cento of the total products are cutting disastrously Into civilian needs Prices at ate aie e leaping while the supply Is being rapidly sinking sinking to to the point where shoddy is used heavily In woolen clothing I Cotton manufacturers are are here to held Baruch shape his price fixing fLing I policy on finished cotton goods goods' Leather Leath- Leath I er industries are expected to appear on the docket shortly Following practical requisitioning of I j wool looms by the quartermaster general general general gen- gen I eral last week fixed prices on wo wool l goods are looked on as a necessity if civilians are to be protected from I speculators in the wool left after army needs are met I Officials declare the strain on the thel i w wool ol supply for the next two or threet three e t months will be e far greater than originally originally anticipated partly because o of the sudden decision to accelerate troop I movements to France and the consequent consequent consequent conse conse- quent necessity of turning out n new w uniforms uni uni- uniforms forms for the he ad additional I o al tO troops PS I