Washington County News | 1944-12-28 | Page 4 | Bristles Use

Bristles Use In 1940 the United States imported import-ed approximately 6,900,000 pounds of bristles, 94 per cent of which came from China, 4 per tent from the U. S. S. R. and small amounts from Latin America. Apparent consumption consump-tion approximated 5,900,000 pounds, the remaining million pounds being reexported. Of the bristles used in this country coun-try prior to the war, it is estimated that 60 per cent went into painters' brushes, including artists' brushes, 15 per cent into toilet brushes, including in-cluding shaving and toothbrushes, 10 per cent into household brushes, including twisted-in wire, 10 per cent into industrial brushes, including push-brooms, and the remaining 5 pej cent into other types of brushes.