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Show MANUFACTURERS I SHOULD GOME I': OUT WEN ( u More than 1,205,000,000 pound '- , f I f virgin wool liavo accumulated In . ) ( , lie storchmno of the world since tho r k bi'glnnliiK of tho world for according W to statistics compiled by tho National l"-f, Sheep and Wool Hureau of America. J When thct world's wool clip of 1920 . . ii lit cmilDlftcd a few wpnl Imnro J4t this amount will bo Increased by ' 2,500,000,000 potindB, It Is oxpoctod In plt" of tho high prlco of wool fnbrlcH the storehouses of Amorlca alone contained 700,000,000 pounds of vligln wool last September, ion f months after tho sinning of tho arm- ,f lstlce or 100,000,000 pounds more ,' tlin the country's annual consttmp- i "; . I i i A. The National Sheep and Wool ' Inn tau which has Its pffico at 2J0 -, I - South La Sallo street, Chicago, Is I attempting to force cloth manufae- ! ' !' turers to withdraw virgin wool from tj ? the storehouses through the passage of tho so called Truth In Fabric bill, which Is now before tho Inter-state Inter-state Commcrco Committee of both houses of Congress. The bill Is designed to compel manufacturers manufactur-ers to stamp wool cloth with the percentage of cotton or shoddy used In Its manufacture. Shoddy Is made from woolen rags and Is much less expensive for manufacturing purposes purpos-es than virgin wool which Is wool tht has never passed through manufacturing man-ufacturing processes. In discussing the situation Howard E. Greene, the secretary of the bureau, said: "Tho reason huge stocks of virgin wool aro now lying In storehouses unmanufactured Is that the uso of unidentified shoddy enables manufacturers manu-facturers to mako moro money. "Even the most honest retailers are unablo to detect the presence of shoddy In 'all wool' clothing without with-out knowing that he Is getting old .rags respun, and pays virgin wool, prices. "Tho Truth In Fabric bill wheu 'enacted Into a law, will make the I manufacturers comn out In tho open and tell what their goods are made of. Then people who want virgin i wool and aro ready to pay for virgin i wool can get honest cloth and goods made of shoddy will take Its rightful right-ful place and price and can no longer long-er mnsquerado as virgin wool, "The world produces scarcely a third less wool than It needs annually. annual-ly. With proper encouragement, farmers would Increase their flocks of sheep and that, In the long run, would mean more and cheaper wool and more and cheaper lamb and mutton. Hvery voter Is vitally Interested In-terested In honest cloth, cheaper wool and cheaper meat and should write his congressman and senator at once and urge that the Truth In Fabric bill be reported out of com mittee and made Into law. All voters vot-ers aro also urged to call upon their political parties Mo Incorporate the Truth In Fabric demand In their national platforms. Pure cloth Is second only In Importance to pure food." The Truth in Fabric bill was Introduced In-troduced in the House of Representatives Represen-tatives on January 7th' by Congressman Congress-man Burton L; rench of Idaho. Its number is 11641. John J. Each of Wisconsin, Is chairman of the Interstate Inter-state committee of the House. Senator Sen-ator Arthur Capper of Kansas Introduced In-troduced the bill Into the senate where Its number! S-3686 . Chatr- , , man of Interstate commerce committee commit-tee Is Albert D. Cummlngs of Iowa. On the eve of his departure for Atlantic City where he will take up with the United States Chamber of Commcrco tho questions of the coun-trys coun-trys wool production, Herman Hitter, Hit-ter, cx-prcsldent of the National Association As-sociation of Retail Clothier's and a momber of the governing board of tho National Sheep and Wool Bureau, Bur-eau, said: "The farmers must cooperate coop-erate with business men in securing tho passage of a law requiring that every garment be stamped to show whether It is made ap of virgin wool or reworked wool. This would protect pro-tect both the dealer and the buyer Just as the stamping of oleomarger-Ine oleomarger-Ine has protected those who formerly former-ly bougrt It for batter. The garment gar-ment made of virgin wool I most desirable but the average buyer and many of the dealers cannot tell the difference between -virgin wool and rewbrkid wool. v Me. Rltter declared that the United Unit-ed 8tates must do everything to encourage en-courage sheep raising If U Is to continue con-tinue getting the supply of virgin wool. "Australia and New Zealand have been the principal source -of i our snppty but England has appropriated appro-priated most of their production. |