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Show FRENCH-CAPPER BILL TO PROTECT WOOL GROWERS j CHICAGO, May 5. Tho Imperative Impera-tive need for enactment of the French Capper truth in fabric bill to supplement supple-ment even the most ndvantaegous tariff law for tho protection of American Am-erican wool growers was explained I by J. 1). Wilson of McKlnley, Wyo-r'J rccntly. Mr. Wilson Is secretary of I tho Wyoming Wool Growers assocta-J tlon and nlso a governor of tho Nn- J tlonal Sheep and Wool buerau of I America and lt was nt the- '"co of tli? 1 1 latter organization No. 23 East Jack- I son boulevard that ho was found. Ho j explained' that ho had Just made n I general survey of tho leading wool growing states of which his own is chief and declared that tho outlook for the American wool grower Is extremely ex-tremely bluo. He said: j "Moro than a tariff measure Is needed to afford the wool growers adequate protection. Wo need to havo the French Capper truth In fab-I fab-I acted nad need lt in a hur- 1r. Why I have Bold wool for 10 1-j cents a pound when tho tariff was 11 cents a pound and I have heard of other wool growers who sold for even ev-en less. No tariff will protect tn wool grower from the secret compo-tltlon compo-tltlon "'or shoddy rcwoiked rags. Shoddy must be identified by labeling label-ing so that the people will know what they are buying and may choose be tween shoddy and vltfjln wool. TSm I truth in fabric bill wlhch has recent! I been re-introduced by Congressman I French and Senator Capper Will compel com-pel textile manufacturers to label their all wool cloth with its content oV virgin wool and of shoddy nn will force the shoddy venders out into in-to tho open. A mere misbranding bill such as tho Rogers bill would only prevent misbranding It woulS not compel branding in the flMt place. It would" allow tho- shoddy vender to keep on hiding behind the misunderstood term 'all wool. "On account of the immenso accumulation ac-cumulation of wooIb the situation or Araeilran wool growers Is the worjt In the history of tho country. Tlie stockyards report a big liquidation of flocks by Bhoepmen wno can no longer long-er afford to hang on till better times. Thousands of sheep have been sacrificed sac-rificed since tho department of agil-culturo agil-culturo estimated that tho number In Amoiica on January 1 was i4G-007,000 i4G-007,000 leas than ono sheep for each two citizens. In Wyoming alone moro than half a mlllon sheep hav: gone slnco that eslmatc was mad'. It wll Hake years to to get American aheep husbandry back into gor-d shape, even with the nld of legls.u tlon. "Fully 70 per cent or 75 per cent of tho 1920 wool clip Is still unsold and tho 1921 clip has got under wn) with no prospect of a market whatever. what-ever. Tho wool growors cannot expect ex-pect to raise as much money on the 1921 clip as they did on tho 1920 clip, though their need Is even more pressing than Ij, was last year. Westerners West-erners cannot posqtbly Bell their clips tot1 tho cost of production. Tho tariff tar-iff board agreed, that their 1919 cll; cost them more than 45 cents a pound to ralso and their 1920 clip cost dearer, Tho 1921 clip coat then less because- of the open winter an 1 tho lower cost of labor but only u fow cents a pound less. "Tho people I havo had opportunities opportun-ities to discover want tho truth In fabrlo bill passed because thoy want to know what they nro getting when they buy cloth. The shoddy manufacturers manu-facturers cannot ward off tho enactment enact-ment Indefinitely. As I havo traveled trav-eled about tho country I had tho Insistence In-sistence of the general public for tho truth In fabric legislation brought lo my nttenlon on many occasions. Co-"prraionB Co-"prraionB in the smoking cars hav revealed that everyone presont favored favor-ed tho French Capper bill. "Owing to tho demand for virgin wool fabrics our organization nnd ho wool growers organization of n number of other states have found It oxpedlent to arrange for tho manufacture manu-facture of cloth and blankets. Wo havo been unablo to provide for nit' who wish to buy. Slnco my orgnni zatlon has been manufacturing blnnketB we havo had Inquiries from evory state In tho union except five. We havo had letters repeatedly Bay ing: 'If your blankets aro made ot real honost-to-goodness virgin wool, ship them to us. We' haven't ben ablo to got such blankets where wo live for years.' . "Tho Wyoming state truth In "fab-" rlc law tho firat law of tho sort to I bo passed by any state Id how In I effect and Is giving gonoral satisfaction. satisfac-tion. Though outsldo reportB declar- that thcro Is dtbsatlHfuctlon with lt. I have heard no complaints. Th" clothing retailers are In favor of lt. In tho leglalaturo thta passed It was ono of the state's blggcBt retail clotd-lors clotd-lors and several other merchants. Thoy had np objections to ralso nt tho tlrao or slnco, Tho gonoral public Is a unit behind tho measure. "One of tho few bright spots In tho wool situation, as I havo found It. n furnished by tho success of tho Ohio Wool Warehouse, which was established estab-lished at Columbus through thl efforts ef-forts of tho Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers association. It has dlspoa- I cd of all tho 1920 wool turned over to It and is tho only organization cf the kind that has accomplished the feat. Further, the prices which It has secured have averaged lilgliiv than those secured by any other setting set-ting agency. This Is a roraarkablo achievement In view of tho fact that low wools havo heed a drug on tho market. Last year It handled a considerable con-siderable portion of tho Ohio grown wools. Bccauso ot Its success It has .been asked to handle the clips of a number of other fleece wool "states The warehouso.Is perpared to tat. care of 10,000,000 pounds." |