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Show RE10LSHQI IS fflOf BILL Measure Would Force Cloth Manufacturers to State if Virgin Woo! Is Used More than- 1.26fi.000,000 pounds of virgin wool have accumulated in the storohouso of ihe world since The i beginning of the world war, according I to statistics compiled by tho National I Sheep and Wool bureau of America. I When the world's wool clip of 1020 is completed, n. few weeks hence, I this amount will be increased by 2.-I 2.-I 500.000,000 pounds, it is expected. In spite of the high prico of wool fabrics, the storehouse of America alone contained con-tained 700.000.000 pounds of virgin i wool last September, ten months after I the signing of the armistice, or 100,-! 100,-! 000.000 pounds more than the coun-! coun-! try's annual consumption, i Tho National Sheep and Wool bur-! bur-! eau, which la attempting to force cloth manufacturers to withdraw virgin vir-gin wool from the storehouses through , I the passage of the so-called "Truth I in fabric" bill, which is now before tho Interstate Commerce Committee of j iboth houses of congress. The bill is 'designed to compel manufacturers to i stamp "wool" cloth with the percent age of cotton or shoddy used m its manufacture. Shoddy Is made from woolen rags, and Is much less cxpcn- Islve for manufacturing purposes than i virgin wool, which Is wool that has j ; never passed through manufacturing; processes. In discussing the situation ; I Howard E. Greene, secretary of the j I bureau, said: , I "The reason huge stocks ot virgin 'wool arc now lying-in storehouses' I unmanufactured is that tho use of unidentified shoddy enables manufac-1 turers to moke more money. j "Even the most honest retailors arc ! unable to detect the presence of shod-Idy shod-Idy in 'all wool' clothing without ! knowing, that he is getting old rags re-spun, and pays virgin wool prices. "The Truth in Fabric bill, when en-I en-I acted into law, will make the mami- fneturers come out in the open and j tell what their goods are made or. iThen, people who want virgin wool, i and arc ready to pay for virgin wool, can get honest cloth, and goods made of shoddy will take its rightful place 'and price and can no longer masqucr-i masqucr-i ade as virgin wool. I "The world produces scarcely a third less wool than it needs annually. I With proper encouragement, farmers ! would incruso their flocks of sheep and that. In the long run, would mean . more and cheaper wool and more and cheaper mutton. Ev?ry voter is vitally interested in honest cloth, cheaper wool and cheaper meat, and i should write .his congressman and I senator at once and urge thai the 1 truth In fabric bll lbc reported out of committee and made into law. All voters are also urged to call upon their political parties to incorporate j the truth In fabric demand in their j national platforms. Pure cloth is seconly only In Importance to pure food." .' I VThc truth in fabric bill was intro-! intro-! duced in the house of representatives on January 7 by Congressman Burton L. French of Idaho. Its number is lllG41. John J. Esch. of Wisconsin, 1 Is chairman of the interstate com- mitteo of the house. Senator Arthur 1 Cappet of Kansas introduced the bill tlnlo the senate where Us number. Is !s-3GSf. Chairman of the interstate J commerce committ'eo is Albert B. J Cummins, of Iowa. |