Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-12-24
LIVELY CONTROVERSY
IS ON OVER WOOL
UTAH ~ oUrTE CONSIDERABLY
INTERESTED.
iirowcrs Want tie Australian Emhar-
20 Kept on; Manufacturers 20 No.
National woolgrowcrs' Associa-
ton wttc- state Department

There Is lively controversy on bee
tween tho woolgrowers and the wool
of the United states
about the placing of an embargo hy
the British government upon ship
mcnts II wool and wool products from
the United Kingdom and the British
coior!es Tho woolgrowers are work
ing with the state department to have
the omunrgo kept on and the wool
manufacturers are no less aggressive
In their endcavors 10 have the depart
ment try TO get the embargo lifted
Tn 90 the present time the advan-
tagc. In 80 far NJ Influencing the Am.
erican department " state is concern
ed. has rested with the manufacturers.
The manufacturers appealed Co the
saying that domestic pro-
ductlnn 81 wool was inadequate 10
carry the mills which would have o.
have wool from Great Britain or Bri-
fish possessions particularly Austria
lial % keep running.
This appeal from the manufactur-
crs 60 the state department was con-
ycycd "a the woolgrowcrs In recent
letter by Robert Lansing. acting sec
rotary ~ state. This letter. addressed
To 8 w Mcclure. secretary of the Ma
tipnal Wooigrowers association. was
made public yesterday. whcrcupon
MIR. Mcclure made public hia reply 60
the state department. denying the
manufacturers contention that they
must have Australian wool 90 Keep
the American mills open.
Letter To Department
Mr.. McCiuro'a iottcr 20 the depart
mcnt. In reply 90 Mr.. Lansing's letter.
follows.
Honorable Secretary u State.
Washington. -. c.
Ny Dear Replying a. your
letter ~ November % relative 60
the wool embargo Tho failure
To- iift the wool embargo viii not
even Inconvenience our mnuufac-
tur,rH except IN 90 Tar uH " viii
make them raise their price Ia
the worlds level. and that is Just
what the American wuolgrowvr
~ entitled To- receive Tor his wool
10 our mills are short 81 wool, u
~ because they have been export
ing wool from the United States
FOR some months WOODS in the
United states have not advanced
up a. this time one cent per
pound by reason of the war
There H. not the slightest reln-
ton between the price VI wool
and the price 81 clothing. A S2b
suit 81 clothes does not contain
on an average over eight pounds
of wool A. rs cents pound
this would be- ti,it worth of wool
Ia the suit An advance or de-
cline of three or four cents per
pound In the price ~ wool never
reaches the suit 81 clothes
Flgur-s Are Given.
note that our mills state that
We only produce about onc-hnlf
the woods used In this country.
This IL true " YOU include carpet
woods. but the manufacturers
who called a. see you do not use
carpet woods and are not trying
tn got carpet woods The United
states imports on uu average
about iiO. 200. 900 pounds nf ear
pet woods every year which III
used IN tho manufacture of ear
pets This wool ~ grown In Asia.
China or South America and H.
not affected in any way hy the
embargo, The United states proc
durrs On an average about luO-
600 600 pounds uf clothing wool
per huuum. our mills consume
ON AN average about 400. 100000
to tiO.OOO.OOO pounds ~ clothing
wool per nnuum. 30 that We are
producing In this country about
tWu-thirds uf the clothing wool
that b. consumed here. Any de-
ncicncy that may exist In our
supplies of clothing wool can be-
obtained boy our manufacturers In
South America or Canada, proyid-
ed they are willing To meet the
competition of foreign countries,
The WoolgruWurs are confident
that your department viii not do
anything which would unload On
them the demgr ~ wool now In
Australia. which. by Reason Of the
war, has lost itH market Very re-
spcotfulN yours.
$ W. MCCLURE. Secretary.
Letter From Lansing,
Mr., Lansing's letter o. Mr.. Mcclure.
setting forth representations by the
wool manufacturers which are so en-
phatically resented by the woolgrow-
crs, said In part:
You protest against any action
being taken by the government
which would result In the bring
ing 20 the American market Of the
woods mentioned.
You are Informed that the
wooden manufacturers ~ the Uni
ted States have represented 10
the apartment that the embargoes
placed upon wool will prevent the
Hhlumgnts az Woola nur.has.N