Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-14
NO DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST DOMESTIC
WOOL, SAYS KAY
Price Of Oregon and AustraI
ian Products About Same
Quality Considered

" while it is true that domestic man.
ufactrers are paying moro for Aus.
traliln woods thaO for the American
product, quality being equal IN tech.
nical sense" said Thos. b. Eay, of the
Kay Woolen Mills, "from the stand.
point of manufacturing value the price
is about the same, and .here is no dis.
elimination being shown in favor of
the foreign product and against the DO.
nestle, reports TO the contrary notwith-
standing
TAs statement was made by Mr.. Kay
when his attention was called to a re.
cent newspaper clipping in which it was
stated that Australian wool shin.
ments are increasing to this country,
ana for this reason there has been a
marked decrease in the demand for do.
nestle tlece during the past week. -
while Mr.. Kay confirmed this repcrt
IN the main, he stated that it was mis-.
leading through the lack of an explain.
atlon of the conditions surrounding tbc
domestic wool market, and gave out the
erroneous impression that domestic
manufacturers were nduly discriminat.
ing against the hone product,
Anyone acquainted with conditions
Knows that, ON account Of the embargo
placed against the expectation of Ans.
tralian wools to foreign countries Inv
Engllnd, incident to the war, no Ans.
tfalldn Wluls have been received in thc
american market for several months.
rms embargo has just been raised by
the bttlsh government, in consequence
OF which the product has begun TO mr..
rive and manufacturers are stacking
up 20 meet their needs - continued NIr
kaN 1T is well known fact in
the trade that the Australian wools
are the best in the world and there is
u great demand for them bv the mann.
taetu'ers of the best grade of woolrp
products. ''>'
The term quality has different
meaning in the wool trade from tho
general sense in which It is used In con.
necNon with other commodities Oual.
NY m reference TO wool means cor.
'ain degrees Of firoucss and strcnotb
ana is doginated by numbers. But tbc
essence OF value In wool from tbc nnn.
uIa'tmerS standpoint lies in tic
,onRth OF the fibre, aud No. oupl.
NY on wool 2'a inches long commands
u bishef price in the market than tbc
same quality Of wool lis inches in
length While the American woods and
especially the Oregon woods. orc anti,
.quaI" ana IN some respects superior.
~ tue Australian product, the Austrul.
IAN y'o"eIs have devoted many voar.
10 breeding to long wool of fine spmn
o'Sr'e OF texture and strength ond
'''Ipn lies the difference in value
oregon breeders are rapidly coming
10 me tr1lt, however in breeding To
VnSiN OF tbte, and It win not he rnu,
. l'nnN until the Oregon product will l.,
'WF op TO the standard of tho Austr,l.
,"u product from every standpoint Tb,
lohg wooIs are In especial drm,nJ Co..
'"' manufacture of the finer grades az
"ofs'cds and the short fibre Wunls aro
uSy9 I'D the making Of the chcpp,r
el"l's OF woolcu fabrics, hcnco thc
E'vNt demand for the Australian nro5.
'' .ui', the embargo had bpep liftrJ
4, considering the differepr, ;n
"pg'n OF fibre between the Australian
".'u oregon woods, the price is pbon,
Ioe 'ame' and, although the market is
Nv'y ugh' due TO the extraordinary dc.
iuAuus made by the war tbor, l.. ~. -.