The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-18
GOVERNMENT HAS ENORMOUS
STOCKS OF CLOTHING

George Creighton, the well known
merchant, showed The StarMirror q
report in the Dry Goods Reporter, of
the enormous stocks of clothing the
government had on hand at the close
of the war. This accounts in part for
the great shortage of cloth for civilian
clothes, the government having COM
mandeered all of the wool in the
United States. The wool is to be sold
by the government in lots sufficient
to stock the market for certain peri
DDS but it will have to bring high
price for the government paid high
price for it and has fixed minimum
price below which no bids will be ac-
cepted. The report in the Dry Goods
Reporter follows:
Something of the enormous stocks
of piece goods and army clothing sup
plies in the hands of the government
may be. CLEANED from study of the
made public. The figures given are
as of November 1 and were made
public by war department officials
in a statement recently issued.
The figures do not include stocks
and supplies actually in the hands of
troops. The report follows:
Cotton coats, 5,039,907; denim
coats, 5,410,518; wool coats, 6,282, ,536;
jenkins, 2,449,018; mackinaws, 1860;
overcoats, 4,167 ,841; raincoats, 2,170,-
220; flannel shirts, 9,742,824; denim
trousers, 5,215,708 pairs; cotton trous-
ers and breeches, 8,879, 1893 pairs; wool
trousers and breeches, 1851, 1929.
Summer drawers, 24,285,815; wint-
er drawers, 21 ,050,798 pairs; summer
undershirts, 27,075,892; winter under
shirts, II, 427,280; rubber hip boots,
1,271, ,185 pairs; rubber knee boots,
859,211 pairs; canvas leggings, =
268,419 pairs; arctic overshoes, L.
510,984 pairs.
Wool and spiral puttees, 8,586,830;
russet marching shoes, 3,548, $50
pairs; welt field shoes, 3,314,783
pairs; metallic fastened field shoes,
4,018,636 pairs; heavy wool stockings, .
25,042,752 pairs; light wool stockings,
81 ,07O,492 pairs.
Overseas caps, 3,718,678; service
hats, 3,12O,946; cotton flannel gloves,
/ ,9e9,527; heavy leather gloves, 1884.
565; jersey knitted gloves, GALS, ,846
cotton flannel mittens, 2,125, ,907 pairs;
water sterilizing bags, 1888.
Barrack bags, 4,315,307; bed sacks,
4, ,102,806; commercial blankets, 1885,
822; three pound blankets, 1,413,492;
four pound blankets, 2,562,287; large
paulins, 38,442; small paulins, 20,124;
shelter tent, halves, 1,147 ,205; pyra-
midal tents, Ill ,559.
o. D. cotton flannel, 12,804,655
yards; denim, 19,295,371 yards; duck
for shelter tents, 4,081 1874 yards;
duck for paulins, 2,625,839 yards;
16 and 20 ounce melton, 10,688, ,130
yards; 80 and 32 ounce melton, 3,242,-
O82 yards, and flannel for shirts, g.
1922 yards.
The equipment actually in France
exclusive of that in the hands of
troops, November /, is as follows:
Flannel shirts, 3,000,000; heavy wool
socks, 8,500,000 pairs; light wool
socks, 4,5OO,0OO pairs; wool gloves,
2,750OOO pairs; jenkins, 100000;
overcoats, 100000; wool service coats,
2, 100000; wool trousers, 1,750,000
pairs; field shoes metallic fasteners,
2, 100000 pairs; heavy leather gloves,
100000 pairs; wool gloves, 2,750,000
pairs; leather mittens, 100000 pairs.
A conservative estimate of the value
of this equipment based on contract
prices is in round figures $750,000,000.
This estimate has been arrived at af
ter a thorough review of contract
prices and is believed to be as ac-
,urate as can be determined at the
present time.