Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-26
WOOL SUPPLY FULLY
ADEQUATE, IS CLAIM
Secretary Mcclure of National
Noolgrowcrs' Association sets
Alarmists at Rest.

SALT LAKE CITY. April 25.--An
all-ne~-wool suit Of CLOTHES con
sumes but from 81 to So worth OF
wool, and there IL potential sup
ply OF i,l55,oOO, 600 pounds of wool
to meet an expected consumption ~
100000, 900 pounds during 1913. thc.
cordinE 10 "a statement by Or. s. w.
McClure OF salt Lake CITY. se,rC.
Ary OF the National NOnlr owers
association, In answer to the gen
eral anticipation Of "A WOO, shortage.
br. Mcclure said tn.i such an
uclpatlon was the WORK of I,Briniats
and II has no foundhuvu ~ fact
There is plenty Of woji fos every
one, he said aud any increase In
Shoddy clothes is totnlly unneccs-
sary at this time. Repoi,s that civ
| llihns must be satisfied with hut
one suit each In every four years
were pronounced unfoundcd.
DR. McCldre's statement tits
Il see NJ "rPou why t.a Ameri-
can people should be unIuly al
armed about famine In wool. or
why they should cease tn wear nll-
wool clothing. II they desltr 20 90
Nv HHAAaNNAh INV bNFil HUuhAlIk
wool famine, but the facts do not
bear them out Here are the facts:
Amy Goods Mai
100000 pounds per year IN
The total amount uf wooi con
sumed In tho United States averaged
19l2-l3-1t. Then came the Euru
pean war and We began exporting
some woOlsn goods 10 foreign tnUn-
tries ard Itpestic cUnsump.iou In
creased also IN 1917 we made large
quantities OF wooden goods fof tnr
army and nrty. rh' rc-ult IL that
In l9l5-Ib'i The average annual
consumptio ~ VOL IN this country
was 500 100000 pounds. Of this
amount PROBABLY iO0.0O0.000 pounds
went 10 clothe the army and navy
Thus. n IN fair TO assume that our
average annual consumption Of wool
Is approx I'M toly 50O.O0O,OO0
pounds, exclusive ~ army needs
The government estimates that It !
requires one hundred pounds of
wool per year to clothe each soldier. |
~ that an army ~ 100000 men |
would require 200. 900, 0O0 pounds of
wool per annum. Adding this 20 /
our annual normal consumption We
will require a total supply ~ wool I
for all purposes IN 1913 Of 100000 .
600 pounds
ION January ! 1918 the govern /
ment took n census of the wool in
the United states IN that date. aud /.
reported on han a $4,000. 600 +.
pounds OF clothing wool The do
mestic clip Of 1918 viii total 800. /
900 900 pounds The government ~ /.
Great HriHIu has released 10 the I
United states for army Purposes i
70. 600 600 pounds NJ wool In ad- Il
dition ~ this the imports ~ cloth Il
ing wool fpf 1918 VIII amount 10
about $50. .U0O.u pounds Therefore
we have grand total supply ~ |
wool in sight for 1918 of lll,,000
600 pounds. our consumption |
Hhould bee around 100000 600
pounds. go that uu January g. 1919,
We should have " balance ON hand
OF A5O.O0O.U0O 80 about me same
as was on hand January 1915.
cost oI Production IIigh,
"Naturaly wool " high in price
and u must remain $50 during TO-"
war The cost of producing wool
has increased hY leaps 4nd bounds
in the past two wears. $40 that wool
growers are lu mo- better position
than before the W.T. The advance
in the price ~ wool has not been as
great ns I'm most other commodities.
The averag, price of ih" best fiue,
secured wool in Boston for 1916 and
the II years that preceded was 81
cents pound, the average price ut
the same grade Of wool boo 1871 was
$40 Wool has. therefore, little
more than doubled Iu price. II will |
probably remain on the present
basis throughout the war But an
advance I'm the price of wool hurts
the consumer less than 100 almost II
any other commodity.
Taking wool AT the present price,
an all-wool suit ot clothes would /.
contain only from 50 10 So worth of
wool Take o suit retailing at from /
t3o TO I35 and n n is made Of all I.
new wool. the WOOL in u would only /
cost from 81 20 . Advance In the /
price OF wool affect tho consumer /
In hut a small degree. But the Im- /
portant fact Is that We have am Hdo- /
auate wool supply and no famine 900 .
sight and an ~ncreasCd use of
shoddy 10 unnecessary