The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-11
WOOL SHORTAGE
MAY YET PROVE
MENACE IN WAR
Warning Sent Out by National
Sheep and Wool Bureau in
Bulletin Today
EWES FOR BOYS CLUBS
Organization Hopes to Stimulate
Husbandry in Fifteen
States
EWES FOR BOYS CLUBS

States
Chicago, May II. "A note Of warn.
ing that the wool shortese in Ameri-.
ca may yet prove meuace In prose-
cutf0l. of the war WAS sounded to.
Gay b. the National Shesp an.l Wool
bureau OF America III bulletin re.
viewing the work Of the bureau since
its organization less than a year ago.
III has been said that 1t will be
eesjer in six months from now 10 get
Tread than to get wool. and such
statement does not seen. unduly to
emphasize the situation" the bulletin
says: Lack of wool in Germany TO.
day is; next to lack oftfOod. causins
more suffering and privation than any.
thing else, andl ack Of proper wool
clothing already has taken 100000
brave French soldiers from the trench
es Affected with tubercui 3sis.
Explaining the educational pr02a-
ganda carried on by the bureau, the
bulletin says that the Great Lakes
Wool convention in which western
sheep men were put in touch with
grazing possibilities Of the cut-Oyer
lands in the northern midwest states
was one OF the broadcast steps in the
movement for intensified production
Idle Lands Available.
GAS a result of this convention later
meetings were held in Men0minee,
Mich; milwaukee, Wis, and q delega
ton went to the Wool Growers con-
yention at Salt Lake City in January
with the result that already large
movements Of sheep from the ranges
Of the west, which are rapidly being
depleted because Of the $40 aero
hOmesteadlaw, are taking place on
these cut.over lands of Michigan, Wis.
consin and Minnesota. The sixteen
million acres of this land .luxuriant
with it's long and succulent grasses,
can support twelve million sheep, or
one.fourth of the entire number OF
sheep in the United States at the
present time" !, fgs rl =s
Great Britain, the bulletin says, Is
mobilizing her industries for fight
for trade supremacy after the war and
one of her most important steps is
1'inyenting and stimulating her sup
plies Of raw; material, among which,
practically at the head 81 THE ollihst list,
stands WOOL and adds: ss,,,, a.,.
: 1T is automatic that The, country
which has the necessary Supplies OF
raw material to take, care Of the
needs Of its own industries, or can
control the industries. will be IN . pc.
sition Of tremendous power at the con-
clusion Of this conflict. ,s>
Wool Basic Essential.
."WoOl is one Of. the most important
Of the worlds basic raw materials,
and It is not onlya question Of patriot.
ism but matter of good judgment
for this country to be self-supporttng
IN its supply of raw wool! We should
never again be dependent upon for.
eign sources for approximately two.
thirds of the raw wool necessary to
keep in operation th6usande6 NJ fac.
tories with an invested Is capttSlg 5 # NIL
lions \ "a .s. &. IL.
The bureau, which was orgaiised to
unite the various branches OF the In
dustry In, an effort to meet the stu.
alton brought on by tremendous in.
creased demands and a steadily de.
creasing supply" now operates In
twenty.eight states of the middle-west
and far.west and its work In the east
is being carried on by the More
Sheep, More Wool association" OF
Philadelphia. Speaking Of the estab.
lishment Of the organization and the
work 50 far accomplished, the bulletin
declares the country was drifting to-
ward q critical state Of affairs as far
as the supply Of wool was concerned
with imports practically cut off BY the
war.
1.-THE consistency Of the bureau in
calling attention to the shortage men
ace, despite rumors to the contrary,
has been upheld by the governments
action in taking over all wool In the
country says the bulletin.
Boys Sheep Clubs.
AS one. means Of stimulating and en-
couraging the raising OF sheep, the,
bureau has obtained four ewes for
each Of three hundred boys in fifteen
states who have started sheep club
work. This movement will be pushed
forward rapidly.
Elimination of the unrestricted dog
by state and national laws VIII be
one Of the future objects OF the bu'
reau. 1.s
at is no exaggeration to say that
in q large percentage of communities
the first and most important reason
why farmers do not keep sheep is be-
cause Of the menace Of the dog the
bulletin says.
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