The sun., 1919-09-25
WOOL BUREAU AIDS I
FABRIC LAW DRIVE
statements Aimed at Material
Containing Shoddy and
Profits Made.

rv,cAGo. Sept. "a. - The National
ehssn and Wool Bureau has just opened
-. Of the big features Of It's aggressive
.,mnaien for Federal fabric legislation
no preparing and distributing detailed
,r,ormation concerning the Truth in
vohric Law" which It is sought to have
congress enact,
TSis document devotes sections to the
.rrnose of the proposed law; the scope
~ the law and to portions of the law
".slt giving definitions, conditions and
rsnalties. 1t is believed this informa-
zion will arouse considerable comment
ir the textile trades OF the entire coun-
try. L. .,.s a,
,.c,Iv at materials containing shoddy,
"a IN connection with the text OF the
nroposed law, the bureau intends to mall
circular headed, 1.-THE Public Pays for
virgin Wool and Gets Shoddy." A
large illustration shows "a pile Of money
synended by the public for the sheep
man This flows TO the fabric manu-
forturers who divert from the sheep men
IA the shoddy manufacturers a large
mart of the money intended by the public
sor the sheen men," The illustration
shows the fabric manufacturers stand
Ing near a wall which diverts the big
stream of money TO the. "shoddy manu-
faoturers and rag men who become rich
ana powerful through feeding on the life
hood of sheep husbandry," while only
small trickle flows through the wall
to the shepherds"
The circular says in part: ''rhe public
believes the term all wool means
virgin wool. But the fact Is that more
han two-thlrds of the raw material used
IL making "all wool woollen clothing Is
shoddy and not virgin wool as the public
believes.
Fabric manufacturers can. and do,
divert from the sheep man to the rag
man a very large part of this demand
from. the public for virgin wool.
The practice of selling shoddy with
out letting its presence be known places
both the public and the sheep industry
in so far as the use of virgin wool is
oncerned-completely at the mercy of
the fabric manufacturers"
Important factors in the woolen rag
Industry when interviewed on the state
ments issued by the National Sheep and
Wool Bureau took exception to the
statement that "the public believes the
term all wool means virgin WOOL" II
was pointed out that the public gen.
erally has no idea of the meaning OF
the terms virgin WOOL" 'reworked
wcol' or "shoddy." While the public
does not know the meaning Of these
trade terms, 1t was explained that the
public does know that 1t can not expect
10 get the same quality of woolens in
suit at $40 or $40 that it gets in a
suit for 500.
THE all wool suit that contains re-
worked wool is in fact an all wool suit"
aid Edward A. Stone of Stone Bros,
New York and Cleveland, one of the
largest factors in the wooden rag in
dustry but because II does contain
worked wool 1t can be sold for a lower
price than suit made of virgin wool.
The public buys II as an all wool suit,
knowing perfectly we'll that IL differs
in some technical way from the higher
priced garments
"0n the admission of the National
Sheep and Wool Bureau, there Is not
enough virgin wool 20 supply more than
10 per cent. of the demand. The re-
naming 80 per cent. must then be sup
pied by the use of substitutes, and the
best subS itute is what is known to the
trade as shoddy or reworled wool"