The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-07-08
I;ousl Sheep and Wool Bur
Iau Secretary, Boosts for
truth in Fabric Bill
lREHOUSES FULL
I,sge Of French -Capper Bill
Eould Alleviate; Clothing
Made Cheaper

,;aw Of the fact that none of our
nroducers have been able to Sc
fair pricc for their products this
and the clips remain in the ware
u Of the country. the following re-
spnt out by Howard e. Greene,
e,a,y Of the National Sheep and
\ Bureau of America, should prove
Unusual interest to all our readers,
the reason those who are not pro-
ers are consumers.
AZ 4 billion pounds of shoddy
thrown on the American cloth
market in 1919, while a billion
Ids Of manufactured, virgin
were accumulating in the store
ps Shoddy is made of woolen
re-spun perhaps as often as eight
Is. 1t is woven with a small per-
age Of virgin wool TO stick the
Ken fibres together. OF the 620.-
EOOO yards Of "all WOOL cloth pro-
|ed by the nations mills, the amount
khoddy used would have produced
&OO0000 yards, if straight shoddy
Nd had been turned out. Mixed
ID little new wool, it entered into
composition of vastly greater
Mage, In the same period, the
bunt Of new wool used would have
|lBced 240,000,000 yards of virgin
n cloth, If Ii had not been adulter-
with shoddy.
hese statistics were made public
fntly by the National Sheep and
Cl Bureau Of America, No. % South
Belle street, which is organizing
sheep, farm and business interests
The country behind the French
Fper Truth in Fabric bill. This
was left in the hands of the Inter
Ie Commerce Committees of both
lses Of Congress at adjournment. 1t
designed to compel manufacturers
stamp their cloth with the percent
q virgin wool and Of shoddy il
pains. Howard Il. Greene, secretary
the bureau, said:
LAST year, as never before, the
Pady interests succeeded in foisting
u goods on the public. Only 600.
wy los. of wool in its natural state
WOOO,OO0 lbs. OF. cleaned wool
re converted into cloth. Most OF
amount was mixed with shoddy
make as Il stick together. If the EN-.
WaOOO,O00 lbs. had been made into
slh wool cloth, it would have pro
y ", only 24O, 100000 yards, as against
oNU0OO yards of shoddy goods
y would have taken 1850, 900, ,OO(
y virgin wool to have made the
ae o2o0OO000 yards of all wool
II turned out by our mills. Bu
enlire amount need not have beer
E@ q virgin wool. There should
N peen virgin wool cloth for thost
!" could afford it and shoddy fol
mliiher purses. That would hav,
|rlued Tor fair competition between
~ WOOL cloth and shoddy and for
.aT range of prices. Instead
H. Susn .he lack Of stamping. shoddie
y SOFA as all wool and the publ.
sp'lhg all wool TO mean virgin
n AZ I. was denied the right of choic,
spu ule Denefit of range Of prices.
.oaS aVuay, the stores are filled witt
.Iuy clothing and a billion lbs. O
"sa .sa Wool fill the storehouses. Tn
y 'se, interests have become so thor
y. 's intrenched through the right o
s. Oar product to masquerade as 'ney
nj nj under the popular term, al
~. @ ,naf they have been able t
,se =, ID their own interest an art
a. aIa oser-supply of virgin wool.
mai j spite OF this billion lbs. in tn
I mouse, ,, the world produces a thir,
] ds WOO annually than ii needs an
mlnahd for new wool Is as grea
s'ei. The shoddy manufacturer
- sen slmpiv thrown themselves bt
'r;u sn the public with it's demand fo
i, ir' WOO, wool and the sheep men wit
inn ~ q eesult, the wool growers ar
,Se @ aorced into Insolvency. To sav
Il D. "a the West from ruin. the Fec
\ n rserve Te Board has authorized tn
adaiclsco Federal Reserve Ban
alr lance money to help them carr
,5s ansoid clips. But this aid a,
rms, M only temporary relief. III
mas s and sheep men must hay
tit,ael tielt relief from the unfair con
% sTNa. oI the rag-pickers.
ned niiilon pounds Of unmanufa,
n T virgin wool in the storehouse
pds q nom $, the public that wants an
,fusa pv the legal right of mani
'sh.s 70 use unidentified shodd
nib,,s All woot cloth. threatens Il
strx sta'ion of the sheep and wool Ii
las, it Is to the interest of ever
al = gee behind the Freneh-C -Capp,
scssan y Fabric-bill ana see that it,
conc @ INTO law at the next sessic
.onin,es issess. Between enlightened pu
! ION ~ and the Truth In Fabr
s1e Wool growers mky De able