The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-12-09
vast Difference Between Gail
Wool" and Virgin Wool,
Says Authority.
FRENCH-CAPPER BILL
Also Smoot Embargo Resolu-
tons Receiving Support
of Organizations.

Chicago, Dec. 3.-"Buy Suit of
virgin Wool Oothes-Clothes Made
I Of Wool Directly from the Sleeps
BackT
This Is the new slogan proposed for
the farr.ers and stock raisers Of the
United States by George III. Wilber,
who is prominently mentioned for the
position Of secretary Of agriculture in
the Harding cabinet. He made the
proposal today at the International
Livestock Exposition, Union Stock
Yards. Mr.. WILDER Is lifelong
friend of the president-elect and comes
from Marysv!lle, Ohio, not far from
the Harding town Of Marion.
He is dirt farmer, stock raiser.
banker and business man and has won
q reputation In each department Of
endeavor and is widely considered one
Of the best informed authorities on
agriculture In America.
For months, as one of the governors
of the National Sheep and Wool Bureou
Of America, he has been actively en-
gagged In the campaign to organize the
country behind the French Capper
Truth in Fabris bill. This measure
is designed to compel textile manu-
facturers to stamp their cloth with
its content of virgin (new) wool and
Of shoddy-old rags, re-worked in
some cases as often as eight times.
wool cloth manufactures complain
Of business lstagnation due to the fail
ure Of the people to buy clothes" he
said, in discussing the wool situation
with the farmers and stockraisers
1T Is the sale of Shoddy cloth as
virgin wool cloth and at virgin wool
prices under cover of the misunder-
stood popular term, all WOOL that
has caused the people to become re-
bellsous and to quit buying.
Conditions have reached such
grave state that something must be
done to save the wool growers from
bankruptcy Conditions in the west
are far worse than in this part of
the country. In view of the tight CON
dltlon OF the wool market and of the
millions of pounds of virgin wool un-
sold and in storage in this country. the
only thing to do seems to be to ac-
quaint the consuming public with the
1act that large part of the apparel
sold as all WOOL" which the public
tnnks means virgin wool, is shoddy,
re-worked rags. To protect itself, the
pubic must ask for virgin wool cloth
ana insist upon getting It,
A Few years ago, the South asked
US TO Buy a Bale of Cotton Now
ane wool growers ask for a square
zeal Textile manufacturers are re-
sorting largely to the use of old rags
In the manufacture of wool cloth and
are increasingly palming off shoddy
on cne people under the cover Of the
'erm' all WOOL while the virgin wool
mat the people want and pay for and
suppose that they are getting when
'ney puy al wool clothes is lying un-
manufactured in the storehouse.
Every farmer and sheep raiser must
ieliemoer to protect himself when
purcnasing clothing by demanding a
suit made Of virgin wool-wool direct
from the Sleeps back. Let the
southerners who gave us their cotton
slogan adopt ours: Buy a Suit of
virgin Wool Clothes r"
ravor Senator Smoot's Embargo.
ohlcago. Nov. 3O.-The National
Sheep and Wool Bureau of America
w zS East Jackson Boulevard, an
"ouhced today that it would lend its
T'are support to the plan of Senator
-eu Smoot of Utah, to secure a years
ruargo on the importation of wool.
his announcement was made by
resident Alexander Walker upon his
,a "ai from New York City to take
aa' N several wool conferences that
I'VE 10 De held in connection with the
,s ,snauonal Livestock Exposition at
''e Union Stock Yards.