The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-06-26

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~ shows that The people are becom-
ing deeply Interested in this subject
and are manitesting n detcrmlnstio
that the unfair advantage which re-
suits Ia "A little handful shall not al
wsys Htand In the way OF The rights
and tho interests Of The more than
loo, O0o, 600 people Of The United
20 know aud choose botwocn ahoddy
aud virgin wool. between the genuine
and the substitute.
shccp utu-landry.
There IN another phase Of this
subject Of truth In fabric icRislatiou
which has 10 do In a very direct and
vital way with the Interests and oven
the very safety Of our nation. This
other phase % the subject TO which
refer Is connection with the pro-
lection and promotion Of sheep hus-
bandry In the United States.
4 submit 10 you that there never
has been nor b. there to be an in
dustry more important In the United
States and more deserving OF AIDE.
quate protection than In sheep hus-
bandry.
Il submit to you that to permt
sheep h~usbandry In the United
States to be wiped out % existence
and to permit the United States TO
become dependent on the outside
world for her wool would entail not
only a tremendous economic loss but
would inevitably result. especially In
the event 81 war. In placing the
United States In a position OF grave
peril.
= submit to you therefore that Il
j. perfectly obvious that both the
interests and the safety of the United
States demand that whatever IL nee
essary FOR the protection and promo
tion OF sheep ~hnsbandry In the
United States shall be done. and done
quickly.
The National sheep and Wool bu-
reau Of America earnestly urges an
adequate tariff a. "a permanent pro-
lection to the wool growers u the
United States.
There Ia. however, a mcnace 10
the wool grower that Ii even greater
than the competition with foreign
wool This menace, which h the
greatest 81 all h wool Erowcrs'
perils, IN unidentified shuddN SOLD as
virgin wool under the misunderstood
terms Of All woOr and pure wool
1t - "A we'll known fact that now
ana for several decades less han one
third enough virgin wool has been
produced yearly To make the wool
cloth that h each year manufactured.
The United States. with only Rp-
p~roNtmatclS ouc-siNtccnth 81 the
, worlds population. uses more than
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tiOn OF virgin wool n yet the aver
, consumption Of virgin wool In the
United States allows only approx
, mntely three pounds apiece OF clean
wool for all purposes to the inhabi-
ant.
Statistics Of Virgin Wool.
, 1T b. estimated that 20 pounds OF
secured wool per year In required Tor
each man ip tho army In active ser
vice. Contrast this with the only three
pounds 81 secured WOO, per iuhahl-
tant which the total amount OF virgin
WOOL annually manufactured IN the
uit"d States gives 10 each person.
|, To make the wool cloth that the
people Of the United States each
year require and u.s. would by the
moat conservative estimate require
az least nine pounds Of clean virgin
. wool per inhabitant.
According 10 the statements OF
, Alfred A. Whitman. representing m,
r American Association of MOrstet
and Wooden Manufacturer at the
hearings ON truth Tn fabTic lcgisia
ton before Tho Interstate aud for.
I . committee of ths
p house OF representative Ia March
, 1870, there were $50. 600. 600 Yards nj
wool woven cloth manufactured 10
the United states In 1912. Pleas,
bear IN mind that fact that this doe
not include knitted fabrics, such a,
sweaters, underwear stockings. etc.
The total amoun OF virgin WOO
manufactured In the United state,
In 1919 for all purposes. according 4,
the ngurcs of the United States gov,
crnnCnt, Waa 627. 600. coo pounds.
n all OF his 6s7 900. 600 pounds oI
virgin wool had been used in tn,
manufacture OF the wool woven olotl
made In the tpttcd states in ieti
and none Of II had been used In ths
manufacture of knitted wool Textiles
such as sweaters. underwear. etc.
the average weight Of the WOO
/ woven cloth which an Of tho G2I.,
D 100000 pounds ot virgin wool woult
have made would haNo benn only ap.
- proNinatcly six ounces per yard.
/ II b. a known fact that the aver.
age weight Of wool woven fabrics Il
moro than twice six ounces per ward
p but please note that the averag,
weight of the wool woven fubri,
would have been only about ~,
ounces per yard u all Of the G17.
100000 pounds Of virgin wool-th,
total mount used tor an purpose
In the United states In tgtg-hat
! been used to make the $50. 600. 90,
yards of wool woven cloth manufar
b tured In the United States In 1919.
The fact ia, however. that not Al
OF the $4,000. 900 pounds of virgii
p wool were used In the m|anufactur'
D OF the wool NJ cloth Consider
{ able of This 627. 600. 90 pounds ~ viz
10 gin wool was used ln the ~manuficturt
10 OF knitted textiles, uch as hosiery
b underwear Sweaters. etc.
Wool Requirements ~ 4. =.
These are hasic. W~rll-kuoWn an
incontrONcrtible facts, Whirh clozrl,
D show tho tremendous amount 90
{ shoddy that must be- used 10 prudurl
- the wool apparel that h each yea
, required and produced in tho Unite,
r states. No confederation OF TIL
r tnct is needed to show that tremcn
p duua amounts OF sh0ddy are used Il
wool apparel
The injury that results 10 the WOO
. growers ana 10 the public as IA
q result Of shoddy's Countcrfoltihg yir
o gin wool are much moro subtle an
deadly than the injury and wruul
n that results from other counterfeit,
Tor b reason that In the casc q
r shoddN advantage h. taken OF th
% peoples misunderstanding OF m
10 term all wool which the people be
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