The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-12
.FREN C H CAPPER
/. BILL TO PROTECT
WOOL GROWERS

CHICAGO, May 5.-The imp:ra-
tive need for enactment of the French
Capper truth in fabric bill TO supple
ment even the most advantageous
tariff law for the protection of Am
erican wool growers was explained
by J. d. Wilson Of Mckinley, Wye,
recently. Mr.. Wilson Is secretary of
the Wyoming Wool Growers assocla-
ton and also a governor OF the Ma.
tional Sheep and Wool buerau OF
America and Il was at the Office OF the
latter organization No, 80 East Jack
son boulevard that he was found. lie ,
Explained that he had just made a
general survey of the leading wool ,
igrowing states of which his own is !,
chief and declared that the outlook |
for the American wool grower is cx-
tremely blue. He said:
More than tariff measure is
needed to afford the wool growers
adequate protection. We need TO
have the French Capper truth in fab
acted mad need It in hur-
Try. Why have sold wool for 10 l.!
icents a pound when the tariff was II
lcents pound and I have heard OF
other wool growers who sold for cv-
len less. No tariff will protect the
wool grower from the secret compc.
tition of shoddy-reworked rags.
lshoddy must be identified by label
: ing so that the people will know what
they are buying and may choose b.
: tween shoddy and virgin wool. TIE
ruth in fabric bill which has recently
been re-introduced by Congressman
French and Senator Capper will com
pei textile manufacturers 10 labei
their all wool cloth with its conten,
of virgin wool and of shoddy ans
will force the shoddy vendors out M
TO the open. A mere misbranding
bill such as the Rogers bill would
only prevent misbranding II woult
not compel branding in the fist
Iplace. II would allow the shodd>
vender to keep on hiding behind th'
: misunderstood term all wool
), ION account of the immense &C
y cumulation OF woods the situation o.
= American wool growers is the wors
4 in the history of the country. TIT
Il stockyards report big liquidation o
h flocks by sheepmen who can no long
" er afford to hang on till better times
4 Thousands of sheep have been sac
IL riflced since the department of agIi
q culture estimated that the numbe
in America on January ] was AS
- 067, 0OO--less than one sheep 70
70 each two citizens. In Wyoming alon
:. more than half a million sheep hav
Y. gone since that estimate was mad
~ 1t will take years to to get America
Ia sheep husbandry back into goc
Is shape. even with the aid OF legls.i
A. ton.
10 Fully 10 per cent or 10 per Ger
J, OF the 1920 wool clip is still unsol
y and the 1921 clip has got under wa
Is. with no prospect of market wha
er ever. The wool growers cannot e
ID pect to raise as much money on u
es 1921 clip as they did on the 49,
re- clip, though their need is even mo-
I, pressing than il was last year. Yves
p erners cannot possibly sell their clil
81 for the cost of production: The ia
d. if board agreed that their 1919 CT
~ cost them more than As cents
pound to raise and their 1920 ,cl
cost dearer. The 1921 clip cost the
less because of the open winter al
~ the lower cost of labor but only
ls few cents pound less.
"A. "The people have had opportu
ut tiles to discover want the truth
We fabric bill passed because they wa
20 to know what they are getting VIII
nix they buy cloth. The shoddy man
70 facturers cannot ward off the ena
Ok ment indefinitely. As have ira