, 1922-01-12

their business to sell. They have
rents to pay, and can get little but
counterfeits and II you get near them
they will tell you SO. Also, II O will
ask one II this article is pure virgin
wool. with no shoddy, or II 1t is pure
silk and no tin, lead or zinc, he will
look as IL hit with a board. Every
man making or selling textiles who
objects to a truthful textile law
stands condemned. Every honest
man wants to sell commodity for
just what it is.
No movement has yer had such
success, but it must not be expected
that a "sit fast" SO strongly en-
trenched. winked at by the govern
ment. and backed by unlimited mon
ey can be removed at once. The last
hearing was June / to 7 and s, and
any n of the witnesses gave
abundant evidence why the law was
needed, n every argument or
sophistry advanced against it was
met. There Is no counterfeiting of
any commodity except clothing and
the best Inquest and logician cannot
defend 1t.
But listen. The opposition got a
rut off on an excuse for a test by ex-
perts'to prove that shoddy cannot be
detected in cloth. This test the wool
tgrowcrs will welcome, but now after
four months there has been no more
of it. Notice that the interests of
silk and other textile buyers had no
concern with the committee, and also
notice that if fraud cannot be easily
detected, let it continue. That is the
present status. AS far as anyone can
see it is 'let the buyer beware Let
100000, 900 buyers beware when
they buy clothing, and we will be-
ware.
We will also follow this to a fin
ish. The work of evangelism will
go on. 1t is no little. selfish sheep
mans fight now. There are fully
100000 people of all classes who
know h value of genuine raw ma
terial and the ~depravity of >substi-
tutes. and a million have secured
textiles of genuine material. The
states agricultural authorities. the
farm bureaus and the wool growers
have found mills hat make and sell
virgin wool weaves INT more and
more are buying them. In less than
two years. no law will be needed for
w%oOlens, except for the poor and low
ly, but pure textiles Of silk, flax and
cotton have fewer advocates and the
work must continue for them.
Ladies'. I I'M here to say we must
have more converts. The present
workers can get them. but more
quickly with your help. We have
fully tel millions. but 1t is not
enough. There were six millions
represented at the last hearing, not
one in n hundred ever owned a
sheep. We must have enough to
overwhelm the powers to get a law.
We will keep right on in our lines.
but O can work along one that will
be very efficient, n peculiar to
yourselves.
In the first place. I beg Of you to
buy nothing but genuine materials.
Demand a guarantee Of pure silk and
virgin wool. Break the dealers of
their shortcomings and convert them.
You must pay genuine money and de-
serve genuine textiles. Tell the
dealers that II they will take counter
felt coin, bills, or a worthless check.
you will take "phoney" goods. Tell
them II o are not satisfied, you
and return them, and that you will
not take shoddy in woolens, nor met
FL in silks. and remember that the de-
c~eivers call wool garbage GALL
WOOL"
Our bill is hidden at Washington.
but the public is moving. The shoddy
men will hold 1t off as long as they
can. and collect spoils as long as
possible. They say our bill Is zen
tirely inequitable, wholly uneconom-
ic. and completely mystihed legisla-
tion," but we must have 1t, and we
will. We must overwhelm them.
There are over 100000, 900 buyers.
everyone Of whom will be against
about a million, stockholders, wage
earners and retailers nearly or re-
motley interested in selling camou-
f!aged textiles, and success is ours.