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Show I presume to say that this intelligent body of wool growers does not know-they certainly cannot know- the damage they do to every fleece of wool which they tie up with hemp twine. I tell you it is utterly impossible to manufacture a piece of indigo-blue cloth from wool which we purchase from you tied up in a twine or a hemp string. We cannot do it without using another dye besides indigo-blue, and to cover up the imperfections occasioned by strings. There should never be one particle of hemp string, or any other kind of string from which a fiber can come, put around a fleece of wool. It is ruinous and will become more so as the manufacturers go more and more into the manufacture of plain colors which require an even, handsome finish.6 Then he told of a manufacturer who took seven ounces of string out of one single fleece, and pointed out that there usually was a pile of string in what the manufacturer had bought as wool at a fair price. A prominent grower from New York made no defense of using twine to tie a fleece (for it had to be tied with something) but he said that growers were generally not aware that manufacturers wanted another kind of string used. Mr. Kingbury advocated the use of woolen twine, but another, less concerned manufacturer said he thought they could get along with the twine then being used, and the matter was dropped. Wool-buying practices were discussed and speculation on wool, with possible remedies. Washing and scouring of wool received due time for consideration and all in all, the 127 |
