WOOL PRICES
,i ®* r, “~X^ e * e Press” to-day, one SJhiL r ? )t n ® ed to know everything without sensing that Yorkshire manufacturers did not come down in the last shower. I venture to say that nobody in the world can put it across tnem—either coming or going. Their latest wheeze is that the grower is getting astronomical figures for the raw material, when, in reality, the finished article soars up aloft. About three pounds of wool at a few shillings a pound go to make a suit of clothes, which, when finished, fetches anything from 30 to 60 guineas. I ask students of economics satisfactorily to explain the why and wherefore. Summing up, sheepmen everywhere know there is net a sufficiency of sheep in the world; in fact, tneir numbers are diminishing. One reason: young people will flock to towns. Well, let them. Bright lights attract moths, but even they must have food and raiment. — Yours, etc., EQUILIBRIUM. August 30, 1950.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26205, 31 August 1950, Page 5
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