INCREASED OUTPUTS
COMPETITORS WITH WOOL
(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)
LONDON, October 8. The Imperial Economic Committee's summary of the production of industrial fibres shows a marvellous increase in world production of rayon and staple fibre from 8,300,0001b in 1929 to 133,800,0001b last year, chiefly as the result of the development of the industry in Italy and Germany.
The extent to which these have been substituted for other textile fibres remains problematical. On the one hand the use of rayon in mixed goods has undoubtedly widened ' the scope of utilisation of cotton and wool, but on the other hand it has probably replaced natural fibres in certain branches of the hosiery industry, if not elsewhere. It is significant to note that the three largest producers of rayon, Japan, Italy, and Germany, are particularly dependent on foreign sources of supply for their textile raw materials.
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Evening Post, Issue 87, 9 October 1936, Page 12
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