RAYON STAPLE FIBRE
MARVELLOUS INCREASE IN PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ECONOMIC COMMITTEE’S SUMMARY (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Bth October. The Imperial Economic Committee’s summary on industrial fibres production shows a marvellous increase in world production of rayon staple fibre from 8.3 million lbs. in 1929, to 133.8 last year, chiefly as a result of the development of the industry in Italy and Germany. The extent to which it is substituted for other textile fibres remains problematical. On the one hand, the use of rayon in mixed goods has undoubtedly widened the scope of the utilisation of cotton-wool. On the other hand, it has probably replaced natural fibres in certain branches of the hosiery industry, if not elsewhere. A significant note is 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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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 9 October 1936, Page 5
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149RAYON STAPLE FIBRE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 9 October 1936, Page 5
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