WOOL CONFERENCE
SYNTHETIC FIBRES * ■■ i GERMAN POSITION EXPLAINED BERLIN, June 7 At the International Wool Conference to-day Herr Hans Croon read a paper cn the importance of artificial fibre. He said that Germany had no intention of renouncing imports of natural wool in favour of any synthetic fibre, but such material would be of great advantage in making the textile industry more independent of natural forces.
It would be easier to standardise in quantity and quality than in the case of the natural material and would also permanently relieve the foreign exchange position in industrial countries poor in raw material.
German textile manufacturers liked the natural raw material and were glad to be friendly with the producer. Their idea was to expand factory programmes by the introduction of synthetic materials, but not to restrict the use of natural materials.
Germany's efforts were not directed toward producing a substitute as in wartime but toward a high quality fibre for which a public demand would have to be created.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 5
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