COTTON AND WOOL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 6

COTTON AND WOOL.

GREATER SCARCITY ON ENGLISH MARKET. : In ai recent letter to Ms principals m ( Ohristchurch, a Homo ibuyer of soft goods is impressed with, the actual shortage of woollen goods now at hand. The position m Manchester goods, m his opinion, will be even worse. TTu? Government Controller has decided that manufacturers must x^ork only 60 per cent! of their looms, ow*ing to the' enormous shortaff« of cotton. This meane that the mill owners will make the 60 J per cent, of their looms pay for the 40] per cent, standing idle, arid it is a recognised fact that looms standing, idle rust out more quicksly than" workintf looms. He -was of opinion that owing to the various restriction's that wera being imposed by the Government upon j .mamifaotuirers cloths would be standardised and prices regulated. If this were done it would do away with numerous cloths that were suitable only for the West.' End trade and colonial markets.

Woollen piece goods were .now more diffiknilt than ever to procure, One manufacturer, who was approached rea:arding < tweed's for nsxt autumn would not accept an order for delivery before April-May. 1918. ."