HRMINGI COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 22, 21 October 1918, Page 8

HRMINGI COMMERCIAL

[YORKSHIRE LETTER

jg NOILS AND THEIR USES [(Prom Our Special Correspondent.) [£' Bradford, August 29. Last week a very important order is > issued dealing with tho control I noils. The whole range of raw inufacturing products is now subject {iybeing offered to the Department. itbe_rto merino jioils have been free, a't is, there has been a certain quan[y about in the market which could [.bought and sold without hindrance. days' a big noil business Iβ. done between Bradford and Coniental. countries, and since the com-, of hostilities export houses lye. done a considerable amount in is.way with neutrals. 0 course, s jrn had to obtain a license before the Sis could be sent, and, as the licenses iye recently been refused, the noils Jye had to be*kept. Also with values jvancing by leaps and bounds, many Intinental owners decided to resell, id have thereby realised handsome 'ofits, the result being that tho noils |ve been available for the civilian ide. It must be admitted that the ipar.tment have allowed dealings in ilsfor a longer period than the marity expected. This is explained by p fact that the production of noils,is ffly large, ami Hlhe machinery in Seat Britain' has never been able to sorb i the -quantity 'produced. ■ Of iirse, the production of colosw.l 'antities of 'underwear' for the miljtis of soldiers and sailors fighting in e-Allied cause has provided an outlet r-this particular by-product, and a't it the Department has issued a noie, that it intends "to take possession i and after September 1 of all noils en in stock or thereafter to be profeed in tho TJnited,Kingdom. The [e of such noils without a. permit is phibited after September i next." I'>■■''■ By-produets Innumerable. [f Stato control has done nothing |e, it has brought prominently to e; front the value of all the by-pro-ets of the wool trade. Many colonial jol-Rrowers have in days gono by jked askance at anything and every!iig except the fleece or .tho sheep, i. after this struggle they will moro rourably regard the derivatives of b; fleece of their favourite .animal.

I course; 'raw wool'is'the 'foundation •all ,the by-products, but no one- with J , practical knowledge of the trade ii look upon noils, thread waste. rrs. backings,' spinners' waste, and ijiufacturers' thrums without' recogfing that each and all are filling n eful Dosiyion, while in'the numerous i-products one must include rags and pddy. The writer ventures the opinj:that.the by-products of the trade ist- number well on towards threejidred different' descriptions, all these ing- the result of passing wool rough' the different urocesses o\ mnfacture, the -waste'then being cotjted, resorted, and again prepaved ji making , into yarn and cloth. Tho jol textile industry has been so-spe-Jised. that nothing is now thrown I;-to the scrap heap, and so long as ere is a fibre with two ends, it can j-reused to produce, or at least help ;:produce, something fit to be worn ;; human beings.

Export of Wool Waste and Noils. Just to give readers some reliable ia of tho huge business that has been he with . the outside • ■ world in ipl wastes and , noils, we give jiow some interesting particulars, 00l wastes deserve an article to them[yes because they comprise everyjng.ih the sliape ; .'of topmakers', inners', and manufacturers'' wastes. !e number of these is legion. The me can be said of noils, for one only 's to consider the number of qualities bduced and the varying condition of % different qualities, to form some Sa of the immense numbers which are jiilable oven to-day. As already inflated Bradford did a big business in \ by-products of the; trade with tho ijtinent in -pre-war; ■■]times, but, cf rirse, to-day the export of noils is jtined to our Allies. However, we re a;very useful table, showing how yford's 'trade- Jias developed ; (Turing ;ent:years,' : the following boing a sumIry of total exports of wool waste d noils in-the-years named:—

What-Are Noils? the question at the end of this [agraph can easily be answered. 51s are short wool fibres extracted im tho long ones in the combing They are produced by tho iibing machino as the circle goes hid. If the 'reader will carefully inlet a staple of wool he will soon sco jt all the fibres are not uniform in 'gth., Some are short, others melm, and others long. If the staple re to bo combed by hand the short j-es would be the. 'first to come out. 30tly the same iprinciple obtains en wool is combed ,by machinery. As j: circle of the combing machine reives it, it separates the short fibre jm. tie long, the latter constituting I "top" and the- former tho "noil." 9 short fibres are as good in quality jthe long, often a little finer than jse left behind in the top. All that ) need do is to find a use for these irt fibres, and from the very beginjg_ of the wool industry it has been isible to do so. ~

i Outlet for Noils. "he uses of noils and other wastes ;ns a most- interesting chapter of I wool manufacturing industry. -Of jrse, the wool having been previousported, the noils will be unilorm m ility. If not, tho sorting h'as beeii lly done. But assuming that tho Is are uniform in quality, they cah, ! turned to excellent account. In '■•war days merino noils were very gely used in the production of wool- ! shirtings, flannels, and hats, and ■Re three avenues formed the priiial outlet for all noils. Let us first all deal with merino noils, fery large quantities of fine noils ; required to-day for military pur-. ■ets, in fact, a bigger yardage of '[tings has b%en made than for any er class of military fabric. The portion of wool and ns;'!s used in king the blends varies considerably prding to the class of the fabrio ited by the War Office. The bigt yardage so far made is of what is jwfc. as natural flannel, the blend tig 70 per cent, wool and- 30 per t. cotton. This makes a very sound jring article, and being of fine texb suits its purpose admirably. In j production of silver grey slnrlings ,ino noils are also used in very liar proportions, tremendous quanps being wanted , weekly for this pose alone. .. : ;:'., r ,". . ■ ■ Vossbred noils are being very large-' jnsed in the production of iartan j drab-serge and also standard fabJ for civilian wear. The Departit control all qualities, and if aiiy j too seedy and hurry they /ire

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carbonised. In fact, there are to-dny very few noils of any quality for tho civil trade, the Department .finding a use for practically all qualities in "tho production of cither one class of fabric or another. In tho production of hats, both merino and crossbred noils are being used. Gentlemen's black bonier liatsj , worn the world over, contain botauy noils, while in ladies' hats both merinos and crossbrerJs are used.

jj ; . Waste. Noils. it.'-" T Lb.' ■•■:"'■'£ Lb. £ ':.... 2.397.6C0 118,174 10.234.7CO 646,313 •'•.;. 3.491.9C0" 112.408 ' 13,756,200 692.960 _:.-.: ; .i,6J3.10fl ■■•• .55,849 ■ 7,898,400 463.TS7 ... 11,117,206 501,859 11,573.400 7«,197 ... 11,907,100 €62,471 17,232,700 1,130.8)3 I ... 12,595,400 700,625 17,073,600 1,093,252 ... 12.159.4C0 652.574 19,667,500 1,225.747 [■ .... 13.851,100 E09.232 20,035.100 1,370,538 I ... 10.6O3.9C0 663,410 14.331,600 1,038,647 ! ... 7.300.3C0 515.122 12.05ft 6C0 1.064.163 ,■... 8.396,700 645,331 12,837.100 1,280,105 !:... 6,326,400 570,859 il,512,3C0 l,£65,B08