The Daily Telegraph. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1883.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3661, 9 April 1883, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1883.

At the request of the Chambers of Commerce of Roubaix and Tovvcoing, Messrs C. Balmc and Co., of London, have issued a circular addressed to Chambers of Commerce in wool producing districts, and to exporters and brokers of wool, on the subject of wool pacl'ng. The oirer l ar sets forth the statement that the employment of jut *:.anvas for wool packs in Buenos Ayrcs, Monte A r idco, Australia, and other sources of production, involves a considerable loss in the manufacture of wooden and worsted goods. The packing material made from jute, the fibres of wKch arc very brittle, throws off, at the slightest friction, a large number of shreds, which adhere to the greasy wool, and is also very easily toi.i and unravelled by the action of the hooks used in the manipulation of the bales, v\'th the result that the staple becomes iH.xed with small fragments of threads of jute which cannot possibly be removed, and whim can indeed only be recognized with difficulty. These jute fragments are carded, combed, spun, and woven with the wool without disclosing, so far, in any way theypresence, but in the process of di/cing the mischief -mmcdiately appears, and is the more pronrnent in proportion as the color used is of a darkcrshade. Under such circumstances these foreign fibres come strikingly into evidence, and being of an entirely distinct nature take the dye "in a whoHy different way from the wool, so that it is only at considerable expense and loss that they can bo got rid of by the method of hand-picking. The Chambers of Commerce of Roubaix, and Tourco"ig, who have undertaken to represent the complaints and v> ishes of the'r local manufacturers, hold it their duty to bring these facts wider the notice of the producers and sellers of the raw material. Thov ask that henceforth jute should be rejected as a material for wool packs,' and be replaced _ by some substitute which wiU not involve these ruinous drawbacks. They would IVvthcr express the wish that iv future the nature of the material of the woolpacks should be stated on the invoices and sale catalogues, in order that, for the puipose of their industiy, manufacturers may give their preference to tops combed from wool baled ?i packages free from tho :_rpuritic.s complained of." Tho above statement is signed by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Tournooing, Charles Jonglez, and by A. Delfosse, the President of the Chamber of Commerce tit Roubaix. AYe may mention that the chief industry of these two cities in the north of France is the manufacture of worsted goods and thread. The representations, therefore, from their Chambers of Commerce on a subject so intimately connected with their trade are worthy ol attention; Messrs C. Balme aud Co., m their introduction to tho circular, remark that they are able to corroborate ma great measure tho inconveniences complained ot, but tfcat the subject opens upaveiyiar^e

and important question. What that question is they do not say, bnt we presume rt referstothc trade inandmanufa jturcof jute. Messrs Balme and Co., however, refrain from endorsing the opinion that the material of the wool packs should be stated iv the invoice and sale catalogues. Considering that the French manufacturers are very large buyers of merino wool, we are inclined to think that their wishes should as far as rjossiblc be complied with, for the opinion they express is nothing less than a hint that they will give a higher price for wool packed in flax bales than for that in jute, all other things of course being equal.