BADLY BRED WOOL

Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1928, Page 2

BADLY BRED WOOL

BRITISH CRITICISM

(United Press Association —Bv Electric Telegraph—Co]),v right)

LONDON. December 12

.Air Hunter, President ot the Wool Poderntiuii. has sent a hitler to tin* newspapers, replying to Australian comments on his speech at the Dominic ;i Partners’ ( onlc'renee on August l.'l. He says that the wool trade interests in Britain are disappointed, that the industrial and economic conditions in Knglaml since the war have not allowed them to buy lor use in England as big a percentage ol the total clip as lie To re the war.

■'These conditions are gradually changing to our advantage,” states the letter, •'and il is expected that tin* purchase hv British linns tins season will show an increase on lasi season. .My criticisms ol' the character of many ol the woo! slips now coming to tin* market have been made he ;iuse I have Iclt that the producers ol these woo s have tailed to realise t!, . importance ol maitaining the chi racier ol their wools according to the .user’s viewpoint. and because there is a danger that, a result ol a continuance and an extension ol the present tendency, it wool values decline seriously, there will he a serious accumulation ol this badly-bred t>pe „f wool, which might ultimately embarrass both the growers and the users. Therefore, the wool importers of Britain feel that attention ought to he drawn to this deterioration in the character of certain wools, and that by so directing their attention, it ill eirourage the growers to correct the tendency, thus maintaining the reputation of the wool-growing indus-