USE OF WOOL

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1929, Page 5

USE OF WOOL

IN WEARING APPAREL

Woollen manufacturers are heartily in agreement with the suggestion made by Mr B. E. H. Tripp, at a meeting of the Canterbury Sheepowners’ Union, that a propaganda

campaign witli regard to the use of wool, and the recognition of its desirability as an article of clothing should be set on foot. Mr Tripp suggests that a levy of not more than 6d per hale should he struck over the whoie Dominion to provide the necessary funds for an advertising campaign advocating the use of wool. The manager of a big city concern told a representative of the “Christchurch Press” that he was sure that anything that would further the use of wool for wearing apparel would be taken up with enthusiasm. No one. he said, would miss the 6d per bale suggested, and the woollen manufacturers would support the scheme in a practical manner. It is stated, on good authority, that in the East, and particularly in Japan, educative propaganda is being carried out with the idea of inducing people to wear woollen clothing from the point of view of general health,” he said. “Wool, it has been proved, possesses more absorbent power than silk or cotton.”

But the draper holds the view tint wool is only a seasonal material. Artificial silk, lie says, has become so tremendously popular that it would lie difficult to persuade women to forsake it for wool entirely, especially in the summer. For the winter, of course, practically all apparel is of wool, and this season the fashion av i ! l he coats and skirts—wool again. However, women will never lie persuaded to wear woollen undergarments. The men, on the other hand, wear a good deal of wool and would no doubt give their support to the suggested campaign, from the health point of

view alone. The tailors are not affected, for. they seem to hold the opinion that men’s fashions will never change. They will continue to wear the same materials—composed mostly of wool—until the fashion journals are completely revolutionised, and that possibility is a remote one. However, most of them agree that the scheme is a sound one and worthy of support.