THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
y-WOOL RESEARCH, y i Like coal, the' wool industry has been, given cause' 7 for concern in regard to u..e intrusion of • substitute, ind ustries. Oil fuel and electricity have proved' to be formidable competitors to coai. ' Artificial silk and other substitute products'have' hit the ages-old textile'in-' dustries. The-hard facts of Hhis competition ■- are 'unassailable. The prij- ' blem before each 'of these industries is to adapt their products to the requirements of the times. The process of ' 1 adaptation riiust envisage two impbi'tant the question of cheaper production and prices, and the co- ' ordinated question of multiplying th& avenues of: marketing. It is here that scientific ■ rose arch must pi ay its ■ pftrt,‘ -• and by alLAccounts is playing/it. Important investigations in regard'Vo'” wool qualities, with a view to more • effective adaptatin and marketing? are now in progress, and the results .so far ! achieved hold ' out assuring prospects—for tne industry. ■ " •m, -y/r 'vyExcharigeyV''^
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 4
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156THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 4
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