NEW METHOD OF PACKING WOOL

Shannon News, 20 January 1925, Page 4

NEW METHOD OF PACKING WOOL

A very good illustration and a fnll description of the new w ° ol canva f pack evolved by Mr F. A. Aykroyd, appears in the “Textile Supplement of the ‘ Yorkshire Evening Argus,’’ of Noven'ber sth.

A fuller description to what has appeared so far in the New' Zealahd press, ol this new method of packing wool, may be of interest to some of our readers: 1 — “The size of this new bale is 45 indhes by 32 inches by 32 inches," says this paper.

“The wool canvas of which the pack is made is of 40’s and 44’s prepared, and is two-fold warp and weft. Though it weighs so much less than, the jute pack which it is designed to oust (31bs, as against 12ibs) it is actually stronger than the jute article; and it is not only stronger, it con. tains one-third more than the average Australian bale.

It i s difficult at the moment to give precise and final figures as to how the pack will work out in cost, because, while data are being gathered there are constant slight adjustments. But it is fairly safe to say that this pack to hold scwt., instead of the regulation three hundreds and a third, will cost no more than 12/- a s compared with 4/6, which is the mimipaum cost of the jute pack. “In computing relative costs, however, there are various factors to be taken into account, such ajs greater capacity of the worsted pack; the saving in freight and the value of the tare when it comes to be discarded. There may be a difference of 2/ which the trade will be called upon to make up to the grower; but it must not be forgotton that the buyer will have a fairly valuable commodity in the old pack. The material of which this is madh can be used again. Garnetted, it could be made into a lap top of good quality; or it could be used in a blend or inade into an ordinary carpet top. The old canvas will he worth probably 1/6 to 1/8 per lb., and by the sale o. this material the trade will be able to recoup itself for any contribution

it makes to the cost of the pack. The new pack is a fine, workman, like thing; it will leave no-one in doubt on that score; and the use of the worsted canvas is so natural and reasonable that what surprises one w that it should not have been thought of before. All the wool men who have seen it—and a great many have inspected sample bales at Mr Aykroyd's warehouse in Cheapside—are enthusiastic in its praise. “If it comes into general use it wul not only solve the jute problem and save the trade burling costs of about £500,000 a year, but it will introduce into the Bradford district a new industry. The manufacture of wool canvas tor 57,000 packs every year will be a welcome addition to the trade of the district. Apart from the trade’s saving of half a million sterling a. year, the wool growers will benefit. Mr Aykroyd told the writer that he believed the bale would save the wool growers anything from £IOO,OOO to £150,000 a year in freights. It may also, on account of the better loading It affords, bring benefit to the buyer in the shape of lower exceptional rates for railway transport.

“Mr Aykroyd is fo report on the pack to a meeting which is being convened by the Hon George Fairbairn (Agent-General for Victoria) to be held on November 14, at the New Hibernia Wharf, Montagu Close, London Bridge. The meeting will be repre. sentatives of Agents. General, London financial houses, s uch wool growers as still remain in London, and a delegation from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. The French industry will also 1 be represented.”