GERMANY BUYS WOOL
HIGHEST FOR FIVE YEARS. SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTES PROVE UNSATISFACTORY. Figures available of German raw wool imports and ■ quoted in the journal of the International Wool Secretariat reveal that her purchases were higher in 1938 than in any previous year since 1933. From January to November, 1938, Germany imported 119,307,6001bs of raw wool in comparison with a total of 82,603,6001bs in 1937, an increase of 36,704,0001b5. Such figures indicate that Germany is finding it impossible to replace wool satisfactorily by synthetic substitutes. It has been well known for some time that fabrics made from synthetic fibres produced from wool pulp or milk, while having a superficial resemblance to wool, do not possess those properties which, in relation to health and dress, make wool unique. There is also the possibility that her supplies of reclaimed wool .are becoming exhausted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1939, Page 5
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