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Wool Market Basis in Shoddy Wool Foes Truth in Fabric Bill
Chicago June 28 tallies show half a billion pounds of shoddy wool flooded the American clothing market in 1919 while unmanufactured virgin wool piled up in storehouses. The National Sheep and Wool Bureau cites mislabeling and asserts the need for a Truth in Fabric law to require virgin and shoddy percentages on cloth and prevent unfair competition, urging passage in the next Congress.
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Chicago
National Sheep and Wool Bureau of America
Bus
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Howard E. Greene
Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank