Surprise in Wool

What became of the wool shortage?

"There exists today in the Government stockpile of wool imported from Australia and South America a surplus bigger than any which has ever before existed in this country," the National Wool Growers' Association announced last week. "While the wool textile industry has been working at twice the rate it has ever operated before, available supplies of wool have increased threefold. Available supplies of all wool fabrics have indeed been so plentiful recently that some clothing manufacturers have actually canceled their orders."

Biggest reason for this surprise stockpile is that many a freighter hauling men & munitions to Australia comes back cargo-full of wool. Wool supplies available this year are now estimated at 1,100,000,000 lb.--twice a normal year's consumption. But even this mountain of wool may not be enough: some of it is earmarked for Lend-Lease, and outfitting a new soldier takes about 200 lb. of wool, whereas civilians usually get along on five to ten.

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