Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1918 — War Demand for Shoddy. [ARTICLE]

War Demand for Shoddy.

The process of reclaiming wool from all sorts of rags has become a task of increasing magnitude since the plac'lng of the government’s big orders for army clothing, special machinery being employed to reduce the rags to shreds, wash them, separate the wool from the cotton, etc., Cloth experts claim this reworked wool, or shoddy, is suitable for use in because, a warmer, more closely woven fabric can be produced, if used In the right proportion with virgin wool, says Popular Mechanics. For this reason it is used in army overcoating, but all other uniform cloth is now pure wool, according 1 to government officials.