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eernaerts & Amougies.   No points of particular interest.
ey crf c ub at present buyers.  Amougies raised the question of
rleans   No particular comments.  But see be    se   str.
Lerman.  The question of shy staple was seriously raised
ssed themselves very dissatisfied with recent shipments.
aey felt that unless a'definite i provement could be counted upon
iey did not feel any .oo happy about the future orders they might
ish to submit to us.   Their complaints were sported by actual
igures on hand of their order books.
La Georgie a e very particular about the amount of
-hall leaf present in tI 1r cotton.  They state that certain type of
eaf simply cannot be removed from the yarn and results in lower
'ii.
opchie VThis mill$ bought in the past exclusively from
shipper was considered up to our standard in every
es-pect and no mill classing was ever undertaken.   However last year
-d early this year trouble was experienced with their machinery
ad consequently, after being unable to locate the trouble they deciid
o class the cotton received.   This resulted in a very great shock to
Iem, finding in one case as much as 40% shy in staple in one lot,
ome 20% in another.   These figures wer backed up by the exhibition
f the mills ca&sstng sheets. The classing was carried out by Cardon
Fr6bourg and independ tly checked and corroborated by Lothergill.
:ey now suspect that considerable previous trouble experienced
a the earlier post-war years was due to the same trouble and they now
el that their confidence in the House of Kemoner is serious shaken.
evertheless, provided that the next few shipments are impeccable
prepared to forgive and forget.-
he above can summarised very simply - there are no
grade but the percentage of shy staple is causing
rave concern and coupled with the Georgie and Baertsoen !exican
rouble has done a great deal of harm tf future turnover.    I think
-re is little doubt that coupled with the economic difficulties,
less this next season can completely reverse theadverse opinion
Belgium we shall have great difficulty in maintain   tii average
Bales turnover.
' Tensile Strength - Orleans.    This mill manufactures
r  -      They unraveled some U.S.es un   ord from a mill in 6ilverto
ad found that the fibre strength and l     5swas greatly superior
2 that they could zaka buy. Having heard that such things could
e arranged they deciddd to buy on Tensile strength description hoping
iereby to improve their quality.   They are most anxious to buy the
ume cotton as that bought by Silvertown mill and request that we