The Tokio War Office, as @ means of relieving the woollen interests in Japan, has decided~ to place orders for woollen cloth for military purposes with private manufacturers and has already contracted with the Tokio Wool Weaving {less Ca. for 800,000 shaku (a shaku is about 13 inches). The orders are expected to be executed by the end of this year.
The wool weaving industry in Japan, says the "Japan Chronicle," that has been so prosperous as to be unable to cope with the orders received, is now feeling the. effect of the general depression, with the result that a tendency has developed for the supply to overrun the demand.
Wool v. Silk The present depression in the silk trade is not likely to be lightened when it is known that American opinion believes in the revival of woollen hosiery as against silk. On this subject the "New York Times" says:—Woollen hosiery for both men and women will, according to re-
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