Throttling of Imports to Reich Said Responsible Berlin, June 6.
The new textile programme greatly limiting the use of cotton will go into force on July 1, it is reported today in economic circles here. After that date it will be forbidden to use any cotton in the manufacture of paper or book bindings, cloth for women's clothes, upholstery, drapes, curtains, etc.
The prógramme provides for increased manufacture of staple fibre and rayon, and in order to improve the quality of these products, the manufacture of cheap quality material will be discontinued. This step is necessitated, it is declared, by the throttling of cotton imports which is due principally to the complete elimination of the American markets.
Considerable' quantities of cotton will still be imported by Germany, it is explained, and in the meantime the Reich is making extensive experiments in the Balkans to develop a variety of cotton that will thrive there' and thus to ensure Germany a sufficient supply in those countries which are willing to exchange it for manufactured goods—Trans-Ocean.
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