London, July 23.
Strong Government action against the importation of Japanese oil silk at low prices, is requested by a group of British silk manufacturers in a letter published in the Press today.
"We view with grave concern the increasing popularity of oil silk, and the numerous articles on the fashion pages of daily papers and various weekly and monthly periodicals advocating the use of it for coats, curtains, hats, umbrellas, neckties, sandals, swimming costumes and other the letter reads. material is made exclusively from cheap Japanese silk exported from Japan at a price ranging from a penny per yard to about twopence halfpenny for the most popular quali-ion and import ing the price up to from six to eight pence per yard and then the tloths.are dyed and oiled in this country.
"But there again, 99.6 per cent of the linseed oil that is used is is imported from foreign countries.
"The cloth itself is of the lowest quality, uneven, full of bars and imperfections and it is useless without oiling. But despite this, it is impossible for British manufacturers to make the cloth for the money.
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