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...stuff had to be bought and it had to be shipped. There had to be wool belly-bands for troops in the tropics, fur for Arctic troops, plenty of woolens for the British Isles. There had to be food for all in the style to which U.S. soldiers are accustomed -and lemon extract had to get to Anchorage and Eritrea on schedule, along with the lumber for barracks and gasoline for the mess stoves...
...adjustments due almost immediately: 1) a definition of how to price seasonal merchandise like women's summer and fall clothing, which is not comparable to anything sold in march: 2) a similar decision on men's clothing for fall, where the wool shortage and recent wage increases pose special problems. Probable solution: allowing a normal markup...
Quarter-sphere defense may be feasible from a military viewpoint. Economically, Professor Spykman believes that it is hopeless "without the tin and the tungsten of Bolivia, the copper of Chile and the tungsten, wool and tanning products of the Argentine, our war industries would be seriously crippled even if we could produce in northern Brazil the materials -which now come from the tropical zones of Asia and Africa...
...self-imposed restriction against scare advertising," they still find subtle ways ("like promoting ageless fashions") to persuade their customers to buy now what they won't need for months. And: "It's simply grand the way the public is cooperating. It appears that almost anything made of wool just walks out of the store. Some stores are now doing more business in woolen lines in a week than they did in a month a year...
Burlap is the "wrapping paper of the wholesale trade." The U.S., even in normal times, consumes more than 500,000,000 lb. of burlap a year. Bulk foods-grains, raw sugar, coffee, salt, livestock feeds-are bagged in burlap; so are cotton, wool, fertilizers, chemicals, countless industrial products. In wartime it is also needed for sandbags and camouflage fabrics. As raw jute, or as manufactured burlap, 99% of it originates in India, and 85% of that comes from around the steaming Ganges Delta in Bengal Province. In no other part of the world where acceptable jute can be grown...