There is apt to be very little more jute (or burlap, which is made from jute) for the U.S., and no abaca (Manila hemp). Those facts may sound esoteric to the layman, but they have the U.S. Governmentand all who know about jute and hempin a frenzy.
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 foodsgrains, raw sugar, coffee, salt, livestock feedsare bagged in burlap; so are cotton, wool, fertilizers, chemicals, countless industrial products. In wartime...
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