Well, there’s always polyester.
Except for underwear, socks and shoes, I buy all my clothes at the Salvation Army.
Just remember that there aint no stinking inflation in this country.
could would should
cotton futures ... $1.41 a pound
how much does a shirt weigh ?
Black leather schadenfreude ping.
:)
“The last Census of Agriculture noted there are 1,393 cotton farms, with average acreage of 500 acres each.
That’s five to eight percent of total U.S. cotton plantings, but about 10 to 14 percent of total U.S. yearly production, due to California’s phenomenally high yields.
California is frequently the second highest producing state in the U.S., behind Texas. But California typically outshines the rest of the country—indeed, the world—with its impressive yields. Yield of 1,200 to 1,300 pounds per acre is not uncommon, compared to the average U.S. yield of 615 pounds.
Where does it happen?
California’s cotton is produced primarily in seven counties that make up the San Joaquin Valley, and three—Fresno, Kings, and Kern—account for most of that.”
http://www.calcot.com/ourcotton.asp?post=cavar&flag=ourcotton
IMO, the rising price of cotton can be blamed on the politicians who shut off the water to California’s Central Valley.
We are going to feel the effects all over the country in the form of rising prices for food and clothing.
Thank goodness we can still grow our own food.
For now.
We have a new cotton storage warehouse in town that I was told is full to capacity. (72,000 bales)
Most of the local growers contracted the cotton at $.80 per pound, price was at $1.50 per pound for a while and near $1.30 now.
so the cotton in a men’s shirt
costs 84 cents
..........
if you can’t afford that,
perhaps people should wear grass or leaves
Please don’t tell me we are making cotton into fuel now also.
More failure from the Commie Free Trader crowd. The US never faced a cotton shortage before the Commie Free Traders started the Free Trade nonsense....the US was the top producer of cotton in the world....and made most of our clothing and textiles