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maker in the above cited case, with the exception that the
flock was put back into a new cover, was held in the
same Court to have contravened the statute.
The case of "Cooper v. Swift" has afforded some
little relief to the vexed question of what "rag flock"
should consist; in many cases heard in the Police Courts
it had been decided that flock made from rags to which
the Act applies should contain nothing whatever except
flocks actually and entirely made from rags, but in this
case it was held that flock consisting partly of refuse composed
of waste fluff from machines, and partly of cuttings
from woven jute fabric cut away as waste in the course of
manufacture, is flock within the meaning of the Act.
The position is very unsatisfactory, and nothing short
of thorough revision, the provision of a proper and suitable
standard of cleanliness, and the insertion of clear and unequivocal
definitions, will render the Act workable.