Excerpt from Cotton: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product
The magnitude of the Cotton Spinning and Manufac turing industry of Great Britain, in which it is estimated that something like of capital is invested, and which employs a vast army of skilled workpeople, is colossal. Few industries have brought forth such a bountiful wealth of inventive genius - expediting and perfecting production by intricate mechanical processes, and penetrating the secrets of chemistry, bringing forth from her hidden treasuries the art hand-maidens of the textile craft. Cotton goods, in myriad styles and quali ties, are found in our Home Markets, and are carried over the seas and oceans to clothe the races of the world. Obviously, a knowledge of the true sequence of the pro cesses in this great industry is of importance. In this work I have sought to give an intelligent, technical explanation - not too technical, I hope - of the Spinning and Manufacturing Systems in their very latest forms. This description is prefaced by a short historical sketch of the more primitive method of cloth production. Particulars are given as to the growth of cotton, and the adaptability of the various staples for different counts of yarn, and this is followed by a chapter on the foundation and development up to the present time of the British Cotton Growing Association, a national movement of vast importance for our textile trade. The description of cloth production leads on to a short account of the system of merchandise. The great trade organisations of the workpeople and the Conferences between masters and men which have resulted in Treaties of Peace and the establishment of methods of.
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