THREE TEXTILE
RAW MATERIALS
AND
THEIR MANUFACTURE

INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE BANK, INC.
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1924
International Acceptance Bank, Inc.
New York

CONTENTS

Part One
COTTON
Page
Chapter IThe Raw Material[9]
Chapter IIThe Manufacture of Cotton[19]
Chapter IIIFrom Mill to Consumer[49]
Chapter IVThe Position of the United States[52]

Part Two
WOOL
Chapter IThe Raw Material[59]
Chapter IIWorsted Manufacture[67]
Chapter IIIWoolen Manufacture[81]
Chapter IVThe Economic Aspect[89]

Part Three
SILK
Chapter IThe Raw Material[97]
Chapter IIReeling[104]
Chapter IIIMarketing Raw Silk[109]
Chapter IVThe Manufacture of Thrown and Spun Silk[115]
Chapter VWeaving and Finishing[120]
Chapter VIArtificial Silk[123]

Cotton Bolls

PREFACE

The importance of the three main textiles in the civilized life of today is probably but vaguely realized by the majority of people. In this country we consume raw cotton alone at the rate of about twenty-six pounds per capita each year, which if translated to yards of cloth and other fabric, would make a strip longer than the distance from the earth to the moon, and a yard wide all the way. Add wool and silk to this and the picture becomes even more impressive. There is not a man, woman or child who does not use one or all three of these textiles in daily life. With this in mind we submit this brief description of how they are produced, emphasizing in particular the development of the raw material in each case.