Die Krankenversicherung

The story of artificial silk

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Identifikator:: 1745929134

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-119446

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Die Krankenversicherung

Place of publication:: Genf

Publisher:: Internationales Arbeitsamt

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: 85 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Abschnitt III / Die Leistungen der Krankenversicherung

Collection:: Economics Books

THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK Not even the French people, who are so fond of silk, would accept these new radiant fabrics that were made by chemists. For years they could not be sold in France. They were exported to South America, where they were taxed as natural silk goods. Argentina has the honour of being the first market where Artificial Silk goods were welcomed. There was much amusement in London, soon after the war, created by several “ paper suits ”’ that were sent over from Germany. Ten of these paper garments were exhibited in the Imperial War Musuem at the Crystal Palace. I went to see these despised paper clothes, and found a very remarkable exhibit. There was one pair of black-and-grey-striped trousers. It did not look like paper in any respect. If it had not been labelled paper, I would have believed it to be a cotton fabric—a sort of coarse, heavy denim. The price was 35 marks. In English money, at the time, this mean about 4s. Nine of the ten paper garments were woven and could not be detected as paper, even by 15

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