The story of artificial silk

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Identifikator:: 1765923751

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-146069

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Casson, Herbert Newton http://d-nb.info/gnd/118814435

Title:: The story of artificial silk

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Efficiency Magazine

Year of publication:: [1928]

Scope:: xiii S., S. 17 - 130

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The vast possibilities of the artificial silk trade

Collection:: Economics Books

THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK _— It was being run by great-great-grandsons. It had given Great Britain two-thirds of her exports. It had been the chief means of support of the British nation. It had bought most of our food. No wonder it was non- progressive. It had been successful, on its old lines, for more than 125 years. This vast cotton trade is now in trouble. It has lost its control of foreign markets. Other nations can produce the cheaper lines at a lower cost. England has still 40 per cent. of the spindles and 29 per cent. of the looms, but they are not busy. We still have 2,000 firms of cotton exporters, but not many of them made a net profit in 192%. At first, the cotton men regarded Artificial Silk as an upstart and a dangerous competitor. They scoffed at it. But in a few years they looked at the figures and stopped scoffing. They began to use it in their mills. The more they used it, the more they increased their sales. In 1927, American cotton mills used 23,000,000 lbs. of it, an increase of 50 per cent . It has been found that Lancashire cotton looms can be adapted to weave Artificial Th

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