THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL STLK 
40 per cent. as much Artificial Silk as Cour- 
taulds. There are only three companies of 
any size in the United States. The third is 
the Tubize Company, which makes only 20 
per cent. as much as Courtaulds. 
The two outstanding pioneers of Cour- 
taulds, who created the Artificial Silk industry, 
were Sir Thomas Latham and Henry Green- 
wood Tetley. 
Latham came from Manchester. He was 
a skilled financier and business-builder. He 
had been thoroughly trained in the business 
of making and marketing textiles. 
Tetley came from Leeds. He was skilled 
in the manufacturing end. He was a com- 
petent Works Manager. He was inventive— 
constructive—managerial. 
These two men—the Lancashire man and 
the Yorkshire man—were the flint and steel 
that struck the spark of the Artificial Silk 
trade. 
By a lucky chance, these two men met each 
other. Both had heard of the experiments of 
Swan, Cross, Chardonnet and others in the 
making of Artificial Silk. They looked about 
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