CaAPTER VI 
THE VAST POSSIBILITIES OF THE 
ARTIFICIAL SILK TRADE 
Fi \HE Artificial Silk trade is now, in 
1928, giving employment to 200,000 
-~ people, in a dozen countries. It is 
supporting 1,000,000 people. 
The total capital invested is about 
250,000,000. The total assets are more 
than £400,000,000. This is a guess, as no 
one knows the exact figures. 
The British capital invested is more than 
£35,000,000, and the securities of British 
companies are worth over £I150,000,000. 
In production, America leads, but most 
of the mills are owned by Courtaulds. Italy 
comes second. Great Britain is third. Then 
come Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, 
Switzerland, Japan and Czecho-Slovakia. 
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