The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . ition, could help noticing theinferior appearance of the European goods. They looked coarse. Thecolors were out of date, or wanting in taste. The thread showed the needof the modern improvements. Probably the chief reason why Europeans:have in this instance lost their trade here, is because of the greater quick-ness of our people in adopting improved methods of manufacture, suchas, for instance, making twist for the sewing-machine. Changes thatmight seem insignificant i
The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . ition, could help noticing theinferior appearance of the European goods. They looked coarse. Thecolors were out of date, or wanting in taste. The thread showed the needof the modern improvements. Probably the chief reason why Europeans:have in this instance lost their trade here, is because of the greater quick-ness of our people in adopting improved methods of manufacture, suchas, for instance, making twist for the sewing-machine. Changes thatmight seem insignificant in a coarser kind of industry*, in this become im-portant ; an alteration of method or machinery that prevents a little wastemay make just the difference of profit or loss in the production of a manufacturers use better raw material, adulterate it less, and employbetter machinery in making the thread than ever before. The writer by one of our largest concerns that they arc preparing to sellAmerican machine-twist in Europe, being convinced that this can be doneat a profit. ^4 THE SILK GOODS OF —P}eparaton Processes. MERICAN manufacturers are obliged to use the bestof raw silk, as a simple measure of economy. Toexplain this singular fact, we must give some material which comes to this country from China,Japan, Italy or France, for the use of our manufac-turers, is known as raw-silk. It has been reeledfrom cocoons, and perhaps re-reeled, before it wasstarted on its ocean voyage. There are great differ-ences in the quality of cocoons, dependent upon the breed of the silk-worms, the climate in which they are reared, the food and care theyreceive, and other circumstances affecting their health. The irregu-larities thus occasioned in the quality of the silk may be largeh avoidedin the countries where the silk is reeled, if the cocoons are very carefullysorted before reeling, so that all of each grade of silk shall be broughttogether
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