. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. ccessful. The total production of flax for the year 1909, or the lastyear given by the census of the flax-producing countries,was 1,8*7^2,127,000 pounds, of which Russia produced1,594,000,000; Austria - Hungary, 104,332,000; France,46,340,000; Italy, 44,800,000; United Kingdom, 26,934,-000; and the United States but 4,000,000 pounds. Thenumber of establishments producing flax, hemp, and juteproducts in America in 1909 was 149, the value of the prod-uct was $58,
. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. ccessful. The total production of flax for the year 1909, or the lastyear given by the census of the flax-producing countries,was 1,8*7^2,127,000 pounds, of which Russia produced1,594,000,000; Austria - Hungary, 104,332,000; France,46,340,000; Italy, 44,800,000; United Kingdom, 26,934,-000; and the United States but 4,000,000 pounds. Thenumber of establishments producing flax, hemp, and juteproducts in America in 1909 was 149, the value of the prod-uct was $58,946,000, the capital invested was $73,393,000,and the number of employees was 26,361. Russia, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland,England, Scotland, and Ireland are great producers of linento-day. The best yarn probably comes from Holland,Belgium, France, and Ireland. The United States occupiesa relatively low standard as to the amount of productsturned out. WOOL The date at which prehistoric man discarded the peltof skins for the woven fabric of wool or linen marks theorigin of the textile industry. Wool was probably the.
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