History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ent; T. H. Lamprecht,second vice-president; and William M. Ken-nard, scretary. The present capital stoc:is $3,750,000. The product consists of fine all-worstedserges, gabardines, tricotines, all-wool ve-lours, and similar high-grade wcolen and worsted dress goods for womens wear, themill having earned a foremost reputation forexcellence of fabrics of this character. The location of the mill in a well estab-lished textile community about twelve milesfrom New York combines advantages indelivery and shipping faci
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ent; T. H. Lamprecht,second vice-president; and William M. Ken-nard, scretary. The present capital stoc:is $3,750,000. The product consists of fine all-worstedserges, gabardines, tricotines, all-wool ve-lours, and similar high-grade wcolen and worsted dress goods for womens wear, themill having earned a foremost reputation forexcellence of fabrics of this character. The location of the mill in a well estab-lished textile community about twelve milesfrom New York combines advantages indelivery and shipping facilities and in avail-ability of labor accustomed to the textileindustries. Under normal conditions the mill employsabout twelve hundred men and women. Inmatters looking to the progressive improve-ment of the working and living conditionsamong its employees, no less than in thematter of maintaining and increasing theexcellence of its product, the Company hasevidenced its intent to maintain the stand-ards of the best of modern mills in thisindustry. 214 HISTORY OF AMERICAN Garfield Worsted Mills, Garfield, New Jersey 215 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. MINOT, HOOPER & CO. The name Minot, Hooper & Co., isabout as familiar in the great Worth streetdistrict in New York as is the Declarationof Independence in the country at large;and as dry goods commission merchantsthe firm stands high both in raputation andvolume of business. Minot & Hooper had th^ir beginning in1 840, in Boston, as East Indian merchants,importing silks and tea from China. In thelate seventies the business took over the sell-ing agency for domestic mills in the textilefield. A few years later there wasorganized the partnership which laidthe rock-ribbed foundation for the largeand prosperous business carried on by the hous2 in New York City andBoston today. Minot, Hcoper & Co., are selling agentsfor the Great Falls Manufacturing Co., theDwight Manufacturing Co., the LymanMills, the Harmony Mills, and the Joh
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