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 . yman and Gilmore. This loom differed from the Waltham loom of FrancisC. Lowell, who introduced the latter into the mills of theBoston Manufacturing Company at Waltham, Mass., inthis respect: in Gilmores loom the lift and fall of theharness were accomplished by a crank, while in the Wal-tham loom the work was done by a cam. Then, too, itcost but seventy dollars to build a Gilmore loom, while theWaltham loom cost almost three hundred dollars. JudgeLyman did not re
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 . yman and Gilmore. This loom differed from the Waltham loom of FrancisC. Lowell, who introduced the latter into the mills of theBoston Manufacturing Company at Waltham, Mass., inthis respect: in Gilmores loom the lift and fall of theharness were accomplished by a crank, while in the Wal-tham loom the work was done by a cam. Then, too, itcost but seventy dollars to build a Gilmore loom, while theWaltham loom cost almost three hundred dollars. JudgeLyman did not restrict the use of the loom in any way bypatenting it, but permitted Mr. Gilmore to sell to DavidWilkinson for ten dollars the use of all his drawings, so thatit was not long before the Scotch loom, as the Gilmoreloom was known, was being used quite generally by themills in the lower part of New England, looms being builtby David Wilkinson and others. The first mill to use steam was erected by Mr. Slaterand his assistants in 1827 at Providence, and it was runwith anthracite coal from the Schuylkill, producing yarn Jo a < to m. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 185 No. 80, the cloth of which was said to be the finest in thecountry. Slaters successful use of Arkwrights machines not only-brought him and his associates great prosperity, but placedcotton manufacturing in the United States on a securefooting. By this time Slater had become interested inwool as well as cotton, and was the leading textile manufact-urer of his era. The War of 1812 greatly increased hisprosperity, as cotton cloth sold at forty cents a yard andthe demand was unlimited. Societies sprang up in most of the States to encouragemanufacture, and Congress passed acts protecting theinfant industry against foreign competition. By 1805 thetotal consumption of cotton in the United States was littlemore than 1,000 bales: in 1816 90,000 bales of cottonwere used. In 1805 the mills of the United States could Jnot furnish the army
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