The rug and carpet industry of Philadelphia: . pment. There is a great stringency inmaterials of all kinds, but it is assumed that after the war conditions will becomenormal, each community resuming its former activities. A notable exception, however, will probably be found in dye-stuffs, for asNecessity is the Mother of Invention, the dearth of these materials has com-pelled experimentation on a large scale, and such wonderful progress has beenmade, that with proper government protection, it may not longer be necessary todepend upon Germany. The raw materials are here, their secrets are being
The rug and carpet industry of Philadelphia: . pment. There is a great stringency inmaterials of all kinds, but it is assumed that after the war conditions will becomenormal, each community resuming its former activities. A notable exception, however, will probably be found in dye-stuffs, for asNecessity is the Mother of Invention, the dearth of these materials has com-pelled experimentation on a large scale, and such wonderful progress has beenmade, that with proper government protection, it may not longer be necessary todepend upon Germany. The raw materials are here, their secrets are being dis-covered, and new plants built or old ones adapted to the making of dye-stuffs, sothe prospects are bright that our requirements will be self-supplied in the future. For the photographs other than those used in the description of Wiltonmanufacture, the author acknowledges credit to the following: Ferguson Carpet Company. Good Furniture Magazine. McCleary, Wallin and Crouse. Overbrook Carpet Company. Philadelphia .Xxminster Carpet The Make-up of the Wilton HOWING the various colored yarnscarried through the rug. Whereone color shows on the surface to formthe design the other five are buried inthe body of the fabric. dJ»f d* <i^
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