History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . 26,000,000; in 1914 it hadrisen to $260,000,000, ten times as 192,000,000 garments of underwearmade in 1899 became 324,000,000 gar-ments in 1914. The span in time alsorepresents increases of fifty to 200 per centin equipment, physical property, etc. Fig-ures, how^ever, are a cold form of stimu-lant to the imagination, but they do provethat American knit goods manufacturers justified its title to the claim by years ofstrict adherence to the principle. The Utica Knitting Company adopted theideal of qual
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . 26,000,000; in 1914 it hadrisen to $260,000,000, ten times as 192,000,000 garments of underwearmade in 1899 became 324,000,000 gar-ments in 1914. The span in time alsorepresents increases of fifty to 200 per centin equipment, physical property, etc. Fig-ures, how^ever, are a cold form of stimu-lant to the imagination, but they do provethat American knit goods manufacturers justified its title to the claim by years ofstrict adherence to the principle. The Utica Knitting Company adopted theideal of quality without reservation and al-lowed no consideration to swerve it fromits policy. That policy was to produce firstclass goods regardless of price or marketconditions. To carry out so uncom-promising a program has needed men ca-pable of developing high productive capac-ity while preserving quality of product andefficiency of operation. The man to whomgreatest credit is due, who is regarded ashaving been the leader by his associates, isthe founder of the business, Quentin Mills of Utica Kniltin.^ have been busy building up their the pressure of war needs, an un-precedented state of activity set in after1914, exceeding all previous records andestablishing a high level likely to be evenbettered by the post-w^ar order of contracts, both domestic and foreign,have poured in upon the knitting mills. The progress achieved is aptly illustratedin the growth of the Utica Knitting Com-pany and its mills, an alliance of productivepower that looms large in the underweartrade. The small beginning made in 1890has unfolded into a $5,000,000 corpora-tion. Cause and effect worked here aseverywhere. The Utica Knitting Companyhas had one paramount ideal— triteness may cling to the as-sumption of such a commonly advertisedvirtue, the company in question has amply Mr. McAdam began the manufacture ofunderwear at Utica, N. Y., prior to 189
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