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 . here, but they have also furnished themeans by which they and their children have been fed,clothed, and educated. The Statute Books of many of the more advanced States,such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania,already contain admirable laws aimed to remove the causesof friction between the employees and the mill owners andthe public. Many mills are taking steps not only to safe-guard their employees while at work, but to promote their 252 THE STORY O
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 . here, but they have also furnished themeans by which they and their children have been fed,clothed, and educated. The Statute Books of many of the more advanced States,such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania,already contain admirable laws aimed to remove the causesof friction between the employees and the mill owners andthe public. Many mills are taking steps not only to safe-guard their employees while at work, but to promote their 252 THE STORY OF TEXTILES happiness and to better their living conditions. And, assoon as a community is able to feed and clothe its childrenand endure taxation for education, the employment ofchildren will cease. Many who have for hire, either capitalor labor, are beginning to realize that theirs is a trust giventhem temporarily, not alone for their own benefit, but forthe interests of the community; and employers and em-ployees who act in accord with this realization are theeffective forces in making the future of the country betterfor Reproduction of the original engraved copperplateof Samuel Wetherill, of Philadelphia, the first manu-facturer of yelverets, jeans, fustians, and other clotlisin America, Used by him as early as 1782 to print cardsand labels for his manufacture. INDEX Abbott, J. G., stockholder, 219. Acme Spinning Company, first touse electric power, 69. Acushnet Mills, New Bedford, 239. x\dair, James, 113. Addison and Stevens, of New York,patent a ring spinner, 109. Agriculture, its relation to theEnglish textile industry, 62,64-65. Alabama, consumption of cotton,43. Alcohol, used for fuel, 91. Alexander, the Great, brings knowl-edge of silk-making to Europe,46. Alexander, Joseph, weaves cor-duroy at Providence, 162, 230. Algonquin Indians, weaving by, 22. Alizarine, produced artificially, 118. Allen, John, establishes cottonmill at Centreville, , 178. Almy, Brown
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