History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ounder was the late EdwardWeingartner. In the year 1 888 a corpora-tion was formed, and associated with were Julius Jungbluth andCharles Seitz, who have also since passedaw^ay. During their lifetime the business wasdeveloped and put on such a sound founda-tion that it is today an institution which isforging rapidly ahead. years to educate those engaged in the tex-tile industry to buy the compounds prac-tically ready for use, as prepared by theArabol Manufacturing Company. By per-sistency and pra
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ounder was the late EdwardWeingartner. In the year 1 888 a corpora-tion was formed, and associated with were Julius Jungbluth andCharles Seitz, who have also since passedaw^ay. During their lifetime the business wasdeveloped and put on such a sound founda-tion that it is today an institution which isforging rapidly ahead. years to educate those engaged in the tex-tile industry to buy the compounds prac-tically ready for use, as prepared by theArabol Manufacturing Company. By per-sistency and practical demonstrations in thetextile mills over a period of years, the in-dustry gradually savf the light and the ad-vantages of uniform products such as thecompany could supply in any quantity. The business of the company increasedas the advantageous qualities of the productscommended themselves to the the original plant contained less than10,000 square feet of floor capacity the re-quirements have developed so that the floorsof the Brooklyn plant cover about eight. The Arabol Manufacturing Company The corporation was named The ArabolManufacturing Company after one of theirprincipal manufactures at the time it wasformed, as substitute for gum arabic andcalled Gum Arabol. In those days this prod-uct, on account of the high prices of gumarabic, was used extensively in making con-fectionery in which gum arabic was pre-viously used. At that time Gum Arabol wasalso introduced into the textile industry inorder to replace gum arabic. Besides the manufacture of adhesives ofvarious natures, the companys output, asnoted above, includes sizings, softeners, sol-uble oils and greases for the textile to the time these products w^ere puton the market the members of the textileindustry had been making their own ma-terials according to their own ideas and theirown formulae. It was exceedingly difficultand required constant effort for a period of acres. Over 200 are em
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