. Loyal citizenship. I, II I omjn Fir,. 10. Sj)inninp; woolen yarn. Those inlricatP and costly spinningframes eUect an enormous economy of lahor. Tlieir product entersinto the clothinj; of millions of people. We could not have suchmachines if it were not for capital. The sheared wool, in bags, is carried perhaps fiftymiles by motor truck to a railway station. Therethe bags are loaded on a car, which in turn becomespart of a train, and the sliipinenl starts for Ciiicagoor Boston. A multitude of brains and hands help torun the series of railroads over which the wooljourneys. Once arrived at the
. Loyal citizenship. I, II I omjn Fir,. 10. Sj)inninp; woolen yarn. Those inlricatP and costly spinningframes eUect an enormous economy of lahor. Tlieir product entersinto the clothinj; of millions of people. We could not have suchmachines if it were not for capital. The sheared wool, in bags, is carried perhaps fiftymiles by motor truck to a railway station. Therethe bags are loaded on a car, which in turn becomespart of a train, and the sliipinenl starts for Ciiicagoor Boston. A multitude of brains and hands help torun the series of railroads over which the wooljourneys. Once arrived at the railroad terminal, thebags of wool are bumped over the pavements, againby truck, to a great wool warehouse. Thence thebags go to a woolen mill, perhaps in Massachusetts,where the wool is ptit lliroiigli processes wliicli makeit first into varn and tlien into cloth. There are 18 Loyal Citizenship. American Woolen Company Fig. 11. Weaving the woolen yarn into cloth. The modern worldcould scarcely be clothed if we depended on the old-time weaver athis hand loom. dippings, dyeings, spinnings, weavings, the work ofdelicate machines directed by skilled hands. Awaygoes the finished cloth to a New York clothing manu- Cooperation in llo/Zc 19 facturer, and once more many flying fiiifjcrs are setto work. Designers, cutters, slilehers, and finishersbend over it until the suit is produced and starts onits journey to the retail store. There a clerk sells it,a cashier takes the money and records the trans-action, and finally a man delivers it at the purchasersdoor. Kinds of work. The many kinds of work thaiare required to supply a suit of clothes, to furnish ameal, or to build a house are all honorable becausethey contril)ute to the welfare of humanity. Somelabor is done chiefly wUh the hands, some chiefly iriflithe head. It is ])erha])s difTicult to realize that the
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