. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Clauk Halls, ritosi Caut Walk, 1906. mills in Newark in New Jersey. This department was under thecare of Mr. George A. Clark (i824-1873), and afterwards ofMr. William Clark (i841-1902), sons of John Clark. The success of Clarks thread was due to the fact that it wasalwavs a sound article, and of a cruaranteed lenoth. As usual, thisproduced a host of imitators. Not only was the name unblushingly The Clark Firm 41 copied, but the trade mark of an anchor was imitated in ingeniouswa
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Clauk Halls, ritosi Caut Walk, 1906. mills in Newark in New Jersey. This department was under thecare of Mr. George A. Clark (i824-1873), and afterwards ofMr. William Clark (i841-1902), sons of John Clark. The success of Clarks thread was due to the fact that it wasalwavs a sound article, and of a cruaranteed lenoth. As usual, thisproduced a host of imitators. Not only was the name unblushingly The Clark Firm 41 copied, but the trade mark of an anchor was imitated in ingeniousways. All makers of honest thread, and there are many such inScotland, England, and America, have had to suffer in this all these interlopers sooner or later came to grief, and ClarksAnchor thread survived and maintained its reputation. Tl. Clarks Mills in Newauk. New Jeusev, The competition between the several thread makers in Paisley,and notably between the firms of Clark and Coats, was at timesvery severe, but between these two firms it was always honourableand without bitterness. Each strove to supply the wants of thepublic, and they pushed their independent lines of business, pre-serving their clear individuality. The way was thus prepared 42 The Paisley Thread for that great amalgamation which has resulted in importanteconomies in administration and distribution. The public hasbeen well served, and the enterprising thread makers have reapedthe reward. Nor have they been remiss in showing, by theirbenefactions to the town, that they fully appreciate the responsi-bilities as well as the privileges of success. The firm was
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