. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Andhew CoAi-s, 1814-1900. a mercantile education in Glasgow, and Thomas had beentrained as an engineer. From that time, the firm of J. & P. Coats went steadily andsuccessfully forward, constandy extending, and supplying thehome and foreign markets. In 1840, three-fourths of theirtrade was with America. A younger brother, Andrew Coats(1814-1900), was sent out to manage the selling departmentof the business in the United States, and continued to do sofor twenty years with marked p
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Andhew CoAi-s, 1814-1900. a mercantile education in Glasgow, and Thomas had beentrained as an engineer. From that time, the firm of J. & P. Coats went steadily andsuccessfully forward, constandy extending, and supplying thehome and foreign markets. In 1840, three-fourths of theirtrade was with America. A younger brother, Andrew Coats(1814-1900), was sent out to manage the selling departmentof the business in the United States, and continued to do sofor twenty years with marked prudence and ability. 50 The Paisley Thread Various changes occurred in the firm from time to James Coats died unmarried in 1845, but several of thesons of Mr. Peter (who received the honour of knighthood in1869) and of Mr. Thomas became partners; taking the burden. Coats in Pawtucket, Rhode Isiaxd, off their fathers shoulders and displaying the same admirablebusiness qualities as their parents. The popularity of Coats thread was due to its invariablyexcellent and uniform quality and guaranteed length, but, asusual, a host of counterfeits sprang up. The audacity andimmorality of some of these imitations surpass belief. Threadof inferior quality was unblushingly labelled with Coats name, The Coats Firm 51 and spools purporting to contain three hundred yards fre-quently had not more than a hundred and fifty yards. Not tillthe law had been invoked and severe penalties inflicted, werethese practices arrested. But the law courts in all countries
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