History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . f coal because the freight saving by watertransportation is considerable. As the util- Middle Atlantic States diminished from 340to 204. The industry, measured by thenumber of spindles, has remained practicallystationary in these States. Philadelphia isthe point of concentration for the industryin this section. Here have developed num-erous small weaving establishments wrhichdo not spin their own yarn. The averagenumber of looms per mill is about 100. Im-migrant labor from Europe was early em-ployed in the Pen
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . f coal because the freight saving by watertransportation is considerable. As the util- Middle Atlantic States diminished from 340to 204. The industry, measured by thenumber of spindles, has remained practicallystationary in these States. Philadelphia isthe point of concentration for the industryin this section. Here have developed num-erous small weaving establishments wrhichdo not spin their own yarn. The averagenumber of looms per mill is about 100. Im-migrant labor from Europe was early em-ployed in the Pennsylvania district and thisintroduced some characteristics peculiar tothe European industry. Imported traditionsfostered the manufacture of fine and fancycotton fabrics. The Middle Atlantic Stateslead in the production of cotton knit goodsand in New York and Pennsylvania are someof the largest knitting mills in the UnitedStates. At Cohoes, N. Y., the water powerof the Mohawk valley fostered the growthof a great underwear manufacturing indus-try, while the settlement of Germans in. Panoramic View of Amoskeag Manufacturing Company from West Side ization of steam power becams more wide-spread, the mills located in waterfront cen-ters reaped proportional advantages. Another reason to which is ascribed therapid development of cotton manufacturingin seaboard cities is the climatic has come to be recognized as animportant factor in the processing of cot-ton and the moisture of the atmosphere insuch cities as New^ Bedford is a great help inobtaining the desired results. In recentyears, these conditions have been artificiallyduplicated where needed in the mills in var-ious parts of the country through humidify-ing systems. It is also supposed that the decline ofthe great whaling industry in New Bedfordleft free great sums of capital to be investedin other fields and these were diverted intocotton manufacturing. It is significant thatthe ownership of some of the larges
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