. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . FKiiciiSLH: now in general use is loos, made from six strands of No. 200ssingle cotton. The twist on the single thread is to the left,and that on the plied thread is to the right, which produces thecable character. At first this thread was sold in hanks, but the wooden spoolcame into use as soon as the product became a mill or factory Change to Cotton—Causes of Expansion 29 m&de article. Spooling machinery has been oreatly improved,and is now practically all automatic.
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . FKiiciiSLH: now in general use is loos, made from six strands of No. 200ssingle cotton. The twist on the single thread is to the left,and that on the plied thread is to the right, which produces thecable character. At first this thread was sold in hanks, but the wooden spoolcame into use as soon as the product became a mill or factory Change to Cotton—Causes of Expansion 29 m&de article. Spooling machinery has been oreatly improved,and is now practically all automatic. As every commercial man knows, there are constant altera-tions taking place in the conditions under which business canbe made profitable. The most experienced and estimable of. Feiiguslie Mills. men are not proof against these economic changes. Evenwhen they foresee them, they may have their capital lockedup in plant which cannot be utilised, and so no effort can avoiddisaster. On the other hand, it often happens that economicchanges occur unexpectedly which cause a rush of success andprofit for those who happen, possibly from no merit of their 30 The Paisley Thread own, to be able to take advantage of the position thus created. There is a tide in tlie affairs of menWhich, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. The shawl trade may be said to belong to the first of theseillustrations—the thread trade to the latter. rjn ?.
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