History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . cts the manufac-turing processes. There is a variety of chan-nels through which the cloth production ofthe cotton mills is carried on to the ultimateconsumer. These methods depend upon theorganizations of the manufacturing plantsand their product. Some have large organ-izations completely equipped which spin,w^eave, dye, and print the cotton goods sothat they have a finished product to offer inthe market. A large number of mills do spinning only, and sell their yarns to w^eav-ing establishments which do not do
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . cts the manufac-turing processes. There is a variety of chan-nels through which the cloth production ofthe cotton mills is carried on to the ultimateconsumer. These methods depend upon theorganizations of the manufacturing plantsand their product. Some have large organ-izations completely equipped which spin,w^eave, dye, and print the cotton goods sothat they have a finished product to offer inthe market. A large number of mills do spinning only, and sell their yarns to w^eav-ing establishments which do not do theirown spinning. Many mills specialize on onetype of cloth, coarse or fancy, aiming tomake their profit through efficiency in oper-ation and by specialization. There are num-erous plants which specialize on grey goodsas their ultimate product. They do not at-tempt to bleach, dye, or finish the cloth,but leave these operations to be performedby othTS who specialize in those particularfields. In the past, by far the greater portion ofits output was sold by the mill to jobbers or. THEOPHILUS PARSONSPresident and Trustee of the Amoskeag Manufac-turing Company from 1911 to Jan. 4, 1916 wholesalers of dry goods. The jobbinghouses resold in smaller quantities to theretailers who then sold to the householdconsumers by the yard. In recent yearsthis practice has diminished to a certainextent so that now a smaller portion of themills output goes to the dry goods sales of cloth are now made directlyby the mills to the big cutting-up establish-ments which manufacture all forms ofcotton apparel for the public such as shirts,overalls, pajamas, etc. It is very commonfor the needs of our large retail establish-ments to be so extensive that they can orderin large quantities directly from the mill atdistinct savings in price. Usually mail-order houses are able to dispose of such 49 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. great quantities of cotton products that theymake their purchases dire
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