. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ndtheir waists, andattaching a portionof it to the revolvingwhirl of a spinning-wheel (turned by aboy or girl), walkedbackwards, spinningthe yarn as t h e \-went. Modern ma-chin erv has doneaway with all that,and New Englan<lhas not only keptfully abreast with alli mpro vement s inmethods, but hasgenerally led. Itsproducts are cele-brated the world overon account of theirgood manufacture,and the unadu 1terated fibre invention of theself-binding
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ndtheir waists, andattaching a portionof it to the revolvingwhirl of a spinning-wheel (turned by aboy or girl), walkedbackwards, spinningthe yarn as t h e \-went. Modern ma-chin erv has doneaway with all that,and New Englan<lhas not only keptfully abreast with alli mpro vement s inmethods, but hasgenerally led. Itsproducts are cele-brated the world overon account of theirgood manufacture,and the unadu 1terated fibre invention of theself-binding har-vester gave a greatimpetus to the cord-age business, the only reliable binding twine being made of the harshfibres (Manila, Sisal and New Zealand). To bind thesmall grain crop of the country, not far from fifty-fivethousand tons of binder twine are required, an averageof about two and one half pounds per acre. Charles has been in the cordage business for overtwenty-five years, having held every position from thatof the boy learning in the mill to that of treasurer andgeneral manager of one of the States largest cordage. CHARLES H. PEARSON companies, of which he owned a majority of the to the principle of sticking to one line of busi-ness, Mr. Pearson has always been a firm and enthusi-astic believer in the cordage industry, and is one ofBostons most successful manufacturers and men ofaffairs. While remaining in the one general field ofwork, Mr. Pearson has had a varied experience withcordage firms and corporations, not hesitating to shifthis services and capital to new cordage companies, or consolidate withothers, when he sawprofit by so present he occu-pies the most prom-inent position in thecordage business inNew England, beinggeneral manager ofthe N e \v Englandde])artment of theNational CordageCompany. Mr. Pear-sons father, the lateSamuel Pearson, was,at the time of hisdeath, the presidentof the highly success-ful Pearson CordageCompany,
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