Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ THREE TEXTILE RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE [Illustration: Decoration] INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE BANK, INC. NEW YORK Copyright, 1924 INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE BANK, INC. NEW YORK CONTENTS _Part One_ COTTON _Page_ CHAPTER I The Raw Material 9 CHAPTER II The Manufacture of Cotton 19 CHAPTER III From Mill to Consumer 49 CHAPTER IV The Position of the United States 52 _Part Two_ WOOL CHAPTER I The Raw Material 59 CHAPTER II Worsted Manufacture 67 CHAPTER III Woolen Manufacture 81 CHAPTER IV The Economic Aspect 89 _Part Three_ SILK CHAPTER I The Raw Material 97 CHAPTER II Reeling 104 CHAPTER III Marketing Raw Silk 109 CHAPTER IV The Manufacture of Thrown and Spun Silk 115 CHAPTER V Weaving and Finishing 120 CHAPTER VI Artificial Silk 123 [Illustration: _Cotton Bolls_] PREFACE The importance of the three main textiles in the civilized life of today is probably but vaguely realized by the majority of people. In this country we consume raw cotton alone at the rate of about twenty-six pounds per capita each year, which if translated to yards of cloth and other fabric, would make a strip longer than the distance from the earth to the moon, and a yard wide all the way. Add wool and silk to this and the picture becomes even more impressive. There is not a man, woman or child who does not use one or all three of these textiles in daily life. With this in mind we submit this brief description of how they are produced, emphasizing in particular the development of the raw material in each case. Parts I and II are practically revised editions of “Cotton and Cotton Manufacture” and “Wool and Wool Manufacture” which were written by James Paul Warburg in 1921 and 1920, respectively, and published by the First National Bank of Boston, with whom he was then associated. We take this occasion to acknowledge the extreme courtesy of the First National Bank of Boston in allowing the use of this material. Part III, dealing with Silk, has been newly compiled by Benjamin Strong, Jr., of the International Acceptance Bank, Inc.