Author: William Cornelius Wyckoff

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781331158431

Excerpt from The Silk Goods of America, Vol. 45: A Brief Account of the Recent Improvements The manufacture of silk goods in this country has been increasing in extent and variety for several years. In a few branches of this industry, the articles made here have so completely met the needs of the home market that importations from abroad have almost ceased. In certain other branches, our factories have barely effected a beginning, and the market is still controlled by imported goods. The great bulk of our silk manufacturing interests are in positions between these extremes, holding a tolerably secure footing on their own soil, but not yet freed from foreign competition. Meanwhile the general public - the consumers of silk goods - have been slenderly informed concerning these changes, and especially as to the improvements in manufacture. Everybody knows that silk goods, both domestic and foreign, are cheaper now than formerly; but comparatively few persons are aware that the American goods are better as well as cheaper. That there is much general ignorance on this subject, may be shown in many ways; perhaps the most striking illustration is presented by the fact that nearly the entire product of some of our silk mills is still represented as of European make, in the final sales of the retailer to the consumer. In fact, our manufacturers have been obliged to make better fabrics than their foreign rivals, in order to attain standing in a market where imported articles held a long-established reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.