Issue of a Boston weekly trade paper covering the cotton, wool and textile machinery industries in August 1900. It carries mill news for the Northern and Southern states, a steam and electrical engineering section, wool, cotton yarn, dry goods and dye market reports, personals, insurance and fire news, and correspondence columns (Cotton Chats, Woolen Chats). One weaving-related feature, Charles G. Petzold's series on the construction and origination of weaves, includes three weave draft designs. Many pages are machinery and supply advertisements.