Linen Manufacture
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A short encyclopedia article from 1906 on the state of the linen industry in the United States. It explains that American mills rely on imported flax fibre because domestic flax is grown for seed rather than fibre, and that about eighteen establishments employ fewer than 4,000 workers. It discusses the markets for linen carpet yarns, shoe thread, towelling and table linen, the effect of the 1897 tariff changes, and Department of Agriculture efforts to revive fibre flax cultivation.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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