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Cordage and Twine Industries

Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906
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A short encyclopedia article on the American cordage and twine industries in the early 1900s. It describes the failed attempts at consolidation (National Cordage Company, United States Cordage Company), the scale of rope and binder-twine production, and the principal fibres, manila and sisal. It gives statistics on output and spindles, and emphasizes binder twine for agriculture, including the large Chicago twine mill.

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1906
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English
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