Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 22 March 1890, describing an improved cotton scutcher (opening and lap-forming machine) built by John Hetherington and Sons of Manchester. The article covers the split fans, rearranged cages, enlarged cone box and strap-fork levers, and calender rollers, with an engineering drawing. The second page continues with test claims for the machine and begins a New York correspondent's report on the pending McKinley Customs Administration Bill in the US Congress.