Issue of The Textile Mercury, a British weekly trade journal, dated May 7, 1892. It covers the Lancashire cotton trade dispute and strike settlement terms, the export print trade, factory act prosecutions, the eight-hours day debate, and wool, silk, cotton and other market reports. Technical features include a part of the series on pattern analysis (weights of cloths and warp/weft weight calculations, with two draft designs and pegging plans), silk dyeing methods, Malay batik, a plaiting/folding machine, and a lecture on English brocades and figured silks, plus patents and financial news.