Issue of The Textile Mercury, a Manchester weekly trade journal, dated January 9, 1892. It covers the British textile trades: Welsh woollen history, the Scotch and Lancashire cotton trades, Yorkshire woollens, silk and protectionist tariffs, and labour disputes. Technical items include calico-printing recipes for azo and chrome colours, a page of pegging plans and drafts for fancy shirtings, and illustrated descriptions of carding engines and other machinery. The issue also has a visit to the silk town of Leek, news in brief by district, market reports, patent abstracts and advertisements.