Issue of the Manchester trade weekly The Textile Mercury for 23 January 1892, covering the cotton, wool, silk, carpet, jute, hosiery and lace trades. Articles include a history of the Congleton silk and ribbon trade, cotton prices and speculation, world wool production, textile industries of Spain, carpet and mat-making in the Punjab, and Bombay mill-hands. The issue also has a 'Designing' section with cotton stripe and plaid designs on six shafts, pegging plans and drawdowns, plus pieces on mill engines, wool and silk dyeing, and a visit to a velveteen dye works. It ends with market reports, company news, and patent abstracts for looms, spinning, dyes and knitting.