Issue of the British trade weekly The Textile Mercury dated March 5, 1892, covering the textile industries and trade of Britain and abroad. It carries news and commentary on the silk trade, labour disputes and trade unions in Macclesfield, Leek and Lancashire, a textile directory survey of Scotland, Ireland and England, and trade competition with France, Germany and Russia. Technical items include an installment of a series on pattern analysis with weave designs, cotton dress goods designs, a lace Jacquard card-preparing machine, wool printing and aniline black dyeing, followed by market reports, patent lists and abstracts.