A short article by an economist of the Rural Industries Bureau on the Welsh woollen textile industry. It covers the industry's history and its decline from about 250 mills in 1900 to fewer than 30, along with its products (flannel, tweeds, blankets, the cartheni bedspread-blanket, honeycomb quilts, double cloth, knitting yarns and furnishing fabrics). It also describes the assistance offered by the Rural Industries Bureau and the economic problems of the mills. A photograph of a cartheni and a map of Wales showing the distribution of mills accompany the text.