A short 1913 trade-journal item reporting testimony by James A. Farrell in the U.S. Steel Corporation hearing. He says the corporation supplied steel cotton ties when its few competitors found them unprofitable, and that about $2,000,000 worth would be needed for a predicted 16,000,000-bale crop. He also describes a rush order of steel piles for New Orleans levees. The piece concerns the steel industry and the cotton trade, not weaving.

A short 1913 editorial note from a mining journal about labor leader William D. Haywood's claim, made during the Paterson, N.J. silk strike, that silk dresses are mostly tin. It quotes a silk manufacturer who confirms that silk is commonly 'weighted' with tin (tin chloride, or 'tin crystals'), at up to about 40 to 60% of the weight. The writer adds a light-hearted comment on the tin market.