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The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States

William Cornelius Wyckoff

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Description:Excerpt from The Silk Goods of AmericaThis result, as to Asiatic silks, has been slowly brought about. The Chinese are a people who cannot be hurried, and many years and no little effort were required to impress upon them the necessity of re-reeling to suit our market. The reels for this purpose were in the first instance made here and sent out to China; their use was brought about by the urgent and repeated representations of American merchants there. The re-reeling is, however,' not always well done. Aside from carelessness, which alone would deteriorate the value very largely, there is considerable imposition practiced in adulterating Chinese raw silk. Sugar, salt, rice, and acetate of lead are mentioned as among the substances used for adulteration. At intervals there have'been brief periods when there was more care and less fraud in Chinese re-reeling; at present there is a season of backsliding, and the raws are about as bad as they have ever been....We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States. To get started finding The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Silk Goods of AmericaThis result, as to Asiatic silks, has been slowly brought about. The Chinese are a people who cannot be hurried, and many years and no little effort were required to impress upon them the necessity of re-reeling to suit our market. The reels for this purpose were in the first instance made here and sent out to China; their use was brought about by the urgent and repeated representations of American merchants there. The re-reeling is, however,' not always well done. Aside from carelessness, which alone would deteriorate the value very largely, there is considerable imposition practiced in adulterating Chinese raw silk. Sugar, salt, rice, and acetate of lead are mentioned as among the substances used for adulteration. At intervals there have'been brief periods when there was more care and less fraud in Chinese re-reeling; at present there is a season of backsliding, and the raws are about as bad as they have ever been....We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States. To get started finding The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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