TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
LANCASHIRE’S DEPRESSION AND ' ‘ ITALY’S PROSPERITY.
LONDON,' Sept. 10.--In a .paper dealing .with ttic textile industry'in Italy. J>r. John Hulme', of Macclystield, said that after tlie duties , bit imported goods were'iiici veiiSed, in-1887, the industry angle steady, progress and by 1922, when Lancashire was in tlie trough of plopi es.sion,'ltaly was rising On a wave 61 prosperity,. with >iio short periods of working time in any section. A. Balkan buyOr" said that not only wpi'ei English cloths tbo dear, but the Italians' also took more pains to 'please thm- customers. • . . ■ - , . I fitly ibad 1505 mills, w.itli 4,700,000 spindles, turning; out nearly 500.000,0001 b of- vai'i). and 13,000 ,looms,' producing 700,000.000 metros qf -elptli ;n yctar. The Italinns laid obtained brilliant results in the 1 artificial! silk industry. Out. of tbo world's total production of 35,000 tons in 1924' Italy producer] 3000 tons. ... i Her consumption of artificial silk products. had increased vapidly and .was •noW 1509 tons a year. •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 9
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