Linen, Jute, and Hemp Industries in the United Kingdom PDF Download

Author: W. A. Graham Clark
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ISBN: 9781332151721
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Excerpt from Linen, Jute, and Hemp Industries in the United Kingdom: With Notes on the Growing and Manufacture of Jute in India Flax, hemp, and jute are so-called bast fibers, which are found in the skin of the plant stems producing them and which are freed from the inner woody core and the surrounding pulp by retting. They differ in this from the hard fibers, such as abaca, henequen, sisal, aloe fiber, and New Zealand hemp, which are found in the leaves of the plants producing them, from which they can be separated only by scraping, or decortication. Being similar in their plant nature, flax, hemp, and jute are frequently grouped in statistics, and their manufacture forms the third most important textile industry of the United Kingdom, being exceeded by cotton and wool manufacturing and being followed by silk, which is a poor fourth. Flax is mainly a clothing material, jute is the premier wrapping and sacking material of the world, while hemp is primarily a cordage material. Position of British d104ile Industries. In the United Kingdom Manchester is the center of cotton manufacturing, Bradford of wool, Belfast of linen and hemp, Dundee of jute, and Macclesfield of silk. From the beginning of the machine manufacture of cotton the English have led in this industry, and in spite of increasing competition they still have a great lead in spindles and looms and in value of output, though surpassed by the United States in the amount of raw material worked. Until the middle of the eighteenth century wool was England's foremost textile industry, and, though it has now been displaced by cotton, England still leads in the manufacture and export of woolen goods, with the United States and Germany yearly increasing their competition. In jute manufacture the United Kingdom led for a long while, but it is now greatly distanced by India and has taken second place. In flax manufacture the United Kingdom still maintains a great lead over all competitors, but in the manufacture of soft hemp it is distanced by Russia. In silk the United Kingdom has not been very successful and the industry has declined greatly from its former position. Although flax and wool are produced on a commercial basis in the United Kingdom, the bulk of these raw materials is obtained from abroad, while the cotton, jute, hemp, silk, and lesser used fibers are obtained entirely from other countries. Flax, hemp, wool, and silk are ancient fibers, while cotton and jute are of very modern use in the world's markets. Cotton did not attain great importance until the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, while jute manufacture on a commercial scale may be said to have started at Dundee about 1838. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.