COTTON 327 



5. Jacquard Fabrics: Included in this class are 

 the most complicated forms of fancy fabrics. They 

 are also used for cloths suitable for making shirt 

 waists, dress goods, bed spreads, table covers, 

 and novelties. 



While cotton is used for many other purposes as 

 thread and underwear, the greater part of it goes 

 into such commercial goods as have been mentioned 

 here. 



RELATIVE VALUES IN COTTON MANUFACTURING 



Of course plain weaving, since it requires less 

 skill and involves less complication than other 

 forms, possesses the least commercial value. 

 Sheeting may be taken as an example. It sells 

 for five cents a yard, although only one pound of 

 cotton is required to make three or four or even 

 five yards of cloth depending upon the weight. In 

 this respect then, a pound of cotton bought at ten 

 cents a pound is sold, when manufactured, at 

 eighteen or twenty cents a pound. 



On the contrary, embroidery, one of the highest 

 forms of cotton goods manufactured, sells at 

 twenty dollars a pound. The skill required in its 

 manufacture, the complications of the various 

 processes, have made from a single pound of cot- 

 ton (of the best quality, of course) a pound now 

 worth twenty dollars. All other cotton goods on 

 the market have a commercial value ranging in 

 price from that of the lowest grade of sheeting to 

 that of the highest forms of embroidery. 



WHAT A POUND OF COTTON WILL MAKE 



Cotton weaving yarns are made and sold by 

 the pound. The finer the threads, the greater the 



