The Manchester Guardian, in its illustrated article, referring to 

 the consignment of the compressed bales, says: 



The improvement is so marked that arrangements have been made 

 to have the bales on view at the Manchester Exchange. It is 

 estimated that by the compressing and baling of cotton by the 

 new system not less than 3 250000 ($15 816 125 equal to about 

 82 062 500 frs.) will be saved to the cotton trade annually. " 



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Ramie Wool of R. Orr. A New development. The Tropical 

 Agriculturist. Colombo, August 1910, pp. 108-110. 



A development in connection with the utilisation ot the fibre 

 of Ramie, which gives promise of proving of the greatest moment 

 to planters and agriculturists is the invention of Mr. Robert G. 

 Orr of London, of a means by which Ramie fibre can be so treated 

 upon the fields where it is grown that it becomes an entirely new 

 product, one which is completely different from any material 

 hitherto produced by machinery or chemical process from the fibre- 

 yielding bark of the plant. This is a soft fibre which Mr. Orr terms 

 " Processed Ramie, " It can be shipped by the planter to the 

 manufacturer, who can then by simply passing it through a carding 

 machine obtain Ramie " wool," which felts and is spinnable at once. 

 This product mixes admirably with cotton, or sheep's wool. 



Samples of the material have been shown in London and have 

 been pronounced to be valuable as a wool. Mr. Orr estimates the 

 cost of the treatment of a ton of dried ramie canes by his process 

 would not exceed in India Rs. 5 (8 frs)per ton in addition to that 

 of passing through his scutching machine, which he states would be 

 only small; but he says it would not amount to more than Rs. 7-8 

 (n frs 20 c. to 12 frs 80 c.) per ton and it will extract more ramie 

 from the canes than any other process for treating the fibre. 



The present and prospective prices of wool emphasise the im- 

 portance and timeliness of this new method of dealing with ramie, 

 and the invention should prove of great value to many who are 

 engaged in the weaving of woollen cloth mixtures. 



A Textile Institute in England, at Manchester. - Textile 

 World Record, Vol. XXXIX, No. 3, 306. Boston, June 1910. 



About two years ago a number of English textile manufacturers 

 decided to form a Textile Institute, which should render to the 

 textile industry a service similar to that now rendered to their re- 



