CHAPTEK YII. 
MANUFAOTTTEE OF COTTON. 
SECTION I. 
TEXTILE FABEI08. 
The various cloths used by civilized men for all the 
purposes of life are woven from cotton, wool, silk, flax, 
and hemp. Of all these materials, the greatest is cotton. 
Cotton cloth and cotton fabrics of every style are worn by 
men in all possible conditions of life. From infancy to old 
age cotton garments are indispensable ; and while silks 
and satins are both usefal and ornamental, they always 
conceal ,the less costly article which is worn alike by the 
rich and the poor. 
The following list shows the different classes of cotton 
goods manufactured in this country and in Europe : Lin- 
seys, Osnaburgs, calicoes, ginghams, webbing, drills, ticks, 
duck, sheeting, shirting, jeans, denims, cottonades, flannels, 
Silesians, kerseys, laces, edgings, insertings, cambric, fringe- 
work, &c. It enters also into the fabrication of velvets, 
silks, satinets, broadcloths, and linen ; and to what extent 
art and science may carry its uses time alone can tell. 
