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imbued with this spirit to listen to our story of the


marvelous improvements made in the preparation of


cotton filling and warps since- the advent of the Northrop


loom.


With the old common loom and the need of close and


constant attention on the part of the weaver, there was


no special inducement to individual or collective research


in the field of yarn preparation for the benefit of loom


operation. The Northrop loom opened up great


possibilities for substantial savings in producing cotton


cloth if the number of looms tended by a single weaver


could be increased sufficiently. The loom afforded the


means; better yarn was a condition. Better yarn, therefore,


became a necessity. Necessity brought investigation and


research. Research brought results. The results made


history in the cotton textile industry.


The worsted manufacturers that we found with the


" can be done" spirit shared our faith that what had been


done in the cotton field could be duplicated in theirs; and


had imagination enough to comprehend what the solution


of their problem meant to them.


Faith and imagination won, and now " it is done."


Worsteds are being made today in one- shuttle


Northrop automatic filling changing looms without the


slightest trace or suggestion of these bar effects. They


are being made in many mills where the skeptics held


the fort a few years ago. A little more care in yarn


preparation did it. A few men of faith led the way- and


realized the profits.


One Worsted manufacturer who has been interested


in these developments, but who has been afraid he could


not benefit from them because he buys all his yarn, put


the proposition up to the yarn agency. The way was


Shuttle with Full Worsted Bobbin


Our Worsted Loom takes the Bradford Spun Bobbin without Rewinding


Shuttle with Empty Worsted Bobbin


quickly found. A little more care in the several stages


of yarn preparation, larger " mixes" of the raw material and


other tricks known to the yarn specialists were


called into play, and uniform yarn was the


result.


History has again repeated itself. Years


ago the cotton manufacturer who did not


want Northrop looms because it meant taking


a little more pains in the preparation of


his yarn was driven to it by the man who


was willing to take pains- for a price, which


in this case was a great saving in


manufacturing costs. Worsted


manufacturers are on the brink of the same


experience.


The Northrop Worsted loom is saving


hundreds of thousands of dollars to the


worsted manufacturers who have ventured.


It is now entering the woolen field, where it


has already demonstrated notable possibilities.


It is supreme in its chosen field of


one- shuttle weaving.

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