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" 1 saw weavers operatillg £ 2 10 24 looms, altd hl


Olle case 27 looms on print cloth."


A Mr. W. Turner, in " The Lancashire Post," during


19° 2 stated:


" I sa7V one 7veaver 7vilh 26 loollls."


A correspondent for " The Birmingham Daily Post"


stated:


" A good weavel' can 1001.: a. flel' 20 looms."


I could undoubtedly find plenty more foreign author­ity,


if the above did not seem sufficient. Bear in mind


that this evidence does not refer to cases where


the weavers are assisted by extra help to fill the


hoppers. In such cases they sometimes run 40 looms. I


have personally seen two p- Ioom weavers who had no


helpers; and my visits to Northrop loom mills are quite


infrequent. Back in 1899 the " Textile Excelsior" for Feb.


18 referred to a definite instance of a woman weaver run­ning


30 Northrop looms, and producing 97.86 per- cent. of


possible product. If the users of our looms were content


with the per- cent. of product that a common loom gives,


the Northrop loom weavers could run considerably more


than they do.


We have heard of comparisons made between our


loom and other automatic looms that were assumed to be


running with as many looms to the weaver as our own.


Investigation showed, however, that the weavers on both


sets of looms did nothing but mend warp and take off


cloth, the filling of hoppers or shuttles being done by extra


help. There was just one- half the labor cost for replen­ishing


filling on our looms; and, as a matter of fact, the


weavers were also paid less.


The comparison of rival automatic looms will not be


settled by comparison with single looms, or single sets of


looms. When any other automatic loom has been sold in


sufficient quantity to fill a weave room, and has run- suffi­ciently


long to accurately determine the cost of labor, the


percentage of product, and the durability of the mechan­ism,


we shall be interested to know the results. There is


no secrecy regarding our own loom. We advertise where


we sell them, and we publish information concerning them


whenever it can be made public with the consent of the


mills which use them. It is interesting in this connection


to note that we have one law- suit already in progress


against a claimed infringer, and have recently entered an­other.


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