New Artificial Fibre Product to be Grown in England London, Now. 18
An important development of the Lancashire cotton trade is expected as the result of the cultivation on a. commercial basis of a new artificial cotton fibre product uable} trialities of the covered by two English scienti who, in South America, were attract-by: the similar construction of certain birds-nests. "They watched the bird collect what appeared to be a pool of ith its. beak. scientists, after! ments, have sucig it on marketable boeing grown Sussex to be available to cotton spinners by July at a fixed price of Ga. per pound, representing immediate saving of at least 4d. per ound on what they ave now paying. Weaving houses in the North and in the Midlands are reported to have tested the new product and are satisfied that it possesses a soft and. Jasting sheen and lustre. "fis ela that a low price fs possible owing to the many valuable products that are obtained, including parchment, ight buildinge materials and drugs from the stems, leaves and roots of the plants. A corporation is being formed to market these products—British Wirelevs through Reuter,
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