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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt:...looms, 36 incites or over, reed space, 26,338, an increase of over 101.4 per cent. Plain looms, under 36 inches, reed spacer 18,022, an increase of 11.5 per cent. Jacquard broad looms, 5,892, a decrease of 22.3 per cent. During the year 1905, immediately following the census year, 4,439 new broad fabric power looms were supplied to the silk mills of the United States by our domestic loom builders.1 The advancement and the improvement of the power loom during the past five years have not, perhaps, shown as many additions and new attachments as during the few years preceding, but the number of improvements in all the working parts has been much greater, with the result of not only increasing the output but also producing a much better grade of cloth. The silk loom of to-day is so built that labor of ordinary skill is able to operate the loom and bring out good results. The dobby multiplier and all the other parts and motions mentioned in the Census report of 1900 are still in use, but, as stated above, have been materially changed, with very satisfactory results. Among the new attachments may be mentioned the two-weave motion for the Gem silk loom. This was previously confined to the dobby loom and will prove of great value in increasing the variety of weaves of cloths that can be produced on this same loom. There has also been added a graduating tension roll which gives more uniform tension on the cloth, and 1 Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Silk Association of America, 1900, pages 68 and 104. therefore improves the quality of the goods; also a device for disconnecting the lower cloth roll from the take-up roll, so that in taking the cloth from the loom it is not necessary to disturb the tension, thereby insuring uniform goods. Another addition has been t...