A Neglected Chapter in the History of Combinations: The American Wool Manufacture

Abstract

The wool manufacture seemingly not a promising field for combination. — The commencement of the American Woolen Company, 438. — The experience of the Company: growth in size, 442. — Selling policies, 446. — Labor policy, 452.—Financial experience, 455.— The Cleveland Worsted Mills Company, 464. — The United States Worsted Company, 467. — Significance of combination in the wool manufacture, 472. — Bases of success, 474.