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800 x. manufacturing industries of 8wedbn.
Slottsmöllan Cloth-Factory {Wallbergs fabriksaktiebolag), Halmstad.
the whole country’s consumption of such textile fabrics — during the last years
considerably less.
Quite an important industry has in recent years been founded in Sweden as
well as abroad in using old wool stuffs as raw material, either by themselves
or with a mixture of wool or cotton. By tearing np unfulled stuffs, worsted, etc.,
a better and longer haired material (»shoddy») is obtained than from such as
have been fulled (»mungo»), which by tearing become shorter and more worn.
Nevertheless, a large quantity of such material is produced — a fabric often
testifying to great skill on the part of the worker — such as rugs, blankets, and
shawls, coarse stuff for cloaks and coats, and common cloth for wearing apparel.
i The Cotton trade.
This manufacture, which certainly occupies a very important place
in the textile industries of Sweden, is, however, confined chiefly to the
simpler stuffs, viz., cotton and twills, drill, dress materials, ginghams,
fustian, sail-cloth, and cotton diaper.
The whole production of our cotton-mills was estimated at 12*4 0 million
kronor per annum during the last half of the decade 18G1/70, during the earlier
half of the decade 1871/80 at 14*39 million; but during the last half, only at
12*2 8 million. The production then remained at this amount up to quite recently,
when, in 1900, an amount of 20*7 2 million kronor was reached. From the cloth-
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