Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — The Silk Thread Market. [ARTICLE]

The Silk Thread Market.

New York is the acknowledged headquarters for silk thread, which is dealt in by exi>erts in large quantities. The buyers of the entire country look to the great New York houses for their annual supplies, and rite recent developments of the business have been very extensive. It is acknowledged throughout the country that the silk thread sold by the New York market is the best quality of thread to be found anywhere in the country. The recent developments in this business have pointed out emphatically the fact that the quality of silk thread lias improved wonderfully in the past few years, and has kept pace with the growth of the entire silk business. Dealers in silk thread have had a most prosperous trade of recent years, and they attribute their prosperity to the superior advantages offered by New York for the conduct of their business. —New York Mail and Express.