Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1898 — Chinese Cotton Mill. [ARTICLE]

Chinese Cotton Mill.

An American manufactory has been introduced into China In the form of the international' cotton mill, recently established at Pootung, a small town near Shanghai, under the auspices of the American Trading Company of New York. It is the third cotton mill erected in China. It has 45,000 spindles and two engines of 1,600-horse power now in motion, and a number of looms will be added soon.