Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — Makers of Handkerchiefs. [ARTICLE]

Makers of Handkerchiefs.

A comparatively small number OC handkerchiefs are manufactured in thia country, and those that are made her* are mostly of the cotton and inferior silk variety. The finest silk goods%r« imported principally from Japanj which country sends us annually b©4 tween 17,000,000 and 18,000,000 Japan 4 ese pongees. The best cambric article comes from France and Belgluin, and) linen handkerchiefs come from th® North of Ireland and also from Stj Galls, Switzerland. Japanese silk handkerchiefs are worth from $3 to S4O pen dozen, while the imported cambrics from Brussels sell for from $5 to $7 ai dozen, and the cotton product manUH factored In Pennsylvania and New) Jersey may be had for 30 cents pet dozen.—New York Times.