The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 46
thread was due to the fact that it wasalwavs a sound article, and of a cruaranteed lenoth. As usual, thisproduced a host of imitators. Not only was the name unblushingly The Clark Firm 41 copied, but the trade mark of an anchor was imitated in ingeniousways. All makers of honest thread, and there… … Clarks Mills in Newauk. New Jeusev, U.S.A. The competition between the several thread makers in Paisley,and notably between the firms of Clark and Coats, was at timesvery severe, but between these two firms it was always honourableand without bitterness. Each strove to supply the wants of…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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