Excerpt from The Silk Industry in America: As Presented to the United States Industrial Commission at a Hearing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, May 22, 1901 Comparative summary of the United States, by States: 1880, 1890, and'1900 - Continued. [including braids and trimmings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.