Excerpt from History of the American Card-Clothing Industry Portions of the matter contained in the following chapters have previously appeared in papers devoted to the textile industry. Recognizing the value of this, and knowing its perishable nature if recorded only in a newspaper, the publishers have corrected certain errors in what has heretofore appeared in print, have made many additions, and by printing and circulating it in book form among their friends and customers they wish to commemorate the cen tenmial anniversary Of the existence of their business. As the late timothy K. Earle contributed so much to bring the card-clothing Industry to its present condition in this country, the publishers deem it only fitting that his portrait and a Slight memoir of his life Should appear in these pages. 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.