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is going on now, the body of men who are going
round to teach weaving, and which is doing a piece of
good work in this very same Presidency of Madras.1
You will find not only the weaving industry, but others
also which are decaying and ready to perish that may
be helped, if only the hand of the co-operator is
stretched out to teach the labourers better methods,
and help them also to dispose of their goods when they
are made. For what the weaver wants is first the
1 See the Report in the Madras Mail. After noticing the results
of the work of the Salem Weaving Institute, it says: " The Super-
intendent [of the Demonstration Party organised by the Madras
Government to go round and teach improved methods of weaving]
has been able to introduce more than 120 fly-shuttle slays in the
Coimbatore District, where his party has been at work during the
•past two or three months. This augurs well for the future. In
the south of Madras warping mills of some kind are rather
common, while fly-shuttle weaving is rare except in the two West
Coast Districts. In the District of Coimbatore, which is one of
the most important weaving Districts in the Presidency, 99 out
of 100 villages manufacture coarse cloths. For this work the fly-
shuttle is eminently suited, as it doubles the out-turn, and not
much practice or skill is required to use it with advantage. In
introducing the improved slays, the Superintendent has had to
exercise much tact and all his powers of persuasion with the
illiterate village weavers. In the beginning only small changes,
but yet changes which are productive of beneficial results, have
been introduced, while the ultimate aim of the Demonstration
Party is to popularise the fly-shuttle slays and dobbies wherever
useful. So far, those who had adopted the improved methods
and appliances and realise their utility are said to be loud in their
praise of them, as the improved looms are easier to work .-111(1
yield a greater out-turn, and their products fetch higher prices in
the open market."
The Madras Times, noticing Mr. K. T. B. Tressler's report on the
progress of Industrial Education, 1912-13, remarks: "In the
Weaving Department, we notice the results of much valuable work
done in connection with the Jacquard machines, experiments which
emphasise its undoubted superiority over the country loom with
country harness. Towards the end of the year, a peripatetic weaving
party for the purpose of demonstrating improved methods in weav-
ing was formed and is now at work."
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round to teach weaving, and which is doing a piece of
good work in this very same Presidency of Madras.1
You will find not only the weaving industry, but others
also which are decaying and ready to perish that may
be helped, if only the hand of the co-operator is
stretched out to teach the labourers better methods,
and help them also to dispose of their goods when they
are made. For what the weaver wants is first the
1 See the Report in the Madras Mail. After noticing the results
of the work of the Salem Weaving Institute, it says: " The Super-
intendent [of the Demonstration Party organised by the Madras
Government to go round and teach improved methods of weaving]
has been able to introduce more than 120 fly-shuttle slays in the
Coimbatore District, where his party has been at work during the
•past two or three months. This augurs well for the future. In
the south of Madras warping mills of some kind are rather
common, while fly-shuttle weaving is rare except in the two West
Coast Districts. In the District of Coimbatore, which is one of
the most important weaving Districts in the Presidency, 99 out
of 100 villages manufacture coarse cloths. For this work the fly-
shuttle is eminently suited, as it doubles the out-turn, and not
much practice or skill is required to use it with advantage. In
introducing the improved slays, the Superintendent has had to
exercise much tact and all his powers of persuasion with the
illiterate village weavers. In the beginning only small changes,
but yet changes which are productive of beneficial results, have
been introduced, while the ultimate aim of the Demonstration
Party is to popularise the fly-shuttle slays and dobbies wherever
useful. So far, those who had adopted the improved methods
and appliances and realise their utility are said to be loud in their
praise of them, as the improved looms are easier to work .-111(1
yield a greater out-turn, and their products fetch higher prices in
the open market."
The Madras Times, noticing Mr. K. T. B. Tressler's report on the
progress of Industrial Education, 1912-13, remarks: "In the
Weaving Department, we notice the results of much valuable work
done in connection with the Jacquard machines, experiments which
emphasise its undoubted superiority over the country loom with
country harness. Towards the end of the year, a peripatetic weaving
party for the purpose of demonstrating improved methods in weav-
ing was formed and is now at work."
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