A new vocabulary of chintzes and calicoes, taffetas, muslins, ginghams and cashmeres entered everyday use.
Yarn required by hosiery manufacturers may now be purchased freely and without restriction except for nylon yarn, silk yarn and cashmere yarn.
Many good firms producing the best worsted, cashmere and camel hair in the world have gone to the wall.
The danger for the cashmere knitted industry lies in the fact that it is seasonal.
Secondly, there was a particular difficulty with cashmere.
The cashmere industry in the borders is an obvious example, but there are others.
Cashmere orders are now being placed for delivery in the autumn.
Our hosiery industry could take more cashmere wool.