| He came to America in 1890 and became a bookkeeper for Klots Brothers, a silk throwster, in New York City. |
| The throwster, by means of a machine, twisted lightly the silk into a slight kind of thread known as singles, and these singles were combined to form tram. |
| The mills' production is seriously threatened by the strike of the throwster operatives and the dyers in Paterson and other silk centres. |
| This volume is of particular interest in that of 44 children, 21 were bound to George Courtauld, silk throwster, of Pebmarsh, later Braintree. |
| It is handled here first by the throwster who winds it from the skein and makes different varieties of thread. |
| Then, the throwster can use replacement hubs 65 of the proper diameter to provide the desired degree of draw to the yarns. |
