Report of the International Congress for the Unification of the Numbering of Yarn, Held at the International Exposition, Paris, September 3-4, 1900 (Classic Reprint)

Held at the International Exposition, Paris, September 3-4, 1900. BY Monsieur Ferdinand Roy, Recording Secretary of the Congress. Translated by Mr. C. J. H. Woodbury. The following was the committee of organization. President. Emile Widmer, Vice Tresident of the French Association of Manufacture and A griculture, member of the Commission on Custom House values at Paris. N ote. At the meeting of the A ssociation, held at Montreal on October 6th, 1899, the following resolutions submitted by a committee consisting of Messrs. Nathaniel B. Kerr, Arthur H. Lowe and Christopher P. Brooks, were adopted. (V olume 67, Page 92.) Resolved That the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association learns with interest that a conference is to be held in Paris in 1900 with a view to the unification of yarn numbering. Resolved, That the object of the conference is heartily approved, and that this Association recommends the adoption of a single standard to indicate yarns and threads of all materials, more especially those made of cotton. Resolved, That the President and Secretary of this Association be authorized to communicate these resolutions to the Secretary of the Conference.
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