VICKERS-STAFFORD AUTOMATIC LOOM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR, We have read with great interest the letter from " Veritas," headed " Cotton and Chaos," in your issue of August 24th, and we have noted your editorial reference that the question of installing automatic looms through the Lancashire mills is one of the mediums through which the restoration of the industry could be secured.
We at these works are manufacturing an automatic shuttle- changing loom, which, we claim, has features and advantages which place it in a class by itself. This loom is being marketed by us in all countries with the exception of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the course of our business we are intimately connected with the textile industry, particularly in that applying to Lancashire, and from our knowledge we are convinced that no modification of the existing conditions in that unfortunate county will have.any lasting effect unless the mills are installed with up-to-date automatic machinery, which will enable Lancashire to successfully compete with foreign competition.
It is a well-known fact that many of the foreign mills are heavy purchasers of automatic looms, and this places them in a position of having commenced weaving where Lancashire left off. We are convinced that if the ability of the Lancashire weaver was applied to the automatic weaving machine, Lancashire would without question attain her predominance in the textile industry. For your informa- tion we would state that over the past seven years we have collected at these works data and interesting statistics in connexion with automatic weaving. In addition we have installed a large demonstration shed which contains various models of the Vickers-Stafford Automatic Loom ; this is free and open to all who are interested in the textile industry.— Director, Vickers (Crayford) Limited. Crayfard Works, Crayford, Kent.
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