Weaving Silk Bands and Bindings for Stetson Hats
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Nearly seven million yards of bands, bindings and braids are produced annually in the Weaving Department, of the John B. Stetson Company, requiring more than forty thousand pounds of raw silk, imported from Japan and Italy. All the machinery, from spoolers to great, complicated looms, are made in the Company's own machine shop. |