COTTON INDUSTRY

Cotton Textile industry

Cotton textile industry was the 1st to develop in the era of factory production Because--
1)A series of inventions in the 18th century improved each step of the production process e. g. carding,twisting,spinning,rolling.
2)They increased the productivity.
3)Stronger threads & yarns were produced with the help of machines.
4)Costly new machines could be purchased, set up & maintained in the mill.
5)All the processes were brought together under ONE roof & management in the mill.
6)This allowed more careful supervision of the production process, a watch over quality & regulation of the labour.

The Indutrialization process

1)The most dynamic industries in Britain were cotton & metals.
2)In the 1st phase of industrialization upto 1840s ,cotton industry developed
3)& after that iron & steel industry led the waywith the expansion of railways etc..

New industries could not easily displace the traditional industries--

1)Only 20% of the total workforce was employed in the advanced industries.
2)& 80% were engaged in the traditional industries.
3)Ordinary& small innovations were the basis of growth in many non mechanised sections such as food processing ,building.pottery etc..
4)Technological changes occured slowly as the new technology was expensive & was not as effective as their inventors claimed.