Having been the first great industry created, Textile production used mills, but they weren’t always automatic. The early mills used the putting out system, mill did the carding and spinning, but hand weavers were paid to weave the fabric, then they had to return it to the mill for finishing. The next mill created
was a power loom, it could manage wool, making woolens available for low prices.
With over 2400 different woolen mills and hundreds of cotton mills covering the United States, These mills changed how people dressed and decorated their houses, ordinary people could afford more and better clothing