WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although the factory system became a permanent part of production in the United States, Lowell’s version of it eventually lost favor. Initially, his system continued to find success but by the mid-nineteenth century it began to decline. Cotton overproduction lowered the price of finished cloth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lowell improved upon the British version of the power loom and created the first fast and dependable loom in the United States. He also combined the processes of weaving and spinning and created the first integrated factory system where the entire process of spinning and weaving cotton into cloth was done in one place.

Detailed explanation-3: -The textile industry was established, although factory operations were limited to carding and spinning. It remained for Francis Cabot Lowell to introduce a workable power loom and the integrated factory, in which all textile production steps take place under one roof.

Detailed explanation-4: -As competition grew in the domestic textile industry and wages declined, strikes began to occur, and with the introduction of cheaper imported foreign workers by mid-century, the system proved unprofitable and collapsed.