...s now cheaper to buy it ready made; and, second, that the improved quality and reduced price of the machine-made product led, as in other industries, to an extraordinary increase in its use. This Cambridgeport firm was the pioneer in the industry. It still holds the lead in it, in spite of sharp competition and heavy tariff taxation both in 1890 and 1894. Cambridgeport is an admirable location for an i...