Over the next 50 years he and his sons would maintain relations between the American silk industry and its counterparts in Japan, and by 1911, the Skinner Mill complex contained the world's largest silk mill under one roof: Skinner Fabrics had become the largest manufacturer of silk satins internationally. Other efforts later in the 19th century would also bring the new silk industry to Paterson, New Jersey, with several firms hiring European-born textile workers and granting it the nickname "Silk City". World War II interrupted the Asian silk trade, and silk prices increased dramatically. U.S. industry began to look for substitutes, which led to the use of synthetics such as nylon. Synthetic silks have also been made from lyocell, a type of cellulose fibre, and are often difficult to distinguish from real silk (see spider silk for more on synthetic silks). Industrial unrest In New Jersey, disputes between silk mill workers and owners lead to the 1913 Paterson silk strike and the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike . Examples American Silk Mills, Paterson, New Jersey, founded in 1905 by Edward Rubin (died 1939), a Russian-born furrier residing in New York City at 22 E. 93rd St. Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills, Auburn in Cayuga County, New York Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill (also known as Franklin Silk Mill and Leinhardt Brothers Furniture Warehouse), a historic silk mill located at West York, York County Bellemonte Silk Mill, Hawley, Wayne County Bethlehem Silk Mill, Bethlehem, Northampton County Diamond Silk Mill (also known as York Silk Manufacturing Company), a historic silk mill located at Springettsbury Township, York County Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc., a historic silk mill located at Lansdale, Montgomery County Lehigh Valley Silk Mills, Fountain Hill, Northampton County Lister Mills, Bradford, England, built in 1871, known for being the largest silk mill in the world. Logwood Mill, Stockport, England, built in 1732 Lombe's Mill, Derby, the first successful silk throwing mill in England, built in 1721. McCollum and Post Silk Mill, Nazareth, Northampton County Old Mill, Congleton, England, built in 1753 The Royal Button Mill, Macclesfield, England, built in 1744 See also Cotton mill References Notes Bibliography Textile mills Silk production