The coalition now includes the steel and textile industries, the sugar industry, citrus growers, cattlemen and cotton producers.

As well as yielding such a nutritious oil, flax is a major force in the textile industry.

The textile industry employed as many women as men and contributed a substantial number of female officers.

The northern French city was down, out and flattened when its textile industry collapsed.

And it was India that was forced to absorb the goods produced while its flourishing textile industry was destroyed.