At that time , england and america began to establish mechanical filature factories in shanghai . Since the technology innovation of the west industrial revolution started with the textile industry , the production efficiency and quality of chinese traditional hand reeling cannot match the mechanical filature at all .

当时，英美各国开始在上海开设机械缫丝厂，西方“工业革命”的技术创新就是从纺织业开始的，所以，中国传统手工缫丝的生产效率和质量根本无法与机械缫丝竞争。

It was weird that filature industry is flourishing while the raw silk price was dropping with the day , which , according to hu 's observation , was mainly caused by the price war between all the chinese raw silk dealers who were thereby manipulated by foreign businessmen in its price .

缫丝产业蒸蒸日上，而作为原材料的生丝却价格日跌，这是一种极其不正常的现象，据他的观察，主要原因是华商各自为战，被洋人控制了价格权。