rag trade

It's not an obvious place for a Manhattan-raised daughter of the rag trade to end up.

There is in Galveston a new-invented trade, called "the rag-trade," which is very profitable.

At the same time the rag trade was torn to rags by competition; while the 'rents' became bigger every year in proportion.

There is, in Galveston a new-invented trade, called “the rag-trade,” which is very profitable.