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on Artizans and Machinerij. 



depai tment* of Frnnce, where tliere are 

 cotton spinners, weavers, and calico 

 pi inters. 



. Cannot yoii state aI)out the number in 

 each deparlment ? — I suppose in tiie 

 Haut llliin, about twenl}-five spinning 

 mills. 



What is the number of spindles to a 

 mull?— Generally they were I'loni 180 

 t<i 21G spindles lor each mull ; but now 

 th«y iiave increased them in every 

 department, and brought them up to 

 360 spindles to a mull. 



How many mull spindles are there in 

 one manufactory ? — There axe some 

 manufactories in "Haut Khin," which 

 liave from 15,000 to 30,000 spindles. 

 1 believe there are very few manufacto- 

 ries in " Haut Rhiu," under 10,000 

 3pindles at this time. 



How many of those manufactories arc 

 in "Haut Rhin?" — I do not exactly 

 know, but I suppose about twenty-five 

 in that department; in the "Seine 

 Inferieuse," where Rouen is situated, 

 there are, perhaps, 150 manufactories. 

 We call " Rouen, the Manchester of 

 France." 



On an average, how many spindles 

 are there in each manufactory? — The 

 establishments there arc much smaller; 

 Ihey go from 3,000 uj* to 12,000 and 

 15.000 spindles. 



What are there in the other depart- 

 ments? In Ihe deparlmctit I'Aisne, 1 sup- 

 pose there are very nearly 100 cotton ma- 

 uu factories, about the same magnitude 

 as those in the "Seine Inferieuse;'' and, 

 in the department of the north, about 

 100, and they are of dift'erent extent. 

 We have many other cotton manufuc- 

 tories, besides those in the four de|)art- 

 ments I have mentioned ; they are scat- 

 tered over several places in France. 



Have you weaving manufactories? — 

 We have a great number of weavers, 

 but our weavers are exactly like those 

 in England, divided in our .several 

 departments; we have very few master 

 weavers who keep all their workmen 

 working in tiie same shop, except in 

 "Haut Rhin." 



Then they are not in large manu- 

 factories?— A very great immber of 

 weavers are attache«l to all large manu- 

 factories, but seldom work together in 

 the same shop. 



Are they in the same departments as 

 the spinning mills? — Yes, generally so. 

 Have you any calico printing manu- 

 factories ? — A great number. 



In what districts? — Particularly in 

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319 

 Haut Rhin," 



the departments of tho ' 

 and "Seine Inferieuse." 



Since what time have they been esta- 

 blished? — In the department of the 

 " Haut Rhin" they have been esta- 

 blished about forty years; they were 

 far advanced before that lime, and 

 even before Mulhouse belonged to 

 France. 



By whom are those manufactories for 

 spinning and weaving principally con-, 

 ducted ; are there any Englishmen who 

 assist in the conduct of those manufac- 

 tories? — A great number. 



Are they managers of the manufacto-t 

 ries? — Some part of them, but not in the 

 calico printing manufactories, chiefly in 

 the spinning cotton mills. 



Are they in the weaving ? — Yes, for 

 the power looms ; there are several 

 power looms now at work, conducted 

 by Englishmen. 



Are the Committee to understand, 

 that most of those cotton manufactories 

 are conducted by Englishmen ? — Some- 

 times Englishmen act as foremen ; but 

 the common cotton spinners of Man- 

 chester and Glasgow do not come to 

 France, as we cannot pay them suffi- 

 cient wages. 



In spinning factories it is only the 

 foreman who is an Englishman? — 

 Just so. 



From wlience are those manuriclories 

 now supplied with mtichinery? — ^They 

 are supplied by their own machine 

 makers. 



Where is such machinery made?— In 

 Haut Rhin, in Paris, in St. Qucntin, 

 and Rouen. 



Who are the conductors of those 

 manufactories of machinery ; are Ihey 

 Englishmen or Frenchmen? — There is 

 in Haut Rhin a very extensive manu- 

 factory set up by an Englishman. 

 What is his name? — Dixon. 

 How many years has he been there? 

 — Five years, and he is increasing his 

 manufactory ; he had no money when he 

 came to France from Manchester. 



What number of workmen may he 

 now employ ? — He told me ho had about 

 150 men at work in his shop. 



Are many of them Englishmen? — 

 Very few. 



Does he supply the principal part of 

 the machinery which is wanted in that 

 department? — Yes; but besides Mr. 

 Dixon, there is a Mr. Iiouch6, who 

 makes a great quantity now. 



At Rouen, how many Englishmen 



arc employed in the nianufaclories ? — K 



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