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Conclusion. 



Ju siuiiiuiiii: up the prccedinii' tin- t'ollowiiij;- coiicliisioii may Ix- diawii: the 

 luaiiufactiuv of woollen felted iioods. of coarse and medimn classes, is fnlly developed 

 and capable of supplying the home demands, liesides the considerable amount of 

 cloth, supplied for cloihing the army, the maniifaetories j)roduce a im less conside- 

 rable quantity of .soods for the requirements of the poor, as well as for the better 

 classes of the inhabitants. Russian manufacturers can tlattei- themselves that no- 

 Avhere in Europe are the armies provided with be'.ter and cheaper cloth than in Russia. 

 This manufacture of woollen felted goods should be considered all the more indepeiid- 

 tnt as it has a sufticiently suitable native raw material, and is in possession at the 

 present time of an adequate supply nf spindles for carded woid spiuninii'. With 

 regard to the fabrication of tine cloths, this branch of the industry develops compar- 

 atively slow, although lately visible progress has been made. Reverting to the 

 manufacture of combed yarn goods it must be acknowledged that only at the present 

 time its position is becoming more or less tirm, as only for the last ten years has 

 it had the possibility of obtaining yarn, at any rate the greater part of the amount 

 required, of home production, through which it has acquired the right of great 

 independence of foreign industries. For the complete success of the fabrication of 

 combed wool goods, which gives so much hope on account of the modern condition 

 of its (lualificative element, the further development of spinning is necessary. The 

 better this branch of Russian industry is established, the easier will it be to. reach 

 an independent position in the universal markets and the more independence will be 

 attained by Russian sheep farming, ^vhich. with the increased home demand for wool 

 and a suitable G^overnment protection, will be able untiringly to develop in quan- 

 tity ns well as in quality. 



