CARPET CIRCULAR. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, June 10, 1889. 



To the Consul at : 



SIB : The Department has been requested by representatives of the 

 carpet manufacturers of the United States to secure statistics concern- 

 ing that industry in the leading countries of Europe. In compliance 

 with such request the following interrogatories and suggestions have 

 been prepared with the view to obtaining the information desired : 



(1) Number of mills or distinct establishments engaged in the manufacture of car- 

 pets in your district. (Give a list thereof, together with the proper business address 

 of each.) 



(2) Number of looms in each establishment. Where exact information in this re- 

 gard is not obtainable give the closest estimate, making a careful distinction between 

 hand and power looms. 



(3) Proportion of pure carpets to those of lower grades, making, if possible, the 

 following distinctions: (a) Brussels, Wilton, Saxony, velvet, etc. (6) Rugs and whole 

 carpets Smyrna, Turkish, etc. (c) Ingrain, Kidderminster, Venetian damask, etc. 



(4) Number of persons who find wage employment in the manufacture of carpets, 

 rates of wages, hours of labor, manner of living, etc., distinguishing between those 

 employed at their homes from those employed in factories. 



(5) Is the industry dyeing, spinning, weaving, etc. conducted unitedly or in sep- 

 arate divisions by independent interests ? 



(6) How is the product placed upon the market direct from the factories by the 

 factors or through commission agents, etc. T 



(7) Where does the product find consumption, at home or abroad? If abroad, to 

 what cou a tries is it exported, and on what terms are sales conducted ? 



You are requested to prepare a report upon the foregoing interroga- 

 tories and suggestions and forward the same to the Department at your 

 earliest convenience. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



WILLIAM F. WHARTON, 



Assistant Secretary. 



