272 CARPP:T MANUFACTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

 NUMBER OF EMPLOYES. 



The following table answers the question as to the number of persons 

 who find wage-employment in the manufacture of carpets in Austria 

 and Bohemia : 



RATES OF WAGES PER WEEK. 



The foregoing table shows that the weekly wages in Austria in this 

 particular branch of business are sufficiently moderate, but those paid 

 in Bohemia are starvation wages. 



HOURS OF LABOR. 



Eleven hours constitute a work day in both countries, one -half hour's 

 time being allowed for dinner. 



Work in the Austrian weaving establishments goes on throughout 

 the whole year, with the exception of Sundays and church festivals 

 and certain national or local festivals, which number 76 out of the 365 

 days, making 289 work days. 



