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GERMANY. 

 AIX LA CHAPELLE. 



REPORT BY CONSUL PARSONS. 

 FACTORY. 



There is but oiie establishment in this consular district engaged in 

 the manufacture of carpets. The business address of said establish- 

 ment is Gebriider Schoeller, DUren, Rheinprovinz, Germany. 



LOOMS. 



With the exception of several hand looms for new designs or patterns 

 of carpets, all looms are power looms. There are about two hundred 

 of these power looms of different sizes and systems. This estimate is 

 the closest obtainable and can not vary more than two or three from 

 the exact figures. 



GRADE OF CARPETS MADE. 



The principal carpets made are (1) Brussels, (2) velvet carpets (vel- 

 our), and (3) tapestry carpets. Rugs from smaller sizes up to 4 meters 

 by 4 meters, in these three grades, are also manufactured, as well as 

 carpets and rugs of lower grades. Samples will be forwarded if de- 

 sired. 



EMPLOYES. 



About five hundred persons, men, women, and children, are employed 

 in this factory of Gebriider Schoeller in the manufacture of carpets. 

 Gebriider Schoeller own, in addition to this carpet factory, a cloth man 

 ufactory, which is also located at Diiren, under the firm name Leopold 

 Schoeller und Sohne. The spinning of the yarns for the carpets is done 

 in this cloth factory, the dyeing and weaving in the carpet factory. As 

 workmen are employed, therefore, partly in the spinning of carpet mate- 

 rial and partly in that of cioth material, it is impossible to fix with en- 

 tire accuracy the total number engaged in the manufacture of carpets. 

 Five hundred is the closest estimate obtainable. 



WAGES. 



The wages vary from 6 to 18 marks ($1.43 to $4.28) per week, payable 

 weekly. 



HOURS OF LABOR. 



The hours of labor are from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m., with intermissions of 

 two hours, as follows: Half an hour between Gam. and 12 m., one 

 hour at midday, and half an hour between 1 p. m. and 8 p. m. There 



