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are therefore twelve working hours for six days of the week, excepting 

 Saturday, when work is stopped, as a rule, an hour earlier. It seems 

 hardly necessary to add that no work is done Sunday. All work is 

 done in the factories. There are no persons employed by Gebriider 

 Schoeller at their homes in the manufacture of carpets. 



MANNER OP LIVING. 



The manner of living of these employe's is simple. During the half- 

 hour intermissions the laborers partake of coffee and bread and butter, 

 brought from their homes. At midday those living near the factory 

 return to their homes for dinner, those living at a distance eating their 

 dinner brought from home in the factory. The dinner consists of soup 

 and vegetables, and occasionally a bit of meat. A few who live in the 

 country and neighboring villages return to their homes but once a 

 week. These sleep also in the factory. The laborers living in the 

 country own for the most part their small homes with garden j those 

 living in the city rent lodgings. 



SPINNING, DYEING, ETC. 



As stated under answer to question 4, Gebriider Schoeller own, in ad- 

 dition to the carpet, a cloth manufactory, which is also located in Diiren, 

 under the firm name Leopold Schoeller und Sohne. The spinning of 

 the yarn for the carpets is done in the cloth factory, the dyeing and 

 weaving in the carpet factory. 



HOW THE PRODUCT IS MARKETED. 



The product is placed upon the market direct from the factory, partly 

 through traveling salesmen who receive fixed salaries in addition to 

 their traveling expenses j partly through agents who receive a percent- 

 age of the sales. The demand being greater than the supply, the manu- 

 facturers are enabled in a measure to choose their customers. 



WHERE THE PRODUCT FINDS CONSUMPTION. 



The product finds consumption principally at home in Germany, and 

 in Belgium and France. The sales in England are also considerable. 

 Gebriider Schoeller have exported no carpets to the United States since 

 November 19, 1884, when an invoice amounting to 1,000.90 marks was 

 legalized at this consulate. The usual terms upon which sales are con- 

 ducted are ninety days, with a discount of 2 per cent, for cash. 



Gebruder Schoeller aim at the greatest secrecy in this carpet manu- 

 facture. While the entrance to cloth and most other factories in this dis- 

 trict is easy, even for foreign manufacturers, entrance to this carpet fac- 

 tory is strictly forbidden. More than this, the workmen themselves are 



