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CARPF/l MANUFACTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The firms whose names appear above, when working to their fall ca- 

 pacity, would give employment to perhaps something like 2,500 oper- 

 atives in the manufacture of floor coverings of various kinds. 



RATES OF WAGES. 



Bates of wages in the Dewsbury district are quoted : 



Dyers (exclusive of foreman) 23s. per week .. ... $5. 60 



Spinners (exclusive of foreman ) 29s. per week 7. 06 



Weavers (exclusive of foreman) 25s. per week 6. 08 



Other hands (exclusive of foreman) 21s. per week 5. 11 



Another estimate (general) for weaving Kidderminsters gives 60 

 yards per week for a man weaver with hand-loom at Qd. (12.0 cents) per 

 running yard (1 yard wide) or the equivalent of 30s. ($7.30) a week 

 wages. 



Two other estimates coincide for an approximate average of 20s. 

 ($4.87) per week, taking the range of all grades. 



Another gives 6s. to 60s. per week ($1.46 to $14.60) ; while, going into 

 details, the same authority reckons as follows : 



Weavers : i 



Girls, lOs-16* $2.43- $3.89 



Men, 24s-40s 5.84- 9.73 



Tuners, 12-45 2.92- 10.95 



Dyers, 15*-40a 3. Go- 9.73 



Still another quotation is for weaving Brussels, three-quarters wide, 

 2^d. to 2JcL (4^ 6 to 4^ cents) per running yard by power loom ; lOdf. 

 (20J cents) per running yard by hand loom. For weaving Kidder- 

 minster, 1 yard wide, 5d. to Id. (10| to 14 cents) per running yard on 

 hand loom ; and for squares and yard- wide goods on power loom 

 to l%d. (2J to 3 cents) per square yard. 



