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CARPET MANUFACTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



weavers. The looms are perpendicular and a long shuttle (about 27 

 inches) is used. The warp is of linen manufactured at Leeds. The 

 weft or backing is of jute, and is brought from a distance. The face is 

 composed of cloth tufts fixed in during the process of weaving. The 

 strips of cloth, which make the tufts, are trimmings from the cloth mills, 

 clippings from the cutters' tables in ready-made clothing factories, and 

 waste stuff, perhaps, from still other sources. 



It may be added that the refuse from these tuftings goes on to the 

 shoddy mills, where it joins the general collection of cast-off material, 

 and is given a fresh start in the round of usefulness. The Dewsbury- 

 Batley district, which lies just outside the municipal limit of Leeds, 

 was the birth-place and is at the present most prominent center of the 

 shoddy trade. 



Bugs of the character spoken of, woven in geometrical designs and 

 showing colors, generally somber, by reason of the preponderance of 

 dark stuffs in the waste cloth employed in making them, are much used 

 in England, and particularly in this district, for kitchens and the 

 smaller houses occupied by the working-classes. The rugs are very 

 thick and heavy, and afford the needed protection from the damp stone 

 pavements, which are so frequently found in basements and on ground 

 floors in cottage dwellings. 



PRICE-LISTS. 

 Annexed details are from price-list of a Huddersfield firm. 



Yorkshire cloth hearthrugs. 



Weight of these cloth hearthrugs run from 9 to 24 pounds per rug according to size, 

 quality, and make. 

 Something to tread upon soft, thick, and comfortable to the feet. 



