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other places." This firm (and many others do the same) is selling its 

 own goods direct to the retail trade. One brother is almost always 

 traveliug in England and Scotland, while the other remains at home 

 attending to the business and the factory. 



The wages paid for power-loom weaving are 2d. farthing, or 4 cents 

 per yard of this quality. They employ, besides the hand-looms, 20 

 power looms, with an average in a busy week of 3,000 yards. They 

 employ besides the weavers 



1 loom boss, at 43s - $10.80 



2 loom-fixers, at 30s., or $7.20 14.40 



C spool-winders, at 12s., or $-2.88 14.40 



2 winders, at 12s., or $2.88 5.66 



2 warpers, at 12s., or $2.88 5.66 



1 shearer, at 16s 3. 84 



1 twister, at 9s 2.16 



1 engineer, at 30s 7.20 



1 cop boy, at 12s 2. 88 



1 card-cutter, at 12s 2.88 



1 designer, at 5 24.00 



Total 93.88 



Burling is paid by the piece of 60 yards at Is. 7^., or 38 cents per 

 piece, equal to .636 cents per yard ; $93.88 of general labor divided on 

 3,000 yards is 3.129 cents, and with burling, 3.765 cents against 2.67 

 cents in America. This is, however, for a larger weekly output than 

 ordinary, and for a week where a lower output would be realized a cor- 

 responding higher additional general labor-cost would be the result. 



For wear and tear they allow 10 per cent., and in very good years 

 write off as high as 15 per cent. The selling expenses, as they have a 

 good deal of traveling to do, are also higher than in the American cost 

 statement, and amount to from 5 to 6 per cent, of the value of the 

 goods. 



The selling price is 2s. 2d., or 52 cents a yard. 



The cost of the yarns used in goods of this quality is Is. 2f d. per yard, 

 or 28f cents. 



J. SCHOENHOF, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, t 



Tunstall, July 9, 1888. 



