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ferior article, a Venetian damask. Xo other qualities are manufact- 

 ured. 



Number of persons employed. The number of persons employed is from 

 80 to 90. They work twelve hours a day and receive from three to five 

 lire=58 to 96i cents. 



Dyeimji *)>i nninf/i weaving. In these establishments only tho weaving 

 is done. The dyeing and spinning are conducted by others quite inde- 

 pendently of the carpet manufactories. 



Placing the product on the market. The product is sold directly here 

 in Milan, for the most part. Giacoinini has also a traveling agent for 

 Italy. 



Exportation. The products of these establishments are not exported. 



In this connection I may mention, as of interest for carpet manufact- 

 urers, the fact that a considerable exportation of Italian hemp carpet 

 yarn from this district has sprung up in the last two years, the amount 

 realizing $92,594.52 for the year ending June 30, 1888, and $83,687.58 

 for the year ending June 30, 1889. 



HENRY C. CROUCH, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Milan, August 8, 1889. 



ROME. 



REPORT BY VICE-CONSUL-GENERAL WOOD. 

 MILLS AND LOOMS. 



There is only one factory or establishment engaged in the manufact- 

 ure of carpets in this province. The proper address is, Gr. Canestrelli, 

 carpet manufacturer, via Garibaldi, Rome, Italy. 



It has twenty-five hand looms. No power looms are used. 



GRADE OF CARPETS. 



It manufactures exclusively Kidderminster piece carpets, of which it 

 produces about 218,724 yards per year. 



WORKERS AND WAGES. 



Sixty persons find wage employment in the above mentioned estab- 

 lishment ten men and fifty women. They are all paid by the job or 

 piece. The daily rates of wages earned are from 58 to 97 cents for men, 

 and from 49 to 58 cents for women. 



They all work from eight to ten hours per day and lead a laborious 

 life. 



The cost of living to these persons is said to nearly, if not entirely, 

 absorb their wages. 



No work is done outside the factory. 



