318 REPORT— 1887. 



The variation for picks is reckoned as follows : 16 picks to the ^ inch 

 are taken as the standard. For cloth containing over 8 and up to 18 

 picks wages vary in proportion to the number of picks, but in the case 

 of cloth containing fewer than 8 or more than 18 picks to the ^ inch 

 1 per cent, is allowed for every pick over and above the proportionate 

 difference in the number of picks. This extra allowance is said to be in 

 respect of the higher skill and increased labour required from the 

 operative. 



3. Width of the Cloth. 



The wider the cloth the higher the rate of wages, as the more skill and 

 labour are required. A 40-inch loom with 45-inch reed space is taken as 

 the standard. For looms of a narrower width 1 per cent, per inch is 

 deducted down to 30 inches ; below 30 inches and down to 26 inches 

 f per cent, per inch is deducted. Above 40 inches 1 per cent, per inch 

 is added up to 45 inches, and above 45 inches 2 per cent, per inch is 

 added. Strict rules are laid down prescribing the width of cloth to be 

 woven in a loom of a given width. For instance, a 30-inch loom is sup- 

 posed to weave cloth from 27 to 31 inches ; a 40-inch loom, cloth from 

 36 to 41 inches, and so on [see Blackburn list]. 



Sometimes it may be necessary to depart from this principle, and to 

 weave narrow cloth in a broad loom. In such case you deduct from the 

 wao-es payable for weaving the prescribed width on such broad loom half 

 the difference between such wages and the wages payable for weaving 

 the narrow cloth on its prescribed loom. For instance, if cloth 27 to 31 

 inches (which ought to be woven on a 30-inch loom) is woven on a 40-inch 

 loom, you deduct from the wages payable for a 40-inch loom one-half the 

 difference between such wages and the wages payable on a 30-inch loom. 



4. Length of the Glotli. 



37^ yards is the standard length of cloth. The list gives the rate for 

 weaving various other lengths, including 100 yards, and hence the rate 

 per yard can easily be calculated. 



Order in which Allowances are to be made. 

 In calculating wages the allowances are to be made in the following 



order : — 



(1) Allowance for reeds 



(2) „ materials 



(3) „ picks 



(4) ,, widths. 



Suppose it is desired to find the wages for weaving 37^ yards (the 

 standard length) 39 inches wide on a 40-inch loom (the proper loom for 

 that width of cloth), 60 reed (the standard reed), 32's twist, 34's weft 

 (these being standard counts), 35 change wheel, 507 dividend. 



507 



-^^ = 14-486, the number of picks. 



oo 



The tables give as the wages for one pick under the above conditions 



•7656. 



As 1 pick : 14-486 : : -7666 : 11-0904816. 



An ingenious method has been adopted for facilitating the calculation. 



