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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  MAKING 
  GAS 
  MANTLES 
  IN 
  A 
  RUHR 
  FACTORY 
  

  

  The 
  Ruhr 
  is 
  preeminently 
  the 
  habitat 
  of 
  labor. 
  Everybody 
  works, 
  and 
  nearly 
  everybody 
  

  

  works 
  with 
  his 
  hands. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  from 
  Frederick 
  Simpich 
  

   A 
  COTTON 
  MILL 
  IN 
  THE 
  RUHR 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  9,400,000 
  spindles 
  like 
  these 
  in 
  Germany. 
  When 
  they 
  all 
  run, 
  in 
  normal 
  times, 
  

   Germany 
  takes 
  2,000,000 
  bales 
  of 
  our 
  cotton 
  a 
  year. 
  

  

  