Show V 1 i LiAf ci 14 tu alij COST OF production IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES cot coln co ln or bahor ln not K higher irk in tho united welo wool on 11 hie 0 arco litt livo ire color coll lit r l voul jacob ex consul of tho the united at tunstall Engl englund ancl writes iw nt follows to thu new york iline tunes of tho results at which ile he ail arrived lived izi in his invest igat ions on tho the comparative fo nairi tivi cost costs s 0 of producing carpets in england und the united states Cir cirbett pett tire duade at a tower lower cost leury than oven in ill england ut at least the lower gindes grades gi such ai ingrain carpet ami as C cheaply early as there in the lower giraldes of brussels etc A com comparison of the cost coat arid I 1 je thod of tw two 0 1 lily ay ill r lills shows the full iveda ia li ex to iro lui cx x penic guase tal lal lor bur ilbe lil yarn 1 ah 5 21 1 ravine toa I 1 4 J I 1 79 1 awl 20 1 y 2 1 Z gk uin labor 2 u gelli at 0 eliis C i iii sc I 1 I 1 el 1 ia a u f 2 alfi 1 3 J totals iw 1 44 l BUT 8 40 M 7 in ili england much of aliis class goods is still made rn on liand looms tho the rit quoted above aro are from a power null mill rear near leeds tire tho hand loom weaver gets get i ten cents a yard tivo five pence ha obtains tho the yarn and returns tho the finished ini shed carpet the alie libor labor foht cost i is calculated at the sime rime rito rate in the two methods of work what the hand wea er gets gels moro ten cents against cc cents tits fur for the power lower loom work is ia taken from tile tho five cents charged in the above comparison under generi gel leral il expense which of course is 13 considerably lusher higher in ili power loom Ivea wc avin ving than in ili hand loom weaving after my report had been published an ail english carpet manufacturer wrote arota rae ine that it would lie be erroneous tois toas sumo that ingrain car carpets were manufactured to rny any large extent on hand lounis looms but curiously enough eni igi lie ho in bisted that I 1 had st cited ted thy the manufacturing iliin cost too low that burling warping ping finishing anti and general expense would not tre be covered by what I 1 had I 1 a id been stated this by the alio way only conly tile tho comparison between english ena dish and costs boht i shows that the libor labor cost front from the yarn up is somewhat higher in england the higher Engl english isih coltof coat of general labor on the yard price is in this instance due to the fact thit that it is distributed in america over a much larger output tile santa same refers to tho the general expense i item tile higher cost of yarn is duo entirely to tile tho higher cost of wool in iu consequence lice of tile the wool tariff without ti tins ila tax we could easily export carpets as can call bo be teen been by the foregoing comparison and from tho the selling feling of carpets this at the time barely covered tle cost of production and nd certainly would hardly do so now under tinder the alie mckinley blessings so assiduously invoked by certain carpet ili manufacturers anti fa culminating in the recent forced sales and present stagnation these facts lie quoting of tho the toc spec tivo belling 11 X rf alone would prove that v with face wl i and nd free dye dyestuffs stuffS we ive could er I 1 why then theia those extraordinary efforts to silence the fact that alio I 1 higher I 1 working capacity of if our 0 operative p th thy afe better urbanization of our mills ind tho more extensive use usa of improved make high earnings possible while at tile the same time they pro produce drice i goods cheaper than i ia 3 countries where opposite conditions condi tiona pro vail I 1 I 1 i |