Show the world worlds chief rug arti market the world worlds a increasing demand tor 0 cental carpets baa has caused certain chanas in the rug business barly tending toward aa an enlarged out put through tho the intervention of mar chanta la in constantinople and smyrna who are establishing factories of per ulan carpets in both turkey aad and per sta ta another new now feature of the rug business Duel nea Is 13 the growing practice on the part of merchant merchants in constantino Coni i pie of shipping direct to the united states from rom persia instead ut from e this explains why 1 abe be shipments of persian rugs from constantinople to the united state as consula ted at this domce how show a 91 d 11 creage crease on the whole Constantin constantinople uple maintains its position as the worlds principal nig rug market german bua oriental carpet carpets in ever increasing quantities in order to satiety satisfy ber her own requirements and those of douth africa and canada clarn burg being a tree free port part Is becom lag an important distributing center for oriental rugs more or lesa less at the ex pense nee of london it ie Is figured that M g worth of caucasian and per ian rugs aro are shipped in a year from constantinople Constantino plo and smyrna more thin thid half bait of which go to Ilam burr |