Show the world chief rug market the world worlds a increasing demand tor for oriental carpet carpets baa has caused certain changes cli angea in the rug business particularly tending toward an enlarged out put through the intervention ot at mar chanta chants in constantinople and smyrna who aro are establishing factories of per elan carpets in both turkey and per ela sla another new now feature of the rug business bu elneas la Is the growing practice on the part of merchants tn in constantinople ale of shipping direct to the united states from persia instead of from constantinople this explains why be shipments of persian rugs from constantinople to the united states as consulates consula ted at this office show a decrease on the whole constantinople maintains ita its position as t the h a worlds principal rug rig market german buy oriental carpets tn in ever increasing quantities in order to satiety satisfy her own requirements and those of navia south africa and canada ham liam burg being a tree free port Is becoming an important distributing center for oriental rugs more or less at the ex pense of london it la is figured that worth of caucasian and per tugs rugs are shipped in a year from and smyrna more mare than tharl hilt bilt 0 aa which go to hambur |