Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-04-30


THE CoTToN MANUFACTURES OF FRANcE.--Neyt
Great Britain, France is our best customer for coto
and in the factories of that country, the staple
into much greater variety of textere than in EnpIand
Her mills send forth every description Of goods from t
coarse cacoes of Rouen to the gossamer ltes of s.
Quentin, and the tarlatans of Tarrare. The recent ~
port of Mr.. John Cairborn has been condensed 90 e.
as France concerned, by the New York Journal :,
Commerce, and many curious and interesting satist;
are quoted. 1t appears that there are three cooo
working districts in France the principal of which i
Normandy, where the annual productions of yarns ;a
about 100000 pounds, equal in value to $l3O200oN
371 cents per pound The spinneries employ % OK
workmen. The wages paid average francs per day fr
men, for women, and from 20 centimes to franc for
boys and girls. The annual cost of spinning averaoa
Sc 81 per spindle In the year 1911 the price of raw
cotton at Mulhouse was 81 80 per pound; in 1855
had fallen to II cents per pound In 1911 the AVERAGE
price of yarns at the same place 50 33 per pound
in 1856 it only % cents. The number of Weayn1
mills in the district is placed at 1885, employing 81
hands The production of cloths has increased from
14O933333 to 270,833,3 1888 yards, and during the de-
cade has almost doubled its annual value being abont
$l8,6OO,O00. There are also Is cotton printing mTlO
employing 1O400 hands, and printing 81, 100000 wards
valued at about $9,579O OO
The total capital invested in the business in Norman
dy, is l7442S86-and the consumption was l4OOOo
bales. The other districts less material Init
produce finer fabrics. In all France the cotton shin
ming business stood as follows in 1857:
Number of mills NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ses
Communes in which they found. SSs
Amount of material consumed, lbs 1873 2260OO
Value of the $l75l9fSs
Quantity of cotton spun (wase not included s
Total value of yarn spun. .$27 3792M
Number of hands employed 63,O64, of whom 220O7
are men, at 81 cents 23,5Ol women, at l9 cents and
1926 children at 10 cents per day.
Raw material per centum Observation-Disclosures. es
Salaries, general expenses, &C., per centum..
The cotton tissues employ 2O4O establishments usa
material and yarn valued at $38395372, and the
products are estimated at SOL Ill LOT.
The cotton imported last year into France from the
United States, 1951250s3 pounds and from other
countries 2l5O0448 pounds In 1885, the returns were
from the United States 175613672 pounds from other
countries 1.2,238,O96 pounds.
port, from the East Indies The cotton manufac.
lures of France represented being in very pros
porous condition.
The general commerce of France with the United
States is very large second only to that of England
In 1885, France took from merchandise to the amount
of $50 945 AGO. of which she consumed to the amount
of Sal ,44O,800. During the period imported
from her merchandise of the " real value $955O8OOO
of which 600 for articles of French growth
or fabrication Among them were silk tissues and otb
sus to the value of 1874 844 200; tissues embroi
deres, and ribbons of wool to the value of 1881 1856
tissues embroderies and ribbons of cotton to the value
of $874,200 wines to the value of $6106OOO; bran,
dies and spirits to the value of $2269 200; pottery
glass, and crystal ware to the value of 81 O2932i;
dressed skins to the value of $l2,2l3,400, &c.