New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-12

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II is claimed that the wages of slk-workers IN
italy are about per cent less than the highest paid
in France. In China and Japan it is even less
In France silk Tceling is confined 10 4,229 men,
43.495 women and 097S children, distributed IN
40 factories. Italy employees nearly 10000
The number of spmdles employed in Italy also ex-
ceeds that in any other European country, aggre-
eating 100000 against 25O,000 in France and
about 100 600 each for Austria and Germany. H.
deed. silk reeling is 50 highly developed in Italy
that she not only consumes her own crop of silk,
but imports 600, goo kilOTammes annually from
Europe aud Asia. Thus while France
docs not rank highest as producer
Of the raw material and in the earlier processes Of
manufacture, in silk weaving she leads the world
In variety of design in taste, in elegance of pattern
and in certain cOOrs, the stately city Lyons att
iunction of the Rhone and Saone stands unequalled
In their immediate neighborhood II is said that
nearly quarter of million of work-people of both
sexes are employed and the total production
of all kinds of silk goods and mixtures Of silk cot
tou wool linen of gold and silver threads etc, IN
1850 were $72, 100000. IaraIe, near Lyons, Is
also an important silk centre. ST. Etlcnhc Lore
is the headquarters Of the rbbon VelVet and trim-
ing trade Pals, of silk stuts; whle Anllly
q Oiret and Ferti Alas tSeine-et-Osel are prlncl-
pally occupied with floss SIX Chmn3ely Savoy
with silk gauZe ROubaix iNOTd) and Tours indTe-
et-LOire) with silk sewing thread. AS J nave
shawn in previous letter the expectation of manu-
factures of silk from France has been decreasing
of late years which is partly owing TO increasing
German Austrian and Russian competition and TO
the growth Of the industry in the United states.
very important industry Of France IS that OF
lace, and hope TO devote at least one letter 10
this subject describing some OF the famous
old lace towns For the present purpose
II is only necessary to say that this Manufacture
gives employment to about quarter OF a mllliOh
women at AleucOn Baieul, Lille, Chantlily, Caen
and Bayeux, MirecouTt, lie Pay and Pas ana there
are estimated TO be 10000 embIOidcrcrs spread
over Parls Lyons, Nancy, Epinal, Tours LnneVilIe,
Plombleres, IT. Mlhel, st. Die and the cities al
The two Industries annually contribute about
$20OOO,OOO 10 the industrial wealth of France.
The departments of the Vienne Seine Sarthc and
Puy-de-D6me are the centres Of the fabrication of
earthenwaTe and bricks; in Haute- Vipune Var and
CirOnde the special manufacture is china OF course
every one knows all about Seyres ware hut a letter
giving an account of its famous mandatory which
has done much to maintain the high perfection of
the art in France will be interesting; 81 any rate if
will show, as have already partially shown in my
letters from the POtteTies and Worcester how much
other countries have done for tins industry and
how little after ali, is Americas present projection
when Que remembers the short time the industry
has existed in the United States.
Bacearat in the valley of the Meurthe is 10 the
crystalwaIe branch of this industry what Seyres il
crystal manufacturing establishments in France en-
plOyiDg 23,44l hands and producing 63, LA 200
francs worth OF products. OF this
amount l6,4J0,000 francs worth were produced
lac Department OF the Seine Ii ,Z3J 600 il that