WOMEN’S MUSLIN-UNDERWEAR INDUSTRY. 
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 
No statistics regarding the amount of muslin underwear imported 
into the United States are available, because the statistics of importa- 
tion group together wearing apparel made wholly or in part of lace 
or embroidery, without specification as to whether it is outer apparel 
or underwear. 
Under the tariff act of 1909 the duty on cotton wearing apparel 
made in whole or in part of lace or embroidery was 60 per cent ad 
valorem, and if the lace was made on the Lever or Gothrough machine 
the duty was 70 per cent. These rates of duty were the same as on 
cotton laces or embroidery. 
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, the value of the imports 
of cotton wearing apparel made in whole or in part of lace or em- 
broidery entered for consumption was $1,943,450, including apparel 
trimmed with lace made on the Lever or Gothrough machine amount- 
ing to $63,788. 
a the tariff act of 1913 the duty on cotton wearing apparel 
made in whole or in part of lace or embroidery is 60 per cent, regard- 
less of whether the lace was made on the Lever or Gothrough machine. 
This rate of duty is the same as on cotton laces and embroideries. 
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, the value of the imports 
of cotton wearing apparel made wholly or in part of lace or embroidery 
entered for consumption was $1,580,019 (including wearing apparel 
valued at $20,492 trimmed with Lever or Gothrough lace, imported 
from July 1 to October 3, 1914, under the old tariff law). 
During all of the fiscal year of 1913 the old tariff was in force. 
During the first three months of the fiscal year 1914 the old tariff 
and during the last nine months the new tariff was in force. The 
importation of $1,580,019 during the fiscal year 1914 was a falling 
off of $363,431, or 18.70 per cent, as compared with the importation of 
$1,943,450 during the previous fiscal year. i 
While the statistics of imports do not show the imports of lingerie 
separately, it was ER an appraiser in the New York custom- 
house that the imports of such garments amount to about $300,000 
a year. The remainder of the cotton goods made in whole or in part 
of lace or embroidery includes such articles as dresses, shirt waists, 
collars, cuffs, and infants’ caps. 
Practically all of the lingerie imported is hand embroidered, while 
very little lingerie thus bE is made in factories in the United 
States. Much of the imported lingerie is made by hand, while none 
is made by hand for factories in this country. a 
Of the 65 establishments that reported in this investigation, only 
9 did any exporting, and these in only small quantities. The estab- 
lishment doing the largest proportion of business of this kind was 
located in New York City and reported that it exported 2 per cent 
of its total net sales. Only 0.22 per cent of the net sales 2 the 43 
establishments in New York City and only 0.07 per cent of the 
net sales of the 22 establishments outside of New York City were for 
export. 
Tho statistics of exports do not distinguish between the exports of 
underwear and those of outer garments, or between wearing apparel 
for men and apparel for women. Though American clothing manu- 
facturers have devoted comparatively little attention to foreign trade, 
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