CREFELD.
153
No. of Factories
A. Silk Stuff and Stuff-ribbon
Weaving, 1904.
Crefeld.
Rural
District
around
Crefeld.
München
Gladbach
District.
61
21
34
Adult Males...
Uv¡r2i:
Males
Females
Children
Juveniles
2,070
414
1,446
16
98
1
1,185
437
770
75
103
7
1,831
988
1,664
126
341
9
Total Number Employed ...
4,045 I 2,577 | 4,959
B. Velvet and Velvet-ribbon
Weaving, 1904.
Crefeld.
Rural
District
around
Crefeld.
München
Gladbach
District.
21
1,643
214
862
5
24
2,748
20
3,400
678
961
160
168
11
5,378
10
934
92
177
45
44
4
1,196
In regard to these tables two points may be noticed :—(1) In the silk-stnif
factories from 33 to 50 per cent, of the weavers are women ; in the velvet factories
no women are employed as weavers, because the work is heavier. The employees
in the other occupations in both groups of factories are almost entirely women.
The proportion of weavers to the total number employed is considerably greater
in stuff-weaving than in velvet weaving. (2) There is no hard and fast
division between the two groups of weavers, and if occupation is slack in one
branch some of the weavers in it may pass temporarily to the other. This
frequently occurs, but it is stated to be much easier for the velvet weaver to go
over to the stuff weaving than for the reverse process to take place.
The next table shows the size of the factories in the whole of the Lower
Rhine industrial region in 1904 :—
No. of Employees.
Up to 50
50-100
100-200
200-400
400-600
600-800
800-1,000
1,000-1,200
Total
Stuff Factories.
Velvet Factories.
54
27
23
9
1
1
14
7
15
10
2
1
2
116
51
The following comparative statement of the number of looms employed in
the various branches of the entire Crefeld silk industry has been prepared by
the local Chamber of Commerce :—
No. of Looms.
1905
1904
1903
1902
414
1,627
360
1,619
532
1,758
614
1,875
51
57
230
126
408
173
425
140
3,149
8,082
2,826
7,378"
4,069
7,950
4,916
8,104
420
302
388
265
538
210
313
182
abroad belonging to Urefeld firms are omitted in 1905.
* Several concerns
29088
Velvet and Velvet Fabrics—
Hand
Machine ...
Firm-Edged Velvet Ribbons
Hand
Machine ...
Hand
Machine ...
Firm-Edged Silk Ribbons
Hand
Machine ...
