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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 ...