WASHINGTON TARIFF INFORMATION SURVEYS ON THE ARTICLES IN PARAGRAPHS 1108, 1109, 1110, AND 1111 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1922 AND RELATED ARTICLES IN OTHER PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH 1108: WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL Woven fabrics, weighing not more than four ounces per square PARAGRAPH 1109: Woven fabrics, weighing more than four ounces per square yard, PARAGRAPH 1110: Pile fabrics, cut or uncut, wholly or in chief value of wool, and PARAGRAPH 1111: Blankets and similar articles, including carriage and automobile K-2 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1927 Office: Old Land Office Building, Eighth and E Streets NW., Washington, D. C. COMMISSIONERS THOMAS O. MARVIN, Chairman. ALFRED P. DENNIS, Vice Chairman. EDWARD P. COSTIGAN. EDGAR B. Brossard. SHERMAN J. LOWELL. LINCOLN DIXON. JOHN F. BETHUNE, Secretary. ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM 25 CENTS PER COPY PREFACE This is one of a series of Tariff Information Surveys prepared by the United States Tariff Commission. These surveys deal with the commodities provided for by the tariff act in force at the time of their preparation. When articles or commodities are covered by two or more paragraphs of the tariff act they are sometimes combined in one survey. This is done only when similarity and industrial relationship are sufficient to justify a joint treatment. When one grade of an article or commodity is dutiable and another grade is on the free list, the entire treatment is effected under the dutiable paragraph. The commission has issued as a separate pamphlet an index to all its publications. This index lists in alphabetical order the articles or commodities treated in any commission publication. In the preparation of this survey the commission had the services of Gardner M. Youngman, of the textile division of the commission's staff, and of others. III Summary. CONTENTS Page 1 77 8 10 10 11 223 13 14 14 17 19 20 20 22 22 23 23 CHAPTER 1: PART 1.-WOOLENS AND WORSTEDS Text of the tariff act of 1922 providing for woolens and worsteds_ CHAPTER 2.-THE DOMESTIC WOOLEN-GOODS INDUSTRY: CHAPTER 3.-THE DOMESTIC WORsted-Goods INDUSTRY: Chapter 4.-THE WOOLEN AND WORSTED INDUSTRIES ABROAD: International trade__. Great Britain.. France... Germany.. I 1 1 1 1 t CHAPTER 5.-WAGES, HOURS OF LABOR, PRICES, AND COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS: Wage rates, hours of labor, and earnings in the United States. Wage increases_ Comparison of average earnings of operatives in the United King 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 28 29 31 35 41 43 45 46 48 |