both countries, he gave (p. 151, German edition) the following comparative figures:
| England. | Germany. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours of labour | 9 hours | 12 hours |
| Average weekly earnings of the operatives | 16s. 3d. | 11s. 8d. |
| Yards woven per week per operative | 706 yards | 466 yards |
| Cost per yard of cotton | 0.275d. | 0.303d. |
But he remarked also that in all sorts of printed cottons, in which fancy, colours and invention play a predominant part, the advantages were entirely on the side of the smaller German factories.
In the spinning mills the advantages, on the contrary, continued to remain entirely on the side of England, the number of operatives per 1,000 spindles being in various countries as follows (p. 91, English edition):
| Per 1000 spindles. | |
|---|---|
| Bombay | 25 operatives. |
| Italy | 13 ” |
| Alsace | 9.5 ” |
| Mulhouse | 7.5 ” |
| Germany, 1861 | 20 ” |
| ” 1882 | 8 to 9 ” |
| England, 1837 | 7 ” |
| ” 1887 | 3 ” |