Considerable improvements had taken place already in the ten years 1884–1894. “India shows us, since 1884, extraordinary developments,” Schulze-Gaewernitz remarked, and “there is no doubt that Germany also has reduced the number of operatives per 1,000 spindles since the last Inquest.” “From a great quantity of materials lying before me, I cull,” he wrote, “the following, which, however, refers solely to leading and technicallay distinguished spinning mills:
| Per 1000 spindles. | |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | 6-2 operatives |
| Mulhouse | 5-8 ” |
| Baden and Wurtemberg | 6-2 ” |
| Bavaria | 6-8 ” |
| Saxony (new and splendid mills) | 7-2 ” |
| Vosges, France (old spinning mills) | 8-9 ” |
| Russia | 16-6 ” |
The average counts of yarn for all these were between twenties and thirties.”
It is evident that considerable progress has been realised since Schulze-Gaewernitz wrote these lines. As an exporter of cotton yarn and cottons, Germany has made rapid strides. Thus, in 1903, she exported £1,625,000 worth of cotton yarn, and £15,080,000 worth of cottons. For 1910 the figures given by the Statistisches Jahrbuch for 1911 were already