No. 17.-The factories were in operation ten and one-half months. And this was full time for the blowers, tending boys, packers, master shearers and lear tenders. The rest were employed all the year round. See No. 1.

No. 18.-Factory ran nine months. The blacksmith, engineer, mill hands, pot maker and laborers made eleven and one-half months' time during the year.

No. 36.-In busy times many of the hands worked from twelve to fifteen hours daily.

No. 37.-The earnings here given are those of the hands that belong to the union; the others work from ten to twenty per cent. less. The factory was in operation for forty-eight weeks during the year, although not full handed all of that time. Wages increased and reduced in special cases, not generally.

No. 38. This shop was not in operation during the months of January, February and March, but many of the workmen were employed elsewhere a part of that time. All of the hands belong to the union and receive full union prices for their labor.

No. 40. While there was no general reduction in these small shops, there were special reductions in most of them. The hands do not belong to the union, and the employers are constantly reducing the wages to the detriment of the whole trade. The figures given are estimated only from the best information that could be obtained by our agents.

No. 42. This factory was in operation but twenty-five weeks in the year, but some of the hands found employment elsewhere. The figures given do not account for that, nor is the time lost by individuals taken into account; but the earnings were the amount possible to be made if the employes worked full time the factory was in operation.