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SATURDAY,

FOOCHOW COMBS.

THE HORN-COMD INDUSTRY OF CHINA.

About 70 horn comb manufac- turers are operating in Foochow with a total yearly output valued at over a million dollars. The combs are made from the horns. and hoofs of cattle exported from Shanghai and Hongkong at about $22-$25 a picul. The Shangha! product, being larger in size, fetches a higher market price.

The inquiry into the Provisional Order prompted by Glasgow Cor- poration was resumed in the Justiciary Buildings, Jall Square, in mail week. Among the powers sought by the promoters are sanc- tions to erect a bridge over the River Clyde at Finnleaton, at an estimated cost of £1,000,000; to construct tramways and other werks; to borrow money for the

The process of manufacture in- redemption of irredeemable stock,volves a good deal of labour. To gas and water annuities, and begin with, the raw horns must be waterworks funded debt; to manu- first trimmed of the points and cut facture motor buses; and to intro- duce the humane method of cattle into pieces, each measuring about killing at the city slaughter-length of a comb. The hollowed two or three inches, or about the

houses.

The Commissioners word Viscount Novar, Lord Belhaven, Mr. Ian Macintyre, M.P., and Mr. W. M'Loan Watson, M.P.

ploces are cut in two, and concave or convex parts are made flat by pressing them between heated fron plutes. In this way, the crude bodies of the combs are formed. Mr. A. Morrico Mackoy, K. On the flattened pieces of horn, and Mr. G. Montgomery, advocate, faint lince indicating the teeth of appeared for the Corporation: the comb are marked out and after Sheriff Wark, K.C., and Mr. D. R. repeated efforts of polishing and Scott, advocate, for the motor retouching, the artisan finally cuts manufacturing and trading in-the comb teeth by means of A terests; Mr. James Macdonald, aw-toothed tool. After cutting, K.C., and Mr. J. G. Burns, the comb is further polished, re- advocate, for the National Uniontouched and washed before being Workers; Mr. Macgregor Mitchell, ready for the market. Before a K.C., for the Glasgow United piece of horn becomes a finished Fleshers' Society; and Mr. J. article, it must go through the Stevenson, advocate, representing hands of a dozen artisans, each of the Glasgow Saijors' Home,

whom does a distinct part of work on the article.

of Distributive and Allied

Harbour Tunnel,

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The combs are grayish green, purple, gray or grayish white, the Thomas Somers, master of works, stated on behalf of the hoofs. From sight or nine to 3 last named being made from the Corporation that the four ferries dozen combs can be made from a west of the new bridge cost the large sized horn and from half a community £36,000 per annum. proportion of that, amounting to small horn. The combs are either dozen to seven or eight, from a £12,000, would be saved "by the

curved-back elimination

or rectangular in of

the one of ferries, and by the

shape, depending upon the shape elimina- stion of the Harbour Tunnel of the raw material. A comb is

they would save £16,000 a year sold locally at from one to making a total, saving of £28,000 cents according to veize, quality by substituting the new bridge. and workmanship.

In the comb-making trade, That would go a long way to pay- ing the debt charges. He regard labour is highly divided. There ed the bridge us eminently suitable are two main groups of workmen: as regards site. He had chosen makers of the crude bodies and the site, having in view the finishers. The former are divided general trend of the traffic, and into three classes. The cutter or horns into looking to the development of designer cuts the Glasgow, which was, generally pieces approximating the form of speaking, westwards. Detailing combs. The shaper flattens the the estimated cost, witness stated piece between two heated iron that the now bridge would be plates and the sawyer cuts out $265,000, the approaches £465,000, the teeth of the combs by sawing street widening £17,000, lands and of filing. All these are paid compensation £262,000-making about half a cent a-piece for each substantially about £1,000,000. job. The dally earnings of each Referring to additional borrow-man amount to about 70 or 80 ing powers, required for exten-cents. These men are not re sions to sewage works. Mr. gularily employed. They often re- Somers said that new 6ltera at main idle for a number of days. Dalmarnock would cost about a month owing to shortage of £2,500; while the modernisation work. The finishers are also paid of the sewage works further east 1.6 to 3 cents apiece according to on the River Clyde, owned jointly the size of the comb. by the Corporation of Glasgow and the County Council of Lanark- shire, would cost about £14,600. Extensions at Shieldhall were estimated to cost £30,000, and the provision of a new sludge boat and port extension at Dalmuir would cost over £100,000. The total sum required for sewage purposes was about £150,000. ́*

Compensation.

Women's Part.

The washers of the combs are mostly women, who are also paid at piece rates.

The term of apprenticeship covers five years. If the ap- prentice pays the master for his lodging and board, the term is reduced to three years..

Each of the 70 or so comb manufacturers in Foochow con- Dealing with the compensation sume about two piculs and a half which it was proposed to pay the of horns every day: The monthly Sailors' Home, Mr. Somers said import figure of horns into Foo- that the Corporation undertook to chow averages 6,000 pičuls. Each build a new home at a cost of picul 'furnishes enough TILW £8,000. That did not include the material for making 200 large cost of removal and furnishings, sized combs, which represent a which would bring the Corpora- total value of $40, at about 20 tion liability to between £9,000 to cents each." The cost of raw £10,000. They did not propose to material for the 200 combs is about pay the price for a new site, which $25 and of labour, $8 or 39, leaving might be from £1,200 to £1,400.net profit of $6 or $7 to the In his opinion, the Corporation manufacturer. The combs aro was making very adequate com-

Hongkong, pensation to the Sailors' Home for Partly exported to

Swatow, and Shanghai. 'the loss to which it was going to

be put.

The pointed tips and filings of BAW dust, the by-products of the Mr. James Stevenson, advocate, counsel for the Sailors' Home, comb manufacturing plants, also pointed out that the Home had have commercial value. The tips occupied the present site free of are made into buttons, small medi- charge for 46 yeare, and the pros of the abacus. The pairings and cine cases, and balls or counters pects were that they would enjoy filings are sold as fertiliser. The that privilege for long years to come. His point of view was horn tips are exported to Hong- that the Home were going to be kong, Singapore, etc., at $15 a put to a loss of £1,000 to £2,000 pieul, and the pairings and flings, by the building of the bridge, and sold to the local farmers, at $7 the Corporation ought to com- a picul. pensate them.

The big establishments usually Mr. Somers contended that as have their workshop and sales the Corporation were already department in one building with paying the Clyde Navigation the proprietors acting as man- Trustees for the site, to compen-ngers. The capital of a large sate the Sailors' Home would be shop may reach $10,000; that of n duplicating payment. Ho pointed small one hardly exceeds $1.000. out that it was open to-morrow to Each shop employs from a dozen the Trustees, if they so desired, toto 30 opératives. The workmen havo the Home removed.

of the comb-making trade have or- The position of the Home was ganised a union, which recently explained by George Service, made attempts to induce the manu- chairman of directors, who stated facturers to grant a general in- that any capital expenditure crease in wages. Chinese Econo- required in connexion with the mic Bulletin

Home had always in the past been found by public subscriptions from persons not only interested

to the docks. The suggestion had in shipping, but also in commerce and in the general welfare of been made that they were going Beamen. No part of the profits to get this cheap, but as a matter made in connexion with the Home of fact the Corporation had offer- and restaurant were distributable ed to sell ground at a price to be in the way of dividend. The fixed by arbitration. position now was that the erection

It was intimated that the Com-

of this new bridge would entall missioners had found the preamble proved so far as the bridge was on this charitable institution an expenditure which would be concerned, the Corporation offers equivalent to the price of a similar of compensation to the Sailors' piece of ground in close proximity Home to be included in the Bill.

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