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textile and clothing industry.
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factories the following figures are given: for the decade 1861/70, a yearly
production of 4-67 million kronor; for 1871/80, lO’i-2 million, without declination
during the last part; for 1881/90, 12*71 million; and for the decade 1891/1900,
16’9 2 million kronor. Also here the value of production was stationary quite
a long time, but for 1900 it is stated to be no less than 23’2 3 million
kronor. — Of the whole production of the cotton-mills during the last mentioned
year, 35 % came on Elfsborg Län, 25 % on Göteborg och Bohus Län, and 19 %
on Östergötland Län; of the production of the cloth-factories, 42 % came on
Elfsborg Län, 25 % on Göteborg och Bohus Län, and 20 % on Östergötland
Län. — The number of workmen employed in the cotton industry amounted in
1900 to 11,919, of which 5,783 in the cotton-mills and 6,136 in the
cloth-factories. Out of this number 1,981 are in Norrköping, and 1,395 in Borås.
The importB are, with regard to the quantity, accounted for in Table 123.
The value of the same was estimated in 1900 at 14’35 million kronor for cotton;
for cotton yarn at 2-7 8 million; for thread at 2-4 5 million, and for textile fabrics
at 6*51 million, or altogether 26-09 million kronor. The importation of cotton
shows a particularly steady increase. The exports principally go to Norway;
concerning the decrease in later years see page 794.
Table 123. Imports and, exports of Cotton and cotton-stuffs.
In quintals à 1’9 7 cwts.
Averages for
the years
Cotton.
Imports. Exports.
Yarn.
Imports. Exports.
Thread.
Imports. I Exports.
Textile fabrics.
Imports.
Exports.
1861/65 ....................29,397 — 3,336 490 245 — 3,194 101
1866,70....................54,542 — 5,049 140 354 - 3,752 1,077
1871/75 ....................79,220 — 16,366 338 722 2 10,170 1,347
1876/80 ....................83,851 — 17,789 800 1,137 5 8,123 1,771
1881/85....................109,806 - 20,976 2,849 2,023 17 10,384 3,655
1886/90 ....................117,481 — 17,036 5,127 2,503 23 12,176 4,755
1891/95 ....................141,476 — 21,329 4,812 2,944 4 15,415 8,059
18%/00 ........ : 166,779 — 30,836 3,625 3,159 - 18,561 5,657
In 1900........|170,781 - 18,103 2,132 3,162 - 16,222 1,198
Among the larger factories of these stuffs may be mentioned
Gamlestadens fabriker in Gothenburg (with 40,600 spindles, 710 looms),
Rosenlunds spinning-mill in Gothenburg (with 28,000 spindles),
Norrköpings bomullsväfveriaktiebolag 1 (25,400 spindles, 926 looms), Holmens
fabrik, and Bergs bolag in Norrköping, Nääs spinning-mill, Viskafors,
Rydboholm, Fritsla, Jonsered factories, etc. In Stockholm there is a
large spinning-mill and cloth factory at Barnängen, and Gefle
Manufacturing Company has a factory at Strömsbro.
Of låte years, efforts have also been made in this branch of
industry to manufacture goods that demand greater skill on the part
of the workmen, and this with great success. For instance, The Swedish
Curtain manufactory (Svenska gardinfabriken) in Gothenburg (with a
branch in Kristiania, after the revocation of the international Swedish
and Norwegian Commerce Treaty) fabricates so-called thread curtains or
1 Bomnllsväfveriaktiebolag = Cotton weaving-mill joint-stock company. Bolag =
company.
Sweden. 51
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