The manufacturers and exporters of the United States, when considering the trade of India must not leave out of the calculation the ite~n of home production. If India worked up all its cotton, wool, hair, hides and skins, jute, and metals, and utilized all of the other resources that belong to its rich domain by converting them into manufactured products, there would be little left to be supplied by other countries. Despite the drawbacks that retard the progress of India it makes a fairly

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... able showing in manufactures. In 19o5 there were i,336 factories run by steam that were owned by home companies or individuals. The cotton mills (i86) are principally in Bombay, the jute mills (4o) are in Bengal, near Calcutta, and the rice tmills (i2i) and sawmills (70 for the most part are in Burma. The factories and mills give daily employment to 587,56o persons. Besides the mills operated by steam, water and electric power there has been a revival of the hand looms, and the output from these is double that of the mills. It requires an enormous amount to clothe the millions of people in India, who wear little except cotton the year round. The coolies and poorer classes wear the common muslins, while the higher classes wear the mulmul or high-grade muslins. The mulmuls or high-grades retail at 5 to 13 cents a yard and common muslins from 3 to 4 cents. A suit of clothes for the average .poor person of India costs from I5 to 20 cents and the head gear or turban as much more. The females require more goods for a suit, but do not wear