30 × 95 × 70840 = 237½ hanks of warp.
Before the actual cost of a piece of cloth can be calculated, it is necessary to know the price to be paid the weaver. In Lancashire the payment is made according to the list agreed upon by both employers and employed. For plain cloths and twills a new uniform list has been agreed upon, and this is now generally accepted. The following is the new list:—
UNIFORM LIST OF PRICES FOR WEAVING.
1. The Standard.—The standard upon which this list is based is an ordinary loom, 45 inches reed space, measured from the fork grate on one side to the back board on the other, weaving cloth as follows:—
Width: 39, 40, 41 inches.
Reed: 60 reed, 2 ends in a dent, or 60 ends per inch.
Picks: 15 picks per quarter-inch, ascertained by arithmetical calculation, with 1½ per cent. added for contraction.
Length: 100 yards, 36 inches to the yard, measured on the counter. Any length of lap other than 36 inches to be paid in proportion.
Twist: 28’s, or any finer numbers.
Weft: 31’s to 100’s inclusive.