17,048. Can you tell from the sample what the width has been?- No.
17,049. What would be the proper retail price for the 29 inch width?-I should say 21/2d.
17,050. Would that be the fair price in a country district?-I think it would be a very fair price.
17,051. Would it not be legitimate to charge a somewhat higher rate in a remote district of the Highlands?-I think not, for an article such as this. That would be the outside stretch that it would be worth at the present time for 29 inches.
17,052. Is there anything narrower than that?-I am not aware of anything. That is the trade term for them; but I don't know that they exactly measure the width which is named.
17,053. Would you be surprised to be asked 41/2d. a yard for that?-I think it would be very much out of the way.
17,054. What would be a fair price for it if it were 32 inches wide?-About 31/4d. a yard; and about 33/4d. for 36 inches.
17,055. In all these valuations, are you assuming that the article is sold in a country district, and not in a large city establishment where there is a rapid turnover and great competition?-Yes. I think that usually very little difference is made on that class of stuff, wherever it is sold.
17,056. Is it a very common sort of article?-It is the most common thing of the kind that is made. It is generally used for an inter-lining for different parts of ladies' dress, being put between two other materials.
17,057. What would it be used for by working people in the country?-It might be used for lining dress skirts, or such as that.