Textile Industry Employs More Labourers Than Other foreign and Chinese factories in Shanghai employing 305, 780 labourers and their total capital $473,069,810, a survey made by the authorities of the Social Affairs Bureau reveals, 'The total capital of textile mills tops the list, over $280,640,000 being Invested in the industry, which 1s nearly half of the total' capital of Shanghai's factories, The number of textile mills in Shanghat is 690, The textile industry greatest number Shanghai, more than 111,000 persons, including female and child labourers, being employed by such mills Of this number, 74,116 are employed in the cotton textile industry, 30,718 in the sible textile industry, and 6,361 in the woollen textile and dyeing in-
Jmander of the Nineteenth Route Army, which engaged Japanese forces. ju Shanghai in 1982, is ready to pledge allegiance to Nanking as soon as the Natfonal Government takes a stronger policy towards Japan.
Then come the manufacture of vehicles used in communications, which employ 73,448 Tabourers, and the tinned goods and food factories, which employ 32,379 labourers, The total capital of the chemical industry in Shanghai is $10,-
723,100.
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