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carry through its processes of dyeing and finish-
ing. The rotational working of the canal neces-
sitates the use of a steam plant for a considerable
* portion of the working year, and when to the total
coal bill is added the Irrigation Department's
charge for the use of water, the power expenditure
is one third greater than that at the Cawnpore
Woollen Mills, and the outturn only two-thirds
of the total output of the latter concern. Not
only so, but labour is an increasingly difficult
problem at present. There is a proposal, eager-
ly accepted by the Manager of the Woollen Mills,
to locate a settlement for members of criminal
tribes near Dhariwal, with the object of inducing
them to take to permanent employment in the
factory. Before the outbreak of war the Now
Egerton Mills were very large manufacturers of
" lois/' and were to a certain extent supplant-
ing the indigenous manufacturers of those goods.
Indeed, the manufacture of " garbi lois " ha#
almost died out; in Sialkot only about (J
looms work instead' of the 100 of 6 years ago*
The shawl, blanket and loi industry of Jalalpur
Jattan in Gujrat District has suffered very se-
riously from * the war, since for the bulk of
its outturn it depended on imported yarn. Nei-
ther Dhariwal, nor Cawnpore, busy as they are
on Army contracts, can supply the required
yarn at present. On the other hand the war
has been a blessing to the weaver of pashmina
shawls and cloth, as it has entirely stopped