Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — Less Crime, Fewer Carpets. [ARTICLE]

Less Crime, Fewer Carpets.

There does not at first glance seem to be much connection between crime and carpets, says the London Dally Mall, but it is a fact that the decrease In crime brought about in India, as elsewhere, by the war has led to a decrease in the supply of Indian carpets. The reason Is that most of these carpets, especially the finer and more expensive kinds, are made by convicts, notably in the great Jail at Fedna. They are made entirely by hand, so It is a case of few convicts few carpots.