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-if price goes up smaller peng must stop producing - one avg 7-10 day a month "prei" -if get credit hope to overcome this problem -for wage workers upah is 350 per day w 3 meals most of workers young boys -sometimes chains made borongan + while earnings depend on size + type of goods they calculate "wang sisa +- 500 Rp a day" i.e. they make a profit of about this after meals - roughly 40 persons in the village find work as baruh rattan -if buy rattan must kontan - no pedagang rattan in the village - most of Sem. rattan sellers are Chinese except Pak Hussein - most of baruh are from the village - rattan workers don't do bamboo + V.V. - per 25K rattan use 2 1/2 oz. nails costing 100 Rp - market shopping bags + children's items to Jakarta sometimes they take the goods to Jak, sometimes someone from Jak picks up chair sets marketed at Purwogondo (sales place along main road) + Kuduo - for 1 K rattan can produce 5 mid-sized childrens items (called "maiiananak") - for 1 large chain use 7 batang large rattan + 3K smaller pieces - types of rattan: KUBU SUTI POTRO MANAO - in Jakarta sell to shops in Pasai Cikini + Pasan Baru - don't work on orders but make first + then go around to shops trying to sell - if selor goods to tokos in Jak. can wait up to 15 days for payment ("lakan menantinangry sampai 15 hori") - stay at a pondok owned by Pak Daud in Jati Razamaraun - Pak Daud comes from Teluk Wetan originally - out of 40 producers are 8 who regularly go to Jakarta; go by bus or trian -some also send good by paket