Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 10Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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... trade secured . But the merchant marine was not revived . The South during and after Recon- struction was , on the whole , much less prosperous than before 1861. There was progress , or promise of progress , in the white districts and a ...
... trade secured . But the merchant marine was not revived . The South during and after Recon- struction was , on the whole , much less prosperous than before 1861. There was progress , or promise of progress , in the white districts and a ...
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... given certain privileges of free trade with us , heavy duties being laid on our principal articles of export to Canada in favor of British merchants , whereas the vote , on November 23 , 1877 , cast it EARLY HISTORY OF FISHERY DISPUTE . 5.
... given certain privileges of free trade with us , heavy duties being laid on our principal articles of export to Canada in favor of British merchants , whereas the vote , on November 23 , 1877 , cast it EARLY HISTORY OF FISHERY DISPUTE . 5.
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... Trade was stagnant and prices falling ; business failures . were numerous ; and in 1878 " the record of insolvencies far exceeded even that of the panic year of 1873. " † The people moreover were discour- aged by four years of hard ...
... Trade was stagnant and prices falling ; business failures . were numerous ; and in 1878 " the record of insolvencies far exceeded even that of the panic year of 1873. " † The people moreover were discour- aged by four years of hard ...
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... trade came a revival in the general indus- tries of the country . The iron trade was flushed with orders far beyond capacity ; the manufacture of cotton- spinning machinery revived with the rise in the price of raw cotton ; prices in ...
... trade came a revival in the general indus- tries of the country . The iron trade was flushed with orders far beyond capacity ; the manufacture of cotton- spinning machinery revived with the rise in the price of raw cotton ; prices in ...
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... trade because the Western farmers would not ship their produce East but preferred to hold it for more favor- able market conditions . As a conse- quence railway freight traffic was greatly diminished . Dividends on rail- road stocks ...
... trade because the Western farmers would not ship their produce East but preferred to hold it for more favor- able market conditions . As a conse- quence railway freight traffic was greatly diminished . Dividends on rail- road stocks ...
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