Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1833 - United States |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
12 per cent abandon your business Alleghany County amount in materials Amount of articles ANSWERS articles annually manufac Average amount average wages bar iron bartered Capital invested Centre county cotton day employed DOCUMENT 14.-No duty is necessary enter into competition establishment factory Fayette County find a mar foreign articles foreign countries foreign manufac ground and build hours a day Huntingdon County invested in ground joint stock company joint stock concern Kind or description manu manufacture is sold manufacturer for cash manufacturer to enter manufactures are exported manufactures consum manufactures find market with similar materials and pay Mercer County Number of horses Number of men pig metal place of sale portion products and domestic profit on capital purchase of materials Quantity and value rate of duty rate of profit rate of wages raw materials reduction tariff of 1824 tons tory is situated value of different water power West Pennsylvania
Popular passages
Page 306 - ... description, quality, and value of each kind? 10. Quantity and value of different kinds of raw materials used; distinguishing between foreign products and domestic products? 11. Cost in the United States of similar articles of manufacture imported from abroad, and from what countries? 12. Number of men, women and children employed, and average wages of each class? 13. How many hours a day employed, and what portion of the year?
Page 382 - Cost in the United States of similar articles of manufacture imported from abroad, and from what countries? 12. Number of men, women and children employed, and average wages of each class? 13. How many hours a day employed, and what portion of the year? 14. Rate of wages of similar classes otherwise employed in the same State and county, in other States, and in foreign countries?
Page 146 - Capital invested in ground and buildings, and water power, and in machinery? 5. Average amount in materials, and in cash for the purchase of materials, and payment of wages? 6. Annual rate of profit on the capital invested since the establishment of the manufactory; distinguishing between the rate of profit upon that portion of the capital which is borrowed, after providing for the interest upon it, and the rate of profit upon that portion which is not borrowed?
Page 390 - ... collecting the duty on such articles, to prevent fraud? 25. What has been the rate of your profits, annually, for the last three years? and if it be a joint stock company, what dividends have been received, and what portion of the income of the company has been converted into fixed capital, or retained as a fund for contingent or other objects, and therefore not divided out annually? 26. What portion of the cost of your manufactures consists of the price of the raw material, what portion of the...
Page 276 - If the duty upon the foreign manufacture of the kind of goods which you make were reduced to 12J per cent., with a corresponding reduction on all the imports, would it cause you to abandon your business, or would you continue to manufacture at reduced prices? 30. If it would cause you to abandon your business, in what way would you employ your capital?
Page 770 - Kind or description of the manufactory ; and whether water, steam, or other power ? . 3. When established ; and whether a joint stock concern ? 4. Capital invested in ground and buildings, and water power, and in machinery ? 5. Average amount in materials, and in cash for the purchase of materials, and payment of wages ? 6.
Page 724 - QUERIES. 1. State and county in which the manufactory is situated ? 2. Kind or description of the manufactory ; and whether water, steam, or other power ? . 3. When established ; and whether a joint stock concern ? 4. Capital invested in ground and buildings, and water power, and in machinery ? 5.
Page 706 - ... 30. If it would cause you to abandon your business, in what way would you employ your capital? 31. Is there any pursuit in which you could engage, from which you could derive greater profits, even after a reduction of the import duties to 12J per cent.
Page 256 - Rates of profit on capital otherwise employed in the same State and county? 9. Amount of articles annually manufactured since the establishment of the manufactory; description, quality, and value of each kind? 10. Quantity and value of different kinds of raw materials used; distinguishing between foreign products and domestic products? 11. Cost in the United States of similar articles of manufacture imported from abroad, and from what countries? 12. Number of men, women and children employed, and...
Page 226 - Whether any of the manufactures are exported to foreign countries; and, if so, where? 20. Whether the manufacture is sold by the manufacturer for cash? and if on credit, at what credit? if bartered, for what? 21. Whether the cost of the manufactured article (to the manufacturer) has increased or decreased; and how much, in each year, from the establishment of the manufactory, and whether the increase has been in the materials or the labor, and at what rate? 22. The prices at which the manufactures...