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... Belgian factories were for the most part conducted under the personal super- vision of their proprietors , production was limited , as a matter of prudence , whenever indications appeared of declining consumption . In recent years many ...
... Belgian factories were for the most part conducted under the personal super- vision of their proprietors , production was limited , as a matter of prudence , whenever indications appeared of declining consumption . In recent years many ...
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... bined • Total of iron and steel 26,124,134 35,996,167 | 37,731,239 31,190,256 25,747,271 20,737,410 20,113,915 682,855 623,122 728,831 791,905 827,758 757,157 717,035 The crisis in Bel- gium . Belgian competi- tion : The Iron Trade . 79.
... bined • Total of iron and steel 26,124,134 35,996,167 | 37,731,239 31,190,256 25,747,271 20,737,410 20,113,915 682,855 623,122 728,831 791,905 827,758 757,157 717,035 The crisis in Bel- gium . Belgian competi- tion : The Iron Trade . 79.
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... Belgian is more formidable than French competition . According to Mr. Saville Lumley : ' Of the total amount of manu- factured iron exported , 25,889 tons were imported by Great Britain , an increase of 9,579 tons on 1876 . The exports ...
... Belgian is more formidable than French competition . According to Mr. Saville Lumley : ' Of the total amount of manu- factured iron exported , 25,889 tons were imported by Great Britain , an increase of 9,579 tons on 1876 . The exports ...
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... Belgian industry has suffered severely from the Exports general depression , the falling off having been quite as Belgium , conspicuous in the trade carried on with our own country as in other branches . The Belgian exportations of iron ...
... Belgian industry has suffered severely from the Exports general depression , the falling off having been quite as Belgium , conspicuous in the trade carried on with our own country as in other branches . The Belgian exportations of iron ...
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... Belgian joist - iron of doubtful quality may be sold at low prices in England and in the colonies , such isolated instances afford no real criterion for estimating the staple manufactures of the country , and though England will not ...
... Belgian joist - iron of doubtful quality may be sold at low prices in England and in the colonies , such isolated instances afford no real criterion for estimating the staple manufactures of the country , and though England will not ...
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