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... important . Pursuing the inquiry amid many interruptions , but I hope in a spirit of un- swerving fairness , I have been led step by step from the main question to various collateral topics , and from one source of information to ...
... important . Pursuing the inquiry amid many interruptions , but I hope in a spirit of un- swerving fairness , I have been led step by step from the main question to various collateral topics , and from one source of information to ...
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... of Cleveland in competition with the whole world . The improvements in the quality are not less remarkable than the sustained quantity of the product . are Exports of The produce in The most important items Foreign Work and English Wages .
... of Cleveland in competition with the whole world . The improvements in the quality are not less remarkable than the sustained quantity of the product . are Exports of The produce in The most important items Foreign Work and English Wages .
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Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey. are Exports of The produce in The most important items in our export trade the cotton , woollen , iron , and steel manufactures . ' Economist ' supplies the following table of the princi- pal exports of these ...
Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey. are Exports of The produce in The most important items in our export trade the cotton , woollen , iron , and steel manufactures . ' Economist ' supplies the following table of the princi- pal exports of these ...
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... important branch of trade . Pig - iron has ranged from 51.778 . per ton in 1861 to 124.65s . in 1873 , while bar , angle , bolt , and rod iron has ranged between 7-297 . and 13.091 . per Here again we have a variation of 100 per cent ...
... important branch of trade . Pig - iron has ranged from 51.778 . per ton in 1861 to 124.65s . in 1873 , while bar , angle , bolt , and rod iron has ranged between 7-297 . and 13.091 . per Here again we have a variation of 100 per cent ...
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... important lines . The following remarks occur in a leader in the ' Times ' on the railway dividends for the second half of the year 1878. On an ordinary capital of nearly 140,000,000l . sterling , the sum payable in dividend amounted to ...
... important lines . The following remarks occur in a leader in the ' Times ' on the railway dividends for the second half of the year 1878. On an ordinary capital of nearly 140,000,000l . sterling , the sum payable in dividend amounted to ...
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