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... COTTON TRADE 35 IV . THE IRON TRADE 64 V. THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST 107 VI . FOREIGN COMPETITION - COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LABOUR . 118 VII . THE MERCANTILE MARINE 151 VIII . COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF ENGLISH AND ...
... COTTON TRADE 35 IV . THE IRON TRADE 64 V. THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST 107 VI . FOREIGN COMPETITION - COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LABOUR . 118 VII . THE MERCANTILE MARINE 151 VIII . COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF ENGLISH AND ...
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... cotton , woollen , iron , and steel manufactures . The produce in ' Economist ' supplies the following table of the princi- pal exports of these articles in 1878 . Table of Principal Articles exported from the United Kingdom in 1878 ...
... cotton , woollen , iron , and steel manufactures . The produce in ' Economist ' supplies the following table of the princi- pal exports of these articles in 1878 . Table of Principal Articles exported from the United Kingdom in 1878 ...
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... cotton goods , on the average of the whole trade , has been at one time 100 per cent . higher than in 1861 or 1877 , two years of very great depression at the commencement and the close of the period in- cluded in Mr. Giffen's analysis ...
... cotton goods , on the average of the whole trade , has been at one time 100 per cent . higher than in 1861 or 1877 , two years of very great depression at the commencement and the close of the period in- cluded in Mr. Giffen's analysis ...
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... cotton piece - goods were 45 per cent . larger than in the corresponding month last year . In previous years we have observed with regret an increased ex- portation of cotton yarns , and a simultaneous diminu- tion in the exportation of ...
... cotton piece - goods were 45 per cent . larger than in the corresponding month last year . In previous years we have observed with regret an increased ex- portation of cotton yarns , and a simultaneous diminu- tion in the exportation of ...
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... proper proportion to the capital , then business affairs assume their normal Fall in price of cotton . Decrease of British exports. low's ex- steel , unwrought 769,858 382,652 247,606 67-8 35-3 Linen piece Depression of Trade . 11.
... proper proportion to the capital , then business affairs assume their normal Fall in price of cotton . Decrease of British exports. low's ex- steel , unwrought 769,858 382,652 247,606 67-8 35-3 Linen piece Depression of Trade . 11.
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