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... agricultural population , will go far to explain the slackness of trade . The present situation of the woollen trade is ana- lysed in a recent number of the ' Statist . ' In 1878 , the net imports of wool were 196,000,000 lbs ...
... agricultural population , will go far to explain the slackness of trade . The present situation of the woollen trade is ana- lysed in a recent number of the ' Statist . ' In 1878 , the net imports of wool were 196,000,000 lbs ...
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... Agricultural Bureau at Washington at 5,500,000 bales , by far the largest ever known , the nearest approach being the crop of 1877 , with 4,811,000 bales . len trade . The history of the woollen trade for 1878 was also The wool ...
... Agricultural Bureau at Washington at 5,500,000 bales , by far the largest ever known , the nearest approach being the crop of 1877 , with 4,811,000 bales . len trade . The history of the woollen trade for 1878 was also The wool ...
Page 106
... - pelled to bear their share of the losses sustained by their employers , and to submit to a proportionate reduction of wages . 107 CHAPTER V. THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST . tion of bad 106 Foreign Work and English Wages .
... - pelled to bear their share of the losses sustained by their employers , and to submit to a proportionate reduction of wages . 107 CHAPTER V. THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST . tion of bad 106 Foreign Work and English Wages .
Page 107
... agriculture has been a Conjune- prominent cause of the falling off in the demand for harvests goods for the home market . The agricultural interest has suffered from two causes , which had never before been combined . The bad harvests ...
... agriculture has been a Conjune- prominent cause of the falling off in the demand for harvests goods for the home market . The agricultural interest has suffered from two causes , which had never before been combined . The bad harvests ...
Page 109
... . When the regular traffic failed , enterprising speculators were tempted by the low fares to send American cattle and American dead meat across the Cost of transport- from America . ocean . The venture The Agricultural Interest . 109.
... . When the regular traffic failed , enterprising speculators were tempted by the low fares to send American cattle and American dead meat across the Cost of transport- from America . ocean . The venture The Agricultural Interest . 109.
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