The History of the Cotton Famine: From the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works ActSaunders, Otley, and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 350 |
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... loss of this trade , on which she was supposed to lean , made no unsightly gaps in her revenue , and was not suf- fered to influence her policy . They will fail , also , in a very important duty , if they do not inculcate , from the ...
... loss of this trade , on which she was supposed to lean , made no unsightly gaps in her revenue , and was not suf- fered to influence her policy . They will fail , also , in a very important duty , if they do not inculcate , from the ...
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... loss of appetite for upwards of two years . The weight of raw cotton and of manu- factures at this time in the hands , or at the disposal of the British cotton trade , cannot have fallen far short of 1,000,000,000 lb. This was in their ...
... loss of appetite for upwards of two years . The weight of raw cotton and of manu- factures at this time in the hands , or at the disposal of the British cotton trade , cannot have fallen far short of 1,000,000,000 lb. This was in their ...
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... loss of their cottage rentals . If they have given their time freely to the organisation of committees , and to the dispensation of relief , -if they have never screwed their cottage rents from relief allow- ances , nor taken advantage ...
... loss of their cottage rentals . If they have given their time freely to the organisation of committees , and to the dispensation of relief , -if they have never screwed their cottage rents from relief allow- ances , nor taken advantage ...
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... losses even at this period ; but if so , these were due to his own want of judgment or of capital . At this time there were two classes of men , one on either side of the Atlantic , who were becoming enormously enriched , the one ...
... losses even at this period ; but if so , these were due to his own want of judgment or of capital . At this time there were two classes of men , one on either side of the Atlantic , who were becoming enormously enriched , the one ...
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... sufficient to repay at least a considerable portion of the loss of wages and profits during the two years of famine . Where this profit rests , cannot precisely be known ; in what proportion it has been 56 HISTORY OF THE.
... sufficient to repay at least a considerable portion of the loss of wages and profits during the two years of famine . Where this profit rests , cannot precisely be known ; in what proportion it has been 56 HISTORY OF THE.
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American amount Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne assistance authority bales Blackburn boards of guardians capital cent Central Executive Committee Central Relief Committee charitable clothing condition considerable cotton districts Cotton Famine cotton manufacture cotton supply cotton trade demand difficulty distress duty emigration employment England English equal estimated expenditure extent fact factory facturers Farnall Glossop Government hands Haslingden honour improvement increase India interest labour Lancashire land large number less Liverpool loans Lord Lord Derby machinery Manchester Mansion House Committee manufac manufacturing districts ment mills months Oldham operatives outdoor outdoor relief parish persons Poor Law Board poor-rates population possessed post 8vo pound Preston production profits rate of relief rate-in-aid rateable value ratepayers raw material Ready received relief funds Rochdale shillings spindles Staleybridge Stockport subscriptions suffering sufficient Surat tion towns township unemployed Union Relief Aid Villiers wages week Wigan yarn
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