The Making of America, Volume 3Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... reason that there are few commodities , either food materials , raw materials for manufactures , or manufactured goods , which are not produced in this country ; so that there is little occasion for purchasing goods derived from foreign ...
... reason that there are few commodities , either food materials , raw materials for manufactures , or manufactured goods , which are not produced in this country ; so that there is little occasion for purchasing goods derived from foreign ...
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... reason why the cotton industry in this country was developed by slave instead of by free labor . This difficulty of inducing men in a new country to give up the position of an independent proprietor and become a dependent wage earner ...
... reason why the cotton industry in this country was developed by slave instead of by free labor . This difficulty of inducing men in a new country to give up the position of an independent proprietor and become a dependent wage earner ...
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... reason every slave community devotes itself for the most part to the production of a few staples , like cotton , sugar , tobacco , or rice , and finds it cheaper to purchase its food and other agricultural supplies , as well as its ...
... reason every slave community devotes itself for the most part to the production of a few staples , like cotton , sugar , tobacco , or rice , and finds it cheaper to purchase its food and other agricultural supplies , as well as its ...
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... reason involved much less risk than industries requiring large fixed capital . The conditions for the formation of cor- porations were , therefore , very favorable in these industries . To a great extent , conditions were also favorable ...
... reason involved much less risk than industries requiring large fixed capital . The conditions for the formation of cor- porations were , therefore , very favorable in these industries . To a great extent , conditions were also favorable ...
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... reason for making use of the powers of the state in industrial affairs , which was noted at the beginning , becomes clear . The opening of the west gave rise to an enormous increase in the demand for capital , chiefly to provide works ...
... reason for making use of the powers of the state in industrial affairs , which was noted at the beginning , becomes clear . The opening of the west gave rise to an enormous increase in the demand for capital , chiefly to provide works ...
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