The Making of America, Volume 3Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... SHARE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLDS PRODUCTS . PER CENT OF THE WORLD Wheat Corn Oats Potatoes Wine Beer Spirits Sugar Tobacco Cotton Wool Cattle Horses Sheep Hogs Meat Fish Leather Cotton Cloth Woolen Cloth Paper Glass Gold Silver ...
... SHARE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLDS PRODUCTS . PER CENT OF THE WORLD Wheat Corn Oats Potatoes Wine Beer Spirits Sugar Tobacco Cotton Wool Cattle Horses Sheep Hogs Meat Fish Leather Cotton Cloth Woolen Cloth Paper Glass Gold Silver ...
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... share in the world's product of iron ore is less than one fourth , and of pig iron only a little more than one fifth . Her steel product is only about two thirds as large as ours . Great Britain pro- duces half as much iron ore and pig ...
... share in the world's product of iron ore is less than one fourth , and of pig iron only a little more than one fifth . Her steel product is only about two thirds as large as ours . Great Britain pro- duces half as much iron ore and pig ...
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... share of the United States is very nearly one third , or 32 per cent . This is considerably more than double that of Great Britain , with 14 per cent ; more than two and a half times that of Germany , with 12 per cent ; and nearly three ...
... share of the United States is very nearly one third , or 32 per cent . This is considerably more than double that of Great Britain , with 14 per cent ; more than two and a half times that of Germany , with 12 per cent ; and nearly three ...
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... share of this internal trade , and each appre- ciated that its future position would be determined chiefly by the success of its efforts in this direction . The effect of all these changes upon the economic con- dition of the country at ...
... share of this internal trade , and each appre- ciated that its future position would be determined chiefly by the success of its efforts in this direction . The effect of all these changes upon the economic con- dition of the country at ...
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... share , and a few as high as $ 3,000 and $ 4,000 . American canals could hardly hope to prove as profitable as this ; but they did not seem at all visionary enterprises , and the finan- cial success of the early ones created great ...
... share , and a few as high as $ 3,000 and $ 4,000 . American canals could hardly hope to prove as profitable as this ; but they did not seem at all visionary enterprises , and the finan- cial success of the early ones created great ...
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advantages aggregate American amount average stockholding canal capital stock Carnegie Steel company census cent charter Chicago cities coal combination commerce commission competition consolidation corporations cost cotton crude oil deposits distribution dividends dollars earnings economic engineering England enterprises Erie railroad established existence fact favor freight funds important increase independent individual industrial institutions insurance companies interest investment investor J. P. Morgan labor large number less loans machinery manufacturing ment methods million monopoly national banks Ohio Ohio river operation organization output pany Pennsylvania period pipe lines Pittsburg plants policy holder present production profits promoter purchase question railroad railway refiners result roads savings secure shares South Improvement company speculative Standard Oil company Standard Oil trust supply surplus tion trade transportation trust companies twenty union United wages wealth York York Central railroad