Annual Report, Volume 9Boston Board of Trade, 1863 - Boston (Mass.) |
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66 June advance amount Annual army average bags bales Barque bbls Blue Flannel Board of Trade Boot and Shoe Boston Boston Board Brig Broad st Broker casks cent Central wharf Charles Charlestown clothing Coastwise Commercial st Commission Merchant Committee consumption cotton crop current rates December 31 demand Dry Goods Importer ending March 31 England estimate exports Federal st Flour follows Franklin st George Government hands December 31 hhds highest and lowest Importer and Jobber increase India January Jobber John June 30 Kilby st labor Leather Dealer LORENZO SABINE lowest prices manufacture March 31 Milk st Nathaniel Harris November Pearl st Philadelphia ports pounds President Quarter ending March range of prices receipts Report Saltpetre Samuel Sapan wood Schooner Secretary September 30 Ship Shoe and Leather sold spindles stamps Steamer Sunn Hemp Surats Tonnage tons Total Washington st Western William Wool Woolen York
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Page 119 - But the troops were clothed and rescued from severe suffering, and those who saw sentinels walking post about the capital of the United States in freezing weather in their drawers, without trousers or overcoats, will not blame the department for its efforts to clothe them, even in materials not quite so durable as army blue kersey.
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Page 105 - In so far as this quality of cotton is serviceable to the manufacturers of England, India can compete with America ; but if a finer description be required, India cannot adequately supply it. Unless, therefore, such alterations in machinery can be devised as may render the manufacturer indifferent to length and fineness of staple, and of the probability of this others must judge, India is not likely to replace the United States. It seems evident, then, that Indian cotton must continue to hold a subordinate...
Page 105 - Indian cotton may be improved in cleanness, and somewhat reduced in cost, but the general characteristics of its staple will not be materially altered. In so far as this quality of cotton is serviceable to the manufacturers of England, India can compete with America ; but if a finer description be required, India cannot adequately supply it. Unless, therefore, such alterations in machinery can be devised as may render the manufacturer indifferent to length and fineness of staple, and of the probability...
Page 122 - Hut the pay and rations of the American and French service are very different, and the inexperienced American wastes clothing, food, and equipment, which must be again supplied by the Government at any cost, in order to preserve his health and efficiency. In battle the losses of our equipment have been very large. Knapsacks are piled, blankets, overcoats, and other clothing thrown off, and, whether victorious or defeated, the regiments seem seldom to recover the property thus laid aside.
Page 102 - ... progress, when explained in the language of practical life, represents an increase of consumption, in the above period, at the rate of 70,000 bales a year, or 1,350 bales per week. In the next place, let us have our attention directed to the amount of increase which has been going on in our spindles. In the year 1850, according to a Parliamentary return, there were in Great Britain (inclusive of Ireland) 20,858,062 spindles employed upon cotton, and, having reference to the annual consumption...