Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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... labor to come here , but the labor of this class continues to come , even if not in the same way , and the total amount of it has not been materially reduced . Even if the contract - labor laws were enforced intelligently and thoroughly ...
... labor to come here , but the labor of this class continues to come , even if not in the same way , and the total amount of it has not been materially reduced . Even if the contract - labor laws were enforced intelligently and thoroughly ...
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... LABOR In the manufacture of agricultural implements new machinery has , in the opinion of some of the best manu- facturers of such implements , displaced fully fifty per cent of the muscular labor formerly employed , as , for instance ...
... LABOR In the manufacture of agricultural implements new machinery has , in the opinion of some of the best manu- facturers of such implements , displaced fully fifty per cent of the muscular labor formerly employed , as , for instance ...
Page 186
... labor necessary for the production of goods in like di- rections . Taking up some of the leading staples , the facts show that the per capita consumption of cotton in this country in 1830 was 5.9 pounds ; in 1880 , 13.91 pounds ; while ...
... labor necessary for the production of goods in like di- rections . Taking up some of the leading staples , the facts show that the per capita consumption of cotton in this country in 1830 was 5.9 pounds ; in 1880 , 13.91 pounds ; while ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 11 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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