Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time- being a complete survey of American industries, embracing agriculture and horticulture; including the (14572588789)

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Title: Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: being a complete survey of American industries, embracing agriculture and horticulture; including the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, wheat; the raising of horses, neat-cattle, etc.; all the important manufactures, shipping and fisheries, railroads, mines and mining, and oil; also a history of the coal-miners and the Molly Maguires; banks, insurance, and commerce; trade-unions, strikes, and eight-hour movement; together with a description of Canadian industries

Year: 1878 (1870s)

Authors: Bolles, Albert Sidney, 1846-1939

Subjects: Industries Industries

Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : The Henry Bill pub. Company

Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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he yield is concerned, if not OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 better; and that acclimated whites can do good service on the cotton-planta-tion,— yet practically the work of raising our cotton was, until the late civilwar, done altogether by the negroes of this country; and they have been animportant means in the extension of the industry. Fourthly, the expansion of the area of the United States in the Southnaturally gave further development to cotton-culture. At the close of thelast century, as we have already indicated, the little cotton grown Expansionin this country was confined almost entirely to South Carolina and of area ofGeorgia. From the former it extended into North Carolina, and cotton- ° culture. from the latter into what soon became the State of Alabama.Kentucky and Tennessee were rapidly occupied by settlers at that period ofour history, and the latter gave great attention to cotton. At the commence-ment of the present century the Louisiana purchase gave us the State of that

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0 COTTON-GIN. name, Arkansas, and other territory beyond the Mississippi, which soon wasoccupied and developed. The State of Mississippi rose to the dignity ofsisterhood in our Union. Florida was annexed in 1820, and finally Texaswas added to our domain in 1845. Each of these territorial acquisitions, andthe enterprise thereby stimulated, gave impetus to this particular branch ofAmerican agriculture. And, fifthly, the great foreign demand for this product of America has 54 INDUSTRIAL HISTORY conduced enormously to its culture. To be sure, much of the cotton whichwe exported for manufacture abroad, particularly in England, came back to usagain for our own use as clothing. But, inasmuch as our manufac- Exportation. ° turing industry was not developed, we could not have utilized thestaple, and would not have had any occasion to raise it if Europe had notcalled for it. And the demand was the greater, because it was soon discoveredthat our cotton was altogether the best in the world. For

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