Essentials of United States history . 180 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY make anything. It was not long after this that Mr. Whitneysucceeded in making a successful cotton gin. Immediatelythe raising of cotton became profitable in the South and themanufacture of cotton cloth on a large scale was made pos-sible in the North. In 1790 less than ten thousand bales ofcotton were raised in the United States; in 1900 ten million. Copyright, 1892, by J. Horgan, Jr. The Cotton Gin in Operation. bales were produced, the value of which was more than fivehundred million dollars. 207. Commerce. — At th
Essentials of United States history . 180 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY make anything. It was not long after this that Mr. Whitneysucceeded in making a successful cotton gin. Immediatelythe raising of cotton became profitable in the South and themanufacture of cotton cloth on a large scale was made pos-sible in the North. In 1790 less than ten thousand bales ofcotton were raised in the United States; in 1900 ten million. Copyright, 1892, by J. Horgan, Jr. The Cotton Gin in Operation. bales were produced, the value of which was more than fivehundred million dollars. 207. Commerce. — At the close of the Revolution theUnited States found her commerce gone. A coasting trade,to be sure, was carried on between the North and the South,but there was practically no foreign commerce. English THE UNITED STATES IN 1790 181 ports were closed to American exports, and the West Indiesno longer bought the products of the North unless theywere brought in English ships. The seaports of Europewere open to the United States, but Congress had no powerto make treaties governing trade with foreign nations. Notuntil the new Constitution went into force did prosperityreturn to the seaboard towns. 208. Fisheries. — From the earliest colonial times thehardy sailors of New England had carried on an extensivefishing industry, not only in the nearby waters but also onthe great banks of Newfoundland. Dried fish had been one ofth
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