. 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 . upply their own market withcloth, manu
. 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 . upply their own market withcloth, manufactured iron and steel, cutlery,fancy-goods, glassware, railway-material, andmany other things which their high civiliza-tion demands; but neither has their neigh-bor the United States, which is far morepopulous, and has far more capital. TheCanadians are ambitious, and are not con-Annuai im- tent with the situation, when theyportation. reflect that they are obliged toimport about $70,000,000 of manufacturedgoods every year to supply the deficiencies of their own production. Theyare anxious for a policy which shall bring about a more rapidbuilding-up of their own factory-interests. Their spirit in regardto the matter is that which always moves a free, intelligent, pro-gressive race ; yet it must be said that the development thus faris commendable, and will compare favorably with that of anyother agricultural people. The following table shows the degree of development which the industriesof Canada had obtained in 1871, the year of the census : —. TURBINE-WHEEL. Desire ofpeople topromote do-mestic man-ufactures. CAPITAL. EMPLOYEES. WAGES. RAW MATERIAL. PRODUCT. Ontario . $37,874,010 87,28l $21,415,710 $65,II4,804 $II4,706,799 Quebec . 28,071,868 66,714 12,389,673 44, 77,205,182 New Brunswick 5,976,176 18,352 3,869,360 »76o 17,367,687 Nova Scotia . 6,041,966 15>595 3,176,266 5,806,257 12,338,105 Total $77,964,020 187,942 $40,851,009 $124,907,846 $221,617,773 Th
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