. 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 . would have been almost entirely avoide
. 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 . would have been almost entirely avoided, and transporta-tion would have been only a nominal charge. The water-power of the Southwas as abundant and cheap, too, as that of the North. In the North, however, the population was denser, the climate was more invigorating,and the spirit of industry had taken possession of the people. The Statesof the North were under the necessity of undertaking to carry on manufac-tures, because agriculture was less remunerative with them than in the South,and the genius of the people was favorable to employments which calledfor the exercise of great ingenuity, technical skill, and executive ability. TheSouth preferred the charms and independence of the agreeable agriculturallife. Accordingly, in 1831, of the 795 cotton-mills which had then been builtin the United States, and were in active and profitable operation, 508 were inNew England alone, and 738 of the whole number were in New England andthe Middle States. The situation in 1831 was as follows : —. CARD1NG-M ACHINE. MASON MACHINE-WORKS. NO. OF FACTORIES. Maine . New HampshireMassachusetts 840250 OF THE UNITED STATES. 413 Rhode Island 116 94 * New York . .112 Pennsylvania 67 New Jersey 51 Maryland . . . -23 Delaware 10 Virginia . 7 • Other States 17 Total 795 The largest actual development of the industry since 1831 has still beenin the Northern and Eastern States. The largest proportionate building offa
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