Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . COMBIXG MACHIXE. l^From 2^hotogm2>hs sup2y^i^i ^V Messrs. Dobson d: Barlow, Bolton.) 796 THE 8UG0E8SI0N OF THE BEMOCRAGY. trade. Thus, in 1851 there was consumed in (Jreat Britaina quantity of cotton weighing- (:)59,000,t)00 lbs. This hadincreased by to .S-10,000,000 lbs., and in ISOO reached1,084,000,000 lbs. Then came the terrible years of theAmerican Civil War, during
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . COMBIXG MACHIXE. l^From 2^hotogm2>hs sup2y^i^i ^V Messrs. Dobson d: Barlow, Bolton.) 796 THE 8UG0E8SI0N OF THE BEMOCRAGY. trade. Thus, in 1851 there was consumed in (Jreat Britaina quantity of cotton weighing- (:)59,000,t)00 lbs. This hadincreased by to .S-10,000,000 lbs., and in ISOO reached1,084,000,000 lbs. Then came the terrible years of theAmerican Civil War, during which consumption fell to littlemore than one-third of the figures of 1800. After the conclu-sion of peace in 1865 the importation of cotton at once beganagain to increase, reaching in that year to 72.!,000,000 lbs.,and showing in 1870 a consumption of 1,078,000,000 lbs., of 1,228,000,000 lbs., while in 1885 the consumption wasabout 3,500,000 bales, or 1,400,000,000 lbs. Of course England has not been alone in thus ad\, (Jermany, Russia, the United States, and even far-offEastern lands, such as India, China, and Japan, have eagerlyjoined m the race. ISut in .spite of the continued etibrt
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