. A complete geography. re, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Galveston, and San Fran-cisco. The total value of our exports in 1898 was 11,231,482,330 ;of our imports, $616,049,654. Some imports are permitted to enter the country free; but upon mostof them there is a duty, that is, a charge for the privilege of entering thecountry. This duty is a source of income or revenue for the is also intended to serve as a protection to home industries by preventingforeign products from being sold in our country at a lower rate than wecan produce them. However, it sometimes causes considerable har
. A complete geography. re, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Galveston, and San Fran-cisco. The total value of our exports in 1898 was 11,231,482,330 ;of our imports, $616,049,654. Some imports are permitted to enter the country free; but upon mostof them there is a duty, that is, a charge for the privilege of entering thecountry. This duty is a source of income or revenue for the is also intended to serve as a protection to home industries by preventingforeign products from being sold in our country at a lower rate than wecan produce them. However, it sometimes causes considerable example, a citizen of the United States, living even on the veryborder of Canada, cannot buy from that country such articles as lumberand wood pulp without paying a duty upon them. This causes us to paya higher price for some articles than we would have to pay if no dutywere placed upon them. Therefore, the boundary line between two neigh-boring countries is often of real importance as a barrier to free Fig. 262. Massachusetts. I^nnsylvania. Ji New York. Rhodeld. ^ ^ $36,171,295 $ $3^ ^^p /^T^\\ ? Fig. 263. Value of the manufacture of textiles (cotton, wool, etc.) in the five leading textile manufacturing states. Neyv Ybrtc $&!
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