The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . n at Bostonin the first week of August, immediately after the outbreak of thewar. At this convention orders usually are received representing themovement of about half the apple crojj. The shijjpers for yearshave been enabled to place their crop by this means, and it has beentheir custom to go home, after the convention, with the final arrange-ments ma
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . n at Bostonin the first week of August, immediately after the outbreak of thewar. At this convention orders usually are received representing themovement of about half the apple crojj. The shijjpers for yearshave been enabled to place their crop by this means, and it has beentheir custom to go home, after the convention, with the final arrange-ments made conceining shipments, and to rush the fruit away. Butat the convention this j^ear thei*e Avas not a single large order, andno apples are being packed for European shipment. Cotton is another crop that is hard hit by the war. Despite ofthe fact that the crop is of unusual excellence in the United States,this will be of little service to cotton-growers immediately. By farthe largest amount of the raw cotton produced in this country is ex-ported to English mills, only one fourth of it, and that of the lowergrades, being retained in the United States. There has been a largeover-production of cotton goods, and for some time past the cotton. EoO I- 3 > 111 _1_1 h DC< hOOh. z< Q<Z < o E <5 o 2 395 396 EFFECT OF WAR ON WESTERN WORLD mills in the United Kingdom have been running on half time. Asthe warehouses in the Orient and elsewhere are filled with manufac-tured cotton goods, no profit worth considering will accrue to Ameri-can cotton-growers. But, should the war last long enough to depletethe stocks now on hand, there will be the opportunity of a lifetime inthe cotton business. Not only will the American manufacturer beable to dispose of his output at a good profit, but he will have alsothe ojjjjortunity of manufacturing a higher grade of goods than hasheretofore been produced in the United States. In the metal trades the market is strong. With a widespread and
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