A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . s of the hatter was greatly restricted. Hats might bemade for local use, but could not be sent from colony tocolony, or even from one plantation to another. What little manufacturing took place was principallywithin the limits of the farm-house, where wool and flaxwere carded, spun, and woven into cloth by the women ofthe house, while clothes, hats, shoes, furniture, and farmingimplements were similarly made at home. Mrs. Washing-ton is said to have kept sixteen spinning-wheels going. In1789 there were very few^ manuf
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . s of the hatter was greatly restricted. Hats might bemade for local use, but could not be sent from colony tocolony, or even from one plantation to another. What little manufacturing took place was principallywithin the limits of the farm-house, where wool and flaxwere carded, spun, and woven into cloth by the women ofthe house, while clothes, hats, shoes, furniture, and farmingimplements were similarly made at home. Mrs. Washing-ton is said to have kept sixteen spinning-wheels going. In1789 there were very few^ manufactures within the UnitedStates, and the bulk of the people were farmers. Progress in Man-ufactures. — Duringthe recent century,and particularly sincethe close of thesecond war withGreat Britain, theprogress of manufac-tures in this countryhas been stupendous,and it has given riseto an activity of in-vention and a development of labor-saving machinery whichare without rivalry in the worlds history. As evidence ofthis it may be said that in 1909 the value of manufactured. A Modern Iowek Woolen Loom. 534 STAGES OF PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES. products in the United States was estimated in the censusreports at the vast total of $20,672,052,000. Commerce.—Commercial activity early displayed itselfin the New England colonies, where many ships were built,and a profitable trade was kept up with the West Indiesand Europe. So many vessels were built for sale as tobring loud complaints from British builders. The exportswere principally fish, furs, lumber, and iron. The Southexported rice, indigo, tobacco, tar, and turpentine. Theeffort of Great Britain to confine the trade of America toBritish ports failed, and smuggling went on largely, tea andother luxuries being freely brought from Europe, and sugar,molasses, etc., from the West Indies. During the last century the progress of American com-merce kept pace with that of manufactures. Once con-fined to the exportation of agricultura
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