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“... 8,815 107,532 2,620 1,845 1,000 1.238 11,632 ::: 3.'iso 43,443
As is well known, in the heavier kinds of piece-goods the United States.
United States long ago outstripped England. They have now
completely resumed the prominent position from which they
seemed to be declining a couple of years ago. It is to be
anticipated that India in piece-goods, and Japan both in India and
piece-goods and yarn, will yearly absorb a larger portion of the Japan,
trade, unless, indeed, China, with her new mills, should be
able to acquire it and keep it herself. The Chinese native cloth Native clotli.
entered in the table above is, I believe, to a great extent woven
from foreign yarn. The magnitude of the import, which has
increased 9-fold in 1 year, is worthy of serious attention. It
shows what, with cheap silver, can be effected by hand-labour Manual
in competition with modern machinery, when the latter is in
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