Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - Industries |
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... Western , 70 per cent ; and the Delaware , Lackawanna and Western , 44 per cent . The greatest reduction in grain rates during this period was 42 per cent , and the difference between the level of rates on the grain roads in 1880 and ...
... Western , 70 per cent ; and the Delaware , Lackawanna and Western , 44 per cent . The greatest reduction in grain rates during this period was 42 per cent , and the difference between the level of rates on the grain roads in 1880 and ...
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... Western wool reaches the Eastern manufacturer at Philadelphia at a cost of from 3 to 4 cents per pound . At 20 cents per pound to the Philadelphia factory the distributing agencies would receive 20 per cent of its value and the producer ...
... Western wool reaches the Eastern manufacturer at Philadelphia at a cost of from 3 to 4 cents per pound . At 20 cents per pound to the Philadelphia factory the distributing agencies would receive 20 per cent of its value and the producer ...
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... western Europe . There the equilibrium between agricultural production and consumption by cities is wanting . The cities consume more farm products than the farms can produce at modern prices . This is more so in Germany than in France ...
... western Europe . There the equilibrium between agricultural production and consumption by cities is wanting . The cities consume more farm products than the farms can produce at modern prices . This is more so in Germany than in France ...
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... western end of this northern- most belt of farm country neither the facilities for consumption nor the agencies for distribution have had so remarkable a development ; but if the commercial outlook for the distribution of American farm ...
... western end of this northern- most belt of farm country neither the facilities for consumption nor the agencies for distribution have had so remarkable a development ; but if the commercial outlook for the distribution of American farm ...
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... western Pennsylvania , it is evident that he must either raise the price , in spite of the understanding with his fellow - dealers , or must go into a territory , such as eastern Ohio , where the farm price of eggs is consider- ably ...
... western Pennsylvania , it is evident that he must either raise the price , in spite of the understanding with his fellow - dealers , or must go into a territory , such as eastern Ohio , where the farm price of eggs is consider- ably ...
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