Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - Industries |
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... bale of cotton a distance of 20 miles is 14 per cent ; the producer receives 98 per cent when he does his own shipping , as he often does . For a distance of 50 miles the railroad receives 2.2 per cent of the value to the consumer ...
... bale of cotton a distance of 20 miles is 14 per cent ; the producer receives 98 per cent when he does his own shipping , as he often does . For a distance of 50 miles the railroad receives 2.2 per cent of the value to the consumer ...
Page 144
... bales . Of this amount the United States produces 80 per cent . The 14 other pro- ducing countries yield the balance . The United States is therefore substantially master of the productive situation as far as raw cotton is concerned ...
... bales . Of this amount the United States produces 80 per cent . The 14 other pro- ducing countries yield the balance . The United States is therefore substantially master of the productive situation as far as raw cotton is concerned ...
Page 145
... bales , while for the rest of the cotton belt , where other forms of tenure prevail , it is 2 bales . ( The Cotton Plant , p . 227. ) 2. THE PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY OF FARM LABOR . The low efficiency of negro labor is one of the causes ...
... bales , while for the rest of the cotton belt , where other forms of tenure prevail , it is 2 bales . ( The Cotton Plant , p . 227. ) 2. THE PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY OF FARM LABOR . The low efficiency of negro labor is one of the causes ...
Page 148
... bale , against $ 25.08 last year , $ 28.62 the year before , and $ 36.76 in 1896-97 . The total value of the crop compares with the previous 5 years as follows : 1899-1900 1898-99 1897-98 1896-97 Values of commercial crops . $ 363 , 784 ...
... bale , against $ 25.08 last year , $ 28.62 the year before , and $ 36.76 in 1896-97 . The total value of the crop compares with the previous 5 years as follows : 1899-1900 1898-99 1897-98 1896-97 Values of commercial crops . $ 363 , 784 ...
Page 149
... Taken altogether , " says Mr. Hammond , " it is generally admitted that the American bale is the 1 The Cotton Plant , p . 353 . 66 clumsiest , dirtiest , most expensive , and most wasteful ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COTTON PRODUCTION . 149.
... Taken altogether , " says Mr. Hammond , " it is generally admitted that the American bale is the 1 The Cotton Plant , p . 353 . 66 clumsiest , dirtiest , most expensive , and most wasteful ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COTTON PRODUCTION . 149.
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