The Industrial State, Vol. 4: 1870-1893 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Bogart, Ernest Ludlow

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ISBN 10: 1330972856 ISBN 13: 9781330972854

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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The authors desire to express their appreciation Of valuable assistance which has been rendered in the preparation of this volume. The writer of the chapters on economic development wishes to note the aid given by the following research assistants in the preparation of preliminary studies and reports on special phases Of the subject. These were Yetta Scheftel, manufac tures; George H. Newlove, agriculture; Clare E. Griffin, railroad transportation; Walter Prichard, road and water transportation; E. B. Mittelman, labor. For the use of this material, however, and for any errors Of fact or judgment the author alone Should be held responsible. Because of the author's entrance into war service, Miss Nellie Barrett Of the Illinois State Geological Survey staff was engaged to write chapter eighteen on mining.

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The period between 1870 and 1893 has probably been equaled by no other period of equal length in our history for the magnitude and far-reaching importance of the economic changes that occurred within its span. Until this time Illinois had ranked as an agricultural state, standing high among the states of the union in almost every branch of farming. Its expansion along these lines still went on apace. But in addition to agriculture the state began now to develop concurrently other lines of industry. The coal fields of southern Illinois began to be tapped and the mining Industry began to be developed. At the same time manufactures were built up along lines for which the state was peculiarly suited by reason of the presence of the necessary raw materials. Industry was thus diversified, cities were established, and the interests of the people of Illinois expanded and broadened. Important social and political results accompanied these economic changes.

Partly result and partly cause of these movements was the enlargement and transformation of the transportation system. This period saw a vast extension of the railway and a corresponding decline of water transportation. Traffic now passed from west to east and no longer from north to south. The diversion of freight from the Mississippi river and its tributaries to the railroads was definitely consummated. The mechanism of credit and exchange also underwent the same expansion as did the machinery of transportation, and was fitted to the needs of a growing industrial state rather than of one purely agricultural.

Not only in Illinois, but throughout the United States as a whole, this period was one of extraordinary economic expansion, of exploitation of natural resources, and of unbridled competition. It offered rich rewards to the energetic, the daring, and the far-sighted business man.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1330972856
• ISBN 13: 9781330972854
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 608