Alleged Decline of the British Cotton Industry
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Part I of Elijah Helm's article in the Economic Journal, answering a Blackwood's Magazine claim that the British cotton industry, especially in Lancashire, is in permanent decline. Using statistical tables on spindles, cotton consumption, yarn and piece-goods exports, cotton weight in exports versus home use, and loom numbers (roughly 1874-1892), he argues the industry has kept growing, slowly. He discusses the shift of spinning from North to South Lancashire, joint-stock spinning companies, and weaving sheds. The scan ends with the start of an unrelated short note, 'The Villa and the Manor'.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1892
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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