An Autumn Tour in the United States and CanadaH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 180 páginas |
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... Prices are everywhere very high duties have been imposed since the War in order to pay off the National Debt , and the cost of everything has been raised in propor- tion . Articles of clothing are double or triple the English price ...
... Prices are everywhere very high duties have been imposed since the War in order to pay off the National Debt , and the cost of everything has been raised in propor- tion . Articles of clothing are double or triple the English price ...
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... price ; secondly , in the correction of those improvident and help- less habits which so often defeat all efforts to assist the English working classes . It certainly appears to me that , at the present time , the class most requiring ...
... price ; secondly , in the correction of those improvident and help- less habits which so often defeat all efforts to assist the English working classes . It certainly appears to me that , at the present time , the class most requiring ...
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... price as at the station , and a week before- hand if you like . The comfort of this arrangement is indescribable , and why on earth our conservative railway companies do not adopt it , except on special occasions , such as the Derby or ...
... price as at the station , and a week before- hand if you like . The comfort of this arrangement is indescribable , and why on earth our conservative railway companies do not adopt it , except on special occasions , such as the Derby or ...
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... prices , and Virginia has the advantages of a fine climate , a fertile soil and easy access to good markets ; but ... price of Government lands is a dollar and a quarter ( say five shillings ) an acre . On the North Missouri and other ...
... prices , and Virginia has the advantages of a fine climate , a fertile soil and easy access to good markets ; but ... price of Government lands is a dollar and a quarter ( say five shillings ) an acre . On the North Missouri and other ...
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... prices are exceptionally high , and the cost of living is in proportion . But able - bodied labourers in the West , either on farms or railway works , can earn from two to three dollars a day anywhere ; and there meat is sixpence a ...
... prices are exceptionally high , and the cost of living is in proportion . But able - bodied labourers in the West , either on farms or railway works , can earn from two to three dollars a day anywhere ; and there meat is sixpence a ...
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