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Growth of the Textile Industry from the Hand Industries
to Use of Machinery and the Factory System--Great
Britain, the Greatest Cotton Manufacturing Country of
the World in Proportion to Population--The United
States the World’s Greatest Producer of Raw
Cotton--Contrast of Manufacturing Methods in the
United States and Europe--Great Britain the World’s
Principal Cotton Manufacturer for Exportation--The
United States a Large Manufacturer but Chiefly for
her Own People--Light Grades of Cotton Manufactured
in Europe--History of the Textile Industry--Description
of the Manufacture of Textiles--Cotton Manufacturing
has Outgrown that of Other Textiles--History of its
Manufacture in India, in Asia Minor, in America, and,
in Recent Years, in Japan--Other Oriental Countries
Manufacture by the Hand Processes--Growth of the Use
of Machinery in Cotton Manufacturing, from the
Spinning Wheel and Spinning Jenny to Modern Machine
Methods--The Textile Industry of the United States.

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The United States the World’s Greatest Manufacturer--
Its System Developed More Recently than that of
Europe--Has Utilized Modern Methods in Combination
with Large Sums of Capital--The United States the
Only Nation Taking a Census of Manufactures--The
Gross and Net Value of Manufactures as Reported by
the Census--Relation of the Gross and Net Figures to
Those of Other Countries--Acceptance of the Lowest
Estimate of Manufactures in the United States Places
her Products Far in Excess of Those of any Other
Nation--Growth of Manufacturing has Outgrown
Consuming Power of the People and Resulted in Rapid
Growth in Exportation--Manufactures Form a Growing
Share of Exports--Principal Manufactured Articles
Exported and Principal Countries to which Sent.