| M. B. Hillyard - 1887 - 516 pages
...authoritative opinion upon such a subject. has said of Alabama: "It is the only place upon the North American Continent where it is possible to make iron in competition with the cheap iron of England, as measured not by wages paid, but by the number of days' labor which enter into its production. The... | |
| American Society of Naval Engineers - 1889 - 488 pages
...American Polytechnic Association some years ago, said of this region : " It is, in fact, the only place on the American Continent where it is possible to make...iron in competition with the cheap iron of England. * * * This region, so exhaustless in supplies, so admirably furnished with coal, so conveniently communicating... | |
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