Anfangsgründe der Volkswirtschaftslehre

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Identifikator:: 1030856788

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-60520

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Gide, Charles http://d-nb.info/gnd/117543985

Title:: Anfangsgründe der Volkswirtschaftslehre

Place of publication:: Halberstadt

Publisher:: H. Meyer's Buchdruckerei, Abteilung Verlag

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (91 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Kapitel VII. Wettbewerb und Zusammenarbeit

Collection:: Economics Books

Cotton 17 NITED STATES ~mmAN FACTORIES ACH DOT REPRESENTS ONE ESTABLISHMENT AB. F1G. 12. There are three points of concentration for cotton manufacturing in the United States: (1) New England, where the finest cloth is woven and where cloth woven elsewhere is dyed and inished ; (2) the region about Philadelphia, where knitting mills are most numerous; (3) the piedmont section at the base of the mountains of the South, where factories are near the source of raw material and can utilize the power from the mountain streams. How a favorable climate causes the cotton industry to prosper. Fall River is further fortunate in being so located that the prevailing southwest wind brings damp air from a broad expanse of ocean. This is of great help in spinning cotton, for the dampness prevents the fibers from becoming brittle and breaking constantly. Western England has this advantage to an even greater degree than Fall River, because of the prevalence of damp west winds. In good cot- ton mills the air is usually dampened by steam jets or fine sprays of water; but in dry regions it is hard to keep the air in the right condi- tion by artificial means, and consequently the thread often breaks, so that it is difficult to make good cloth. Climate is favorable or unfavorable in another way — it has a marked effect on people’s capacity to work. Fall River, like the rest

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