Under this tariff we raised more than one hundred millions during most of the years of the war. with steadily increasing imports. Under this tariff. up to the financial panic of 1873. this country was more prosperous than ever before. Manufactures sprang into existence all over the country. agriculturo unburdened itself of debt. the people were everywhere employed and liberally rewarded. immigration crowded to our shores with money and skillful hands. new States were populated and organized. and the productive power of the country filled it with abundance. In the ten years from 1860 to 1870. in the nine old or Eastern and Middle manufacturing States. our manufactures increased 120 per cent. and in nine Western States 257 per cent. The value of the iron and steel product of the country may be safely estimated at from one hundred and twentyfive to one hundred and fifty million dollars. having trebled in ten years. and of this amount from fifty to fiftyfive millions was paid for labor.
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