On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 09:09 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > > To reiterate the quote that I had provided before from Engels: > > >> ... In 1856, the total imports and exports by sea of the United State >> amounted to $641,604,850. Of this amount, *75.2 per cent* were carried in >> American, and only 24.8 per cent in foreign vessels. British ocean >> steamers were already then encroaching upon American sailing vessels; yet, >> in 1860, of a total seagoing trade of $762,288,550, American vessels still >> carried 66.5 per cent. >> >> > >
So that five-year period is supposed to prove something by itself? Where is the context? For instance, what was happening to British worldwide trade, including the exploitive trade with India? And it was a good five years overall for the U.S. economy according to this chart. (The red ellipse was on the original web page.) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33731): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33731 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109762258/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
