Excerpt from Flax Culture: An Outline of the History and Present Condition of the Flax Industry in the United States, and a Consideration of the Influence Exerted on It by Legislation This volume aims to be brief, readable, and pertinent to the point at issue; name ly, that a duty on imported flax is unneces sary, and a hinderance to the development of the flax-growing and linen-manufac turing industries in the United States. The facts and figures upon which this study is based are taken almost entirely from publications of the United States Government, and the object has been to tell the story, so far as is possible, in the words of the government experts. Pre quent references have been made for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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