626 U. S. Consul 3IcDongalVs Report on Oils and Jute at Dundee. 



Jute imported into Dundee. 



"The enormous consumption of coarse goods by botli armies in the American 

 war, 1861-'65, gave the next market stimuhis to the jute trade. The prices ob- 

 tained during this war for jute goods were unprecedented in the history of tlie trade, 

 and they have never since been so high, and those engaged in the trade during 

 this period were thus enabled to amass handsome fortunes. The prosperity gave 

 the trade a firm footing in Dundee, and induced spinners and manufacturers to 

 buikl more new works and to go on making additions to the old ones. I cannot 

 give you the exact mimber of jute factories, «&c., in operation at the end of tiie 

 American war, but the next statement proves that there must have been a most 

 favorable increase of jute machinery in these few years, when it is understood 

 that the greater proportion of the total increase here shown refers to the jute 

 trade, and almost solely in this locality." 



