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Business and industry too become more varied; and the effect of this prosperous and varied industry shows itself in active and critical minds. Importation from places beyond Poughkeepsie awakened imagination and invited reflection upon the state of the world. All this time the daily wage continued to fall, from $1 and $1.50 in 1814 to 50c., 65c. and 75c. in 1833.
Meantime, a day's wages had fallen from $1 and $1.50 to 65c. and 75c. per day. The increase of the number of kinds of commodities in each evidences the acquirement of varied tastes by this people of the Hill.
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