Note XXXII-5 — Chapter XXXII · INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. 1800-1887.
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The annual export was estimated at nearly $1,100,000, but chemical substances having been discovered to take its place for coloring, the decadence of the industry soon followed. Cochineal could not fetch over 2 to 3 francs per kilogr. in France. Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 247.