Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 26Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana Freeman Hunt, 1852 - Commerce |
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... cause of a fall of profits . Profits would never fall if wages were not increas- ed ; and , supposing taxation to continue invariable , wages would never be in- creased were it not for the decreasing fertility of the soil , and the ...
... cause of a fall of profits . Profits would never fall if wages were not increas- ed ; and , supposing taxation to continue invariable , wages would never be in- creased were it not for the decreasing fertility of the soil , and the ...
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... cause of the increasing price of food and of in- creasing wages . The concession that men will at all times cultivate the most available soils , and that it is not until a late period that they can be forced into the expenses of ...
... cause of the increasing price of food and of in- creasing wages . The concession that men will at all times cultivate the most available soils , and that it is not until a late period that they can be forced into the expenses of ...
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... existence , but by the quantity offered . If any cause whatever produces alarm in the minds of capitalists , they not only 46 Money of Paper ; or , Inconvertible Paper Money . Pennsylvania, canals and railroads condition of banks.
... existence , but by the quantity offered . If any cause whatever produces alarm in the minds of capitalists , they not only 46 Money of Paper ; or , Inconvertible Paper Money . Pennsylvania, canals and railroads condition of banks.
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... cause they are not redeemable at will , and because their value is exposed to all the fluctuations of the market . We may hence judge of the enormous sacrifice the State would have to make in order to have the pleasure of keep- ing on ...
... cause they are not redeemable at will , and because their value is exposed to all the fluctuations of the market . We may hence judge of the enormous sacrifice the State would have to make in order to have the pleasure of keep- ing on ...
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... great financial crises impossible , the only cause of which is the ex- cessive emission of bank paper , or paper - money . L. C. Art . IV . COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE Money of Paper ; or , Inconvertible Paper - Money . 51.
... great financial crises impossible , the only cause of which is the ex- cessive emission of bank paper , or paper - money . L. C. Art . IV . COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE Money of Paper ; or , Inconvertible Paper - Money . 51.
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Page 763 - ... shall deem proper, under the penalty of forfeiting the shares of stock subscribed for, and all previous payments made thereon, if payment shall not be made by the stockholders...
Page 449 - As the colony increases, the profits of stock gradually diminish. When the most fertile and best situated lands have been all occupied, less profit can be made by the cultivation of what is inferior both in soil and situation, and less interest can be afforded for the stock which is so employed.
Page 28 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
Page 26 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 135 - Keep good company, or none. Never be idle; if your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face.
Page 328 - Courts of Common Pleas, Courts of Probate, justices of the peace, and such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court, as the General Assembly may, from time to time, establish.
Page 42 - A plentiful subsistence increases the bodily strength of the labourer, and the comfortable hope of bettering his condition and of ending his days, perhaps, in ease and plenty animates him to exert that strength to the utmost. Where wages are high, accordingly, we shall always find the workmen more active, diligent, and expeditious than where they are low ; in England, for example, than in Scotland ; in the neighbourhood of great towns, than in remote country places.
Page 100 - Society for the Relief of Distressed and Decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children, has any legitimate tendency to impress on it the character of a revenue law.
Page 763 - ... stock shall consist, the number of directors, and their names, who shall manage the concerns of said company for the first year, and the name of the town and county in which the operations of the said company are to be carried on.
Page 376 - ... proper and necessary for diseases and accidents incident to sea voyages, and for the...