The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 35F. Hunt, 1856 - Commerce |
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... interest , by harmony of pursuit - so that no class of men present on all important issues a more united front than does the merchant . When , then , we find a body of men who control the commerce of the world , who regulate the ...
... interest , by harmony of pursuit - so that no class of men present on all important issues a more united front than does the merchant . When , then , we find a body of men who control the commerce of the world , who regulate the ...
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... interests of the State collectively do not equal the brain - growing interest alone , either on account of the amount of the investment , or the per cent profit which it can be caused to yield . The great problem of political economy is ...
... interests of the State collectively do not equal the brain - growing interest alone , either on account of the amount of the investment , or the per cent profit which it can be caused to yield . The great problem of political economy is ...
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... interest invested in his body , that is , his food , clothes , & c . , with interest on their cost , will over- reach $ 1,000 by the time he is twenty - one . The average cost , with interest , of raising any person to the age of twenty ...
... interest invested in his body , that is , his food , clothes , & c . , with interest on their cost , will over- reach $ 1,000 by the time he is twenty - one . The average cost , with interest , of raising any person to the age of twenty ...
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... interest on a capital of more than $ 7,000,000,000 . Would not the taxable wealth of the State be increased by every farthing of such an amount , however astound- ing it may seem ? Whence comes the taxable wealth of the State ? Is it ...
... interest on a capital of more than $ 7,000,000,000 . Would not the taxable wealth of the State be increased by every farthing of such an amount , however astound- ing it may seem ? Whence comes the taxable wealth of the State ? Is it ...
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... interest on the capital , forming three - fourths of the profits belonging to the shareholders . 4,000,000 , 1,200,000 , 800,000 , 10 per cent dividend . 3 per cent to the Egyptian government . 2 per cent to himself and his associates ...
... interest on the capital , forming three - fourths of the profits belonging to the shareholders . 4,000,000 , 1,200,000 , 800,000 , 10 per cent dividend . 3 per cent to the Egyptian government . 2 per cent to himself and his associates ...
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