The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 26F. Hunt, 1852 - Commerce |
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... increase of agricultural production must have been to have thus effectively kept in a state of independence a popula- tion which has advanced with so great a degree of rapidity , " says , " the one article of wheat has been selected ...
... increase of agricultural production must have been to have thus effectively kept in a state of independence a popula- tion which has advanced with so great a degree of rapidity , " says , " the one article of wheat has been selected ...
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... increase of capital is requi- site to keep it in advance of population . An advance each year upon the last , of 2.81 per cent will double population in twenty - five years , and this is a rate so rapid as to have been taken by Malthus ...
... increase of capital is requi- site to keep it in advance of population . An advance each year upon the last , of 2.81 per cent will double population in twenty - five years , and this is a rate so rapid as to have been taken by Malthus ...
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... increase more rapidly than population , " asks R. S. , " what gives capital a continually increasing power over the wages of labor ? " It has been shown that labor is more and more emancipating itself with the progress of population and ...
... increase more rapidly than population , " asks R. S. , " what gives capital a continually increasing power over the wages of labor ? " It has been shown that labor is more and more emancipating itself with the progress of population and ...
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... increase that the richer soils are brought into cultivation . ' " In this proposition of Mr. Carey's there is a ... increasing price of food , that society can be forced into the expenses of clearing and draining , which in some ...
... increase that the richer soils are brought into cultivation . ' " In this proposition of Mr. Carey's there is a ... increasing price of food , that society can be forced into the expenses of clearing and draining , which in some ...
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... increases by so much the mass in circulation ; an increase which becomes very considerable in proportion as new emissions take place , and which , in consequence , diminishes the value of the money of the country , by taking from it ...
... increases by so much the mass in circulation ; an increase which becomes very considerable in proportion as new emissions take place , and which , in consequence , diminishes the value of the money of the country , by taking from it ...
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Page 25 - States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use, (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
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 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 765 - ... chairman of the meeting, and also a suitable person for secretary, and proceed to a vote of those present, in person or by proxy ; and if on canvassing the votes it shall appear that a sufficient number of votes has been given in favor of increasing or diminishing the amount of capital...
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.
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 763 - All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares of stock...
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 764 - ' stockholder" as used in this section shall apply not only to such persons as appear by the books of the corporation to be such, but also to every equitable owner of stock, although the same appear on the books in the name of another...