Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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... average price of merchandise in .. 543 steamboats built at ..... 66 569 66 scaleage on , at Baltimore .. goods , manufacture of .. 665 679 66 223 66 statistics of manufactures of ...... 683 import and export trade of ....... 539 Cities ...
... average price of merchandise in .. 543 steamboats built at ..... 66 569 66 scaleage on , at Baltimore .. goods , manufacture of .. 665 679 66 223 66 statistics of manufactures of ...... 683 import and export trade of ....... 539 Cities ...
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... average price of wheat had fallen in that time from four ounces of silver a quarter to two ounces . This last price , he says , continued unchanged until about the year 1570 , from which he infers that the mines of America seem not to ...
... average price of wheat had fallen in that time from four ounces of silver a quarter to two ounces . This last price , he says , continued unchanged until about the year 1570 , from which he infers that the mines of America seem not to ...
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... average , and thus give us false views of the value of the articles with which wheat has been compared . Besides ... averages , and have been generally blended by those who have speculated on their depreciation , and because , moreover ...
... average , and thus give us false views of the value of the articles with which wheat has been compared . Besides ... averages , and have been generally blended by those who have speculated on their depreciation , and because , moreover ...
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... average the whole amount they would then produce would be $ 40,000,000 ; making the extraordinary ac- cession of gold from the Russian and Californian mines for the year $ 60,000,000 ; which is nearly 4 per cent on the supposed amount ...
... average the whole amount they would then produce would be $ 40,000,000 ; making the extraordinary ac- cession of gold from the Russian and Californian mines for the year $ 60,000,000 ; which is nearly 4 per cent on the supposed amount ...
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... average profits of mining labor does not ex- ceed , or much exceed , that of other occupations - at least in the United States . When greater facilities for going thither from the Atlantic States shall be afforded by railroad or canal ...
... average profits of mining labor does not ex- ceed , or much exceed , that of other occupations - at least in the United States . When greater facilities for going thither from the Atlantic States shall be afforded by railroad or canal ...
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Page 403 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 401 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Page 397 - say, because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body ? And if the ear shall say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...
Page 397 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand; i have no need of thee ; nor again the head to the feet : I have no need of you.
Page 80 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 109 - America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 110 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass, between the States or Governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of...
Page 398 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Page 72 - The General Assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three commissioners whose duty it shall be to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of the courts of justice.
Page 401 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.