Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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... demand for them , in consequence of the admitted increase of population and wealth , and such part would have no effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that ...
... demand for them , in consequence of the admitted increase of population and wealth , and such part would have no effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that ...
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... demand for wheat , when it constitutes the bread of a community , is more steady than that of almost any other article , its price rises more in scarce years , and falls more in years of plenty . There being less variation in the demand ...
... demand for wheat , when it constitutes the bread of a community , is more steady than that of almost any other article , its price rises more in scarce years , and falls more in years of plenty . There being less variation in the demand ...
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... demand for both metals since the discovery of America ; and this extra demand tends to check depreciation . So , on the other hand , many mines that were profitably worked when gold was sixteen times as valuable as sil- ver , will cease ...
... demand for both metals since the discovery of America ; and this extra demand tends to check depreciation . So , on the other hand , many mines that were profitably worked when gold was sixteen times as valuable as sil- ver , will cease ...
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... demand more than keeps pace with it ; and such , in all prob- ability , will continue to be the case for many years to come , unless Divine Providence should interpose to arrest its progress . The plan of sending opium from Bengal to ...
... demand more than keeps pace with it ; and such , in all prob- ability , will continue to be the case for many years to come , unless Divine Providence should interpose to arrest its progress . The plan of sending opium from Bengal to ...
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... demand being so much greater than the supply , it sold for almost double its former prices , bringing from $ 1,000 to even $ 1,600 per chest . Mr. Tiffany , in his work on China , states that the members of one English house made in ...
... demand being so much greater than the supply , it sold for almost double its former prices , bringing from $ 1,000 to even $ 1,600 per chest . Mr. Tiffany , in his work on China , states that the members of one English house made in ...
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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 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 109 - ... 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 109 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 110 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 662 - States in the same from the said foreign nation or from any other foreign country, the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer...
Page 109 - Convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by Ship Canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, — the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, has conferred full powers on JOHN M.
Page 110 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or...
Page 109 - Britain, in according their protection to the construction of the said canal, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security when completed, always understand that this protection and guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be withdrawn by both Governments, or either Government...
Page 399 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.