The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 59William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1868 - Commerce |
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... demand , the trade would once more break out were our vigilance relaxed . No export of slaves has taken place for many years from our settlements on the west coast , viz . , the Gambia , Sierra Leone , and Cape Coast Castle ; nor from ...
... demand , the trade would once more break out were our vigilance relaxed . No export of slaves has taken place for many years from our settlements on the west coast , viz . , the Gambia , Sierra Leone , and Cape Coast Castle ; nor from ...
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... demand has for the last ten years or so , been constantly for an improved quality . The consumption of British manufactures seems limited only by the possibility of supplying produce or value in exchange ; thus at the time when returns ...
... demand has for the last ten years or so , been constantly for an improved quality . The consumption of British manufactures seems limited only by the possibility of supplying produce or value in exchange ; thus at the time when returns ...
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... demand for slaves for America . That demand has only now ceased , so that slaves are no longer sent down from these countries to the coast , and they are , therefore , ripe for legitimate commerce . To this rich and popu- lous region ...
... demand for slaves for America . That demand has only now ceased , so that slaves are no longer sent down from these countries to the coast , and they are , therefore , ripe for legitimate commerce . To this rich and popu- lous region ...
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... demand that the necessity for these enormous efforts be clearly demonstrated . That necessity can only be demonstrated by the dread reality of war ; the sole alternative of which is a general disarmament . Of the latter we see no ...
... demand that the necessity for these enormous efforts be clearly demonstrated . That necessity can only be demonstrated by the dread reality of war ; the sole alternative of which is a general disarmament . Of the latter we see no ...
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... demand for goods ; and spinners and manufacturers , long stagnant , accepted immense orders . To fill these engagements , a consumption averaging 66,000 bales per week was required for the first 15 weeks of the year , and the consequent ...
... demand for goods ; and spinners and manufacturers , long stagnant , accepted immense orders . To fill these engagements , a consumption averaging 66,000 bales per week was required for the first 15 weeks of the year , and the consequent ...
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Page 359 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Page 178 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 197 - He unroofs the houses and ships the population to America. The nation is accustomed to the instantaneous creation of wealth. It is the maxim of their economists, "that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing in England has been produced by human hands within the last twelve months.
Page 210 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 185 - It is to be remarked that this ratio would be precisely that in which the quantity of money had been increased. If the whole money in circulation was doubled, prices would be doubled. If it was only increased one-fourth, prices would rise one-fourth.
Page 331 - Most unquestionably there is no "legal tender, and there can be no legal tender in this country, under the authority of this government or any other, but gold and silver, either the coinage of our own mints or foreign coins at rates regulated by congress.
Page 54 - If there be one conclusion more clear than another, deducible from all the history of mankind, it is the danger of hasty and inconsiderate legislation upon weights and measures. From this conviction, the result of all inquiry is, that, while all the existing systems of metrology are very imperfect and susceptible of improvements, involving in no small degree the virtue and happiness of future ages; while the impression of...
Page 46 - The reduction in value of the half-eagle would slightly exceed 17 £ cents; in the sovereign, 4 cents.) 5. The coins of each nation to continue to bear the names and emblems preferred by each, but to be legal tenders, public and private, in all. The...
Page 331 - ... regulated by Congress. This is a constitutional principle, perfectly plain, and of the very highest importance. The states are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts ; and although no such express prohibition is applied to Congress, yet as Congress has no power granted to it, in this respect, but to coin money and to regulate the value of foreign coins, it clearly has no power to substitute paper, or anything else, for coin, as a tender in payment...
Page 46 - Coins of equal weight and diameter. 3. Of equal quality, nine-tenths fine. 4. The weight of the present five-franc gold pieca to be the unit, with its multiples.