Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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... supply afforded by the mines of Europe , at about half of 1 per cent . Exported to the East , suppose $ 1,000,000 * a year . 26,000,000 68,000,000 94,000,000 $ 163,000,000 The whole accession from the American mines in 1560 ... which is ...
... supply afforded by the mines of Europe , at about half of 1 per cent . Exported to the East , suppose $ 1,000,000 * a year . 26,000,000 68,000,000 94,000,000 $ 163,000,000 The whole accession from the American mines in 1560 ... which is ...
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... supply of the precious metals went no doubt to meet the increased 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 ...
... supply of the precious metals went no doubt to meet the increased 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 ...
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... supply and demand an equi- librium between the two will , sooner or later , be restored . Should gold fall to one - half of its present price -- that is , to be only eight times the value of silver -- the real value expended for it in ...
... supply and demand an equi- librium between the two will , sooner or later , be restored . Should gold fall to one - half of its present price -- that is , to be only eight times the value of silver -- the real value expended for it in ...
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... supply has rapidly increased , the 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 ...
... supply has rapidly increased , the 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 ...
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... 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 this way , at the close of the war , from ...
... 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 this way , at the close of the war , from ...
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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...
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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.