Journal of the Society of Arts, Volumen52Society of Arts, 1904 |
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... less than 68 per cent . of the whole of the successes were in these two subjects . These are the subjects above all which are required in the lower walks of business life . Languages come next with 16 per cent . , and these are the ...
... less than 68 per cent . of the whole of the successes were in these two subjects . These are the subjects above all which are required in the lower walks of business life . Languages come next with 16 per cent . , and these are the ...
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... less close than with their own neighbouring States . The growth of popula- tion in Mexico has gone on at a rate continu- ally increasing . Having been able , after many vicissitudes to command good government and stability , it has ...
... less close than with their own neighbouring States . The growth of popula- tion in Mexico has gone on at a rate continu- ally increasing . Having been able , after many vicissitudes to command good government and stability , it has ...
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... less extent , English , and the ultimate aspiration of them all was Greek . There was no indication what- ever of the Gothic taste , and if American litera- ture , and the general scope of the American genius were examined , this would ...
... less extent , English , and the ultimate aspiration of them all was Greek . There was no indication what- ever of the Gothic taste , and if American litera- ture , and the general scope of the American genius were examined , this would ...
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... less than five years to follow your example . " In a letter to Mr. Ashworth , written in 1842 , Mr. Cobden expressed his anticipation that Free Trade " will gradually and imperceptibly loosen the bonds that unite our colonies to us by a ...
... less than five years to follow your example . " In a letter to Mr. Ashworth , written in 1842 , Mr. Cobden expressed his anticipation that Free Trade " will gradually and imperceptibly loosen the bonds that unite our colonies to us by a ...
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... less than £ 84,000,000 . " The main characteristics of continental tariffs before 1860 were prohibitions to import , high duties more or less equivalent to prohibi- tions , and Customs regulations restrictive to foreign trade . In the ...
... less than £ 84,000,000 . " The main characteristics of continental tariffs before 1860 were prohibitions to import , high duties more or less equivalent to prohibi- tions , and Customs regulations restrictive to foreign trade . In the ...
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Página 55 - That this conference recognizes that the principle of preferential trade between the United Kingdom and His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas would stimulate and facilitate mutual commercial intercourse, and would, by promoting the development of the resources and industries of the several parts, strengthen the Empire.
Página 274 - Is the Queen of England to be the sovereign of an empire, growing, expanding, strengthening itself from age to age, striking its roots deep into fresh earth and drawing new supplies of vitality from virgin soils? Or is she to be for all essential purposes of might and power, monarch of Great Britain and Ireland merely— her place and that of her line in the world's history determined by the productiveness of 12,000 square miles of a coal formation, which is being rapidly exhausted, and...
Página 274 - You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without severing the bonds which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain the degree of perfection, and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire.
Página 37 - The tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity nor unity of purpose : no general principles seem to have been applied. The tariff...
Página 39 - But, depend upon it, your example will ultimately prevail. When your example could be quoted in favour of restriction, it was quoted largely; when your example can be quoted in favour of relaxation, as conducive to your interests, it may perhaps excite at first, in Foreign Governments, or foreign Boards of Trade, but little interest or feeling; but the sense of the people - of the great body of consumers - will prevail; and, in spite of the desire of governments and Boards of Trade to raise revenue...
Página 147 - In manufactures, a very small advantage will enable foreigners to undersell our own workmen, even in the home market. It will require a very great one to enable them to do so in the rude produce of the soil. If the free importation of foreign manufactures were permitted, several of the home manufactures would probably suffer, and some of them, perhaps, go to ruin altogether, and a considerable part of the stock and industry at present employed in them would be forced to •find out some other employment....
Página 55 - That with a view, however, to promoting the increase of trade within the Empire, it is desirable that those Colonies which have not already adopted such a policy should, as far as their circumstances permit, give substantial preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the United Kingdom.
Página 344 - for having established, after most laborious research, the true relation between heat, electricity, and mechanical work, thus affording to the engineer a sure guide in the application of science to industrial pursuits.
Página 59 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable...
Página 39 - Take the great change in the corn laws ; it may even possibly be doubted whether up to this time you have given them cheaper bread — at best it is but a trifle cheaper than before...