Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the National Board of Trade, Volumen4,Parte1871J. H. Eastburn's Press, 1872 |
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... gold has failed to advance proportionally , constitutes the larger part of the dis- abilities under which our ship - builders now labor . I think , however , the gentleman is wrong in supposing that the removal of this disability would ...
... gold has failed to advance proportionally , constitutes the larger part of the dis- abilities under which our ship - builders now labor . I think , however , the gentleman is wrong in supposing that the removal of this disability would ...
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... gold , and that they might be kept prominently before us business men . I have taken , as an illustration , nothing so far fetched but that all will readily appreciate it . If one dollar be invested , and the in- terest added to the ...
... gold , and that they might be kept prominently before us business men . I have taken , as an illustration , nothing so far fetched but that all will readily appreciate it . If one dollar be invested , and the in- terest added to the ...
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... gold , the price of lumber has been steadily advancing . And as to the increase in value of lumber land , it has been beyond all parallel , except it be found in the history of the gold regions of California . The increase during the ...
... gold , the price of lumber has been steadily advancing . And as to the increase in value of lumber land , it has been beyond all parallel , except it be found in the history of the gold regions of California . The increase during the ...
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... gold ; and WHEREAS , It is also necessary that the currency should be elastic , so that the supply should always be equal to the demand ; therefore Resolved , That the Legal Tender and National Bank circulation now in use , meets the ...
... gold ; and WHEREAS , It is also necessary that the currency should be elastic , so that the supply should always be equal to the demand ; therefore Resolved , That the Legal Tender and National Bank circulation now in use , meets the ...
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... gold . I will agree with every gentleman present , that we need a check some- where on the volume of our banking business ; that this check must be found either in the use of gold or of the legal tenders ; that it is necessary there ...
... gold . I will agree with every gentleman present , that we need a check some- where on the volume of our banking business ; that this check must be found either in the use of gold or of the legal tenders ; that it is necessary there ...
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Página 278 - 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.
Página 228 - There are parts of Asia Minor, of northern Africa, of Greece, and even of Alpine Europe, where the operation of causes set in action by man has brought the face of the earth to a desolation almost as complete as that of the moon : and though, within that brief space of time which we call 'the historical period...
Página 277 - ... receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against the United States of every kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin...
Página 277 - ... 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.
Página 19 - Resolved, That this Convention do respectfully request the President of the United States to enter into negotiations with the Government of Great Britain having in view the execution of a Treaty between the two Countries for...
Página 277 - But none of said interestbearing obligations not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity unless at such time United States notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin. And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Página 12 - Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as materially, and not only facilitates the interchange of the various productions of nature and art, but tends to remove national and provincial antipathies, and to bind together all the branches of the great human family.
Página 15 - Fassiaux said in the examination already referred to, " the state railways thus (through a mixed system of ownership) find themselves placed in constant comparison with the railways worked by private companies ; on the one hand stimulating them to general improvements, and on the other hand acting as a sort of check against any attempt to realize extravagant profits at the cost of the public.
Página 309 - The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
Página 27 - States; in order to secure unity and harmony of action in reference to commercial usages, customs and laws; and especially, in order to secure the proper consideration of questions pertaining to the financial, commercial and industrial interests of the country -at large...