Outlines of American Foreign CommerceGinn, 1923 - 321 pages |
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Page 119
... British struc- tural material for our railroads , and other foreign goods for the general upbuilding of the country , continued to swell the im- ports . Consequently , until the crisis of 1873 , there was an excess of imports over ...
... British struc- tural material for our railroads , and other foreign goods for the general upbuilding of the country , continued to swell the im- ports . Consequently , until the crisis of 1873 , there was an excess of imports over ...
Page 160
... British steamships . With the more common introduction of steamers into the transatlantic business , they won from the sailing vessels the leading position as ocean carriers , but the latter always have held an important place in ...
... British steamships . With the more common introduction of steamers into the transatlantic business , they won from the sailing vessels the leading position as ocean carriers , but the latter always have held an important place in ...
Page 164
... British in ocean shipping for , as one writer has expressed it , " British traditions and ex- perience , as well as the resources of the British Empire , are likely to keep the English flag conspicuously present along the ocean lanes of ...
... British in ocean shipping for , as one writer has expressed it , " British traditions and ex- perience , as well as the resources of the British Empire , are likely to keep the English flag conspicuously present along the ocean lanes of ...
Page 172
... British companies or from Lloyd's of London , instead of from companies chartered in our own country . Conse- quently , it is appropriate , in considering the relations of marine insurance to American foreign commerce , to sketch the ...
... British companies or from Lloyd's of London , instead of from companies chartered in our own country . Conse- quently , it is appropriate , in considering the relations of marine insurance to American foreign commerce , to sketch the ...
Page 173
... British themselves began to practice marine underwriting , the busi- ness was done exclusively by individual underwriters rather than by insurance companies as we understand their opera- tions in the United States . According to the ...
... British themselves began to practice marine underwriting , the busi- ness was done exclusively by individual underwriters rather than by insurance companies as we understand their opera- tions in the United States . According to the ...
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Page 201 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 113 - Anything, therefore, which would tend to prevent foreign countries from settling for our exports by shipments of goods into this country could only have the effect of preventing them from paying for our exports and therefore of preventing the exports from being made. The productivity of the country, greatly stimulated by the war, must find an outlet by exports to foreign countries, and any measures taken to prevent imports will inevitably curtail exports...
Page 6 - As it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to the division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the extent of that power, or, in other words, by the extent of the market.
Page 201 - A banker's acceptance within the meaning of this regulation is defined as a draft or bill of exchange, whether payable in the United States or abroad and whether payable in dollars or some other money, of which the acceptor is a bank or trust company, or a firm, person, company, or corporation engaged generally in the business of granting bankers
Page 117 - Group o. Animals and animal products, inedible. Group 1. Vegetable food products and beverages. Group 2. Vegetable products, inedible, except fibers and wood. Group 3. Textiles. Group 4. Wood and paper. Group 5. Nonmetallic minerals. Group 6. Metals and manufactures, except machinery and vehicles. Group 7. Machinery and vehicles.
Page 93 - Other vegetable products, except fibers and wood. Group 3. Textiles. Group 4. Wood and paper. Group 5. Nonmetallic minerals. Group 6. Ores, metals, and manufactures, except machinery and vehicles. Group 7. Machinery and vehicles. Group 8.
Page 245 - To encourage progress and to promote peace and cordial relations among countries and their citizens by the co-operation of business men and organisations devoted to the development of commerce and industry...
Page 114 - A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of our export trade. We must "not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 201 - ... a draft or bill of exchange, drawn by the seller on the purchaser of goods sold," and accepted by such purchaser.
Page 201 - an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.