Outlines of American Foreign CommerceGinn, 1923 - 321 pages |
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... abroad ; it crosses rivers , then narrow seas , then the broad ocean ; hunting out everywhere what the buyer wants . The word " exchange " expresses the economic principle of all this : its office is the creation and apportionment of ...
... abroad ; it crosses rivers , then narrow seas , then the broad ocean ; hunting out everywhere what the buyer wants . The word " exchange " expresses the economic principle of all this : its office is the creation and apportionment of ...
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... abroad , and it is the func- tion of international commerce to effect the redistribution of the earth's commercial products . A detailed study of the character of the articles moved in foreign trade would show that the countries of the ...
... abroad , and it is the func- tion of international commerce to effect the redistribution of the earth's commercial products . A detailed study of the character of the articles moved in foreign trade would show that the countries of the ...
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... abroad , for the goods to be imported . But , in the final analy- sis , a country's industrial life is a product of its resources as developed , wisely or otherwise , by its population . Conse- quently , the starting point in a study of ...
... abroad , for the goods to be imported . But , in the final analy- sis , a country's industrial life is a product of its resources as developed , wisely or otherwise , by its population . Conse- quently , the starting point in a study of ...
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... abroad . Our most characteristic farming region . Agriculture is carried on to a greater or less extent in practically all parts of the country , but the most characteristic farming region lies east of the 100th meridian . A large ...
... abroad . Our most characteristic farming region . Agriculture is carried on to a greater or less extent in practically all parts of the country , but the most characteristic farming region lies east of the 100th meridian . A large ...
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... abroad in an average year , with the result that wheat ( and wheat flour as well ) still occupy prominent positions among the principal exports of the United States . Other cereals . In passing , it may be stated that our yield of oats ...
... abroad in an average year , with the result that wheat ( and wheat flour as well ) still occupy prominent positions among the principal exports of the United States . Other cereals . In passing , it may be stated that our yield of oats ...
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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.