Annual Report of the Boston Board of Trade, Merchants Exchange ..., Volume 12Boston Board of Trade, 1866 |
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... cents a bushel , and we anticipate it may sell for less ; and this is because we are taxed seventy to eighty cents per bushel for transportation . It is this state of things we wish to avoid . We have but a single route to send our ...
... cents a bushel , and we anticipate it may sell for less ; and this is because we are taxed seventy to eighty cents per bushel for transportation . It is this state of things we wish to avoid . We have but a single route to send our ...
Page 49
... cents , and often much more , upon every bushel he has to sell . Compute the amount that will be saved upon a hundred millions of bushels of grain alone , and all will see the importance each year to the Western producer . " Again ...
... cents , and often much more , upon every bushel he has to sell . Compute the amount that will be saved upon a hundred millions of bushels of grain alone , and all will see the importance each year to the Western producer . " Again ...
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... cent , ruling principally the past three months from 8 @ 10. Gold opened in January last as high as 2343 ; but the rates steadily declined , and touched in May 128 , the lowest point of the year . For the past six months the changes ...
... cent , ruling principally the past three months from 8 @ 10. Gold opened in January last as high as 2343 ; but the rates steadily declined , and touched in May 128 , the lowest point of the year . For the past six months the changes ...
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... Cent . Am . No. 1862 .... .10 @ 20 1,491 " " 58,116 1861 . 5 @ 30 3,710 " " 3,759 1860 . · 8 @ 30 147 7,977 1859 ... 9 @ 15 143 Antwerp Honolulu 1,185 1858 . 5 @ 15 228 66 Liverpool Cape Hayti 1,740 1857 . ... 6 @ 14 682 66 3,093 1856 ...
... Cent . Am . No. 1862 .... .10 @ 20 1,491 " " 58,116 1861 . 5 @ 30 3,710 " " 3,759 1860 . · 8 @ 30 147 7,977 1859 ... 9 @ 15 143 Antwerp Honolulu 1,185 1858 . 5 @ 15 228 66 Liverpool Cape Hayti 1,740 1857 . ... 6 @ 14 682 66 3,093 1856 ...
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... cent P lb. in gold lower than at that time , ranging , in January , from 23 to 20c .; in February , from 20 to 19c .; in March , steady at 20c .; in April , at 18c .; in May , from 18 to 16c .; in June , from 15 to 14c .; in July and ...
... cent P lb. in gold lower than at that time , ranging , in January , from 23 to 20c .; in February , from 20 to 19c .; in March , steady at 20c .; in April , at 18c .; in May , from 18 to 16c .; in June , from 15 to 14c .; in July and ...
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66 June 66 Sept American Vessels bags bales Banca tin bbls Board of Trade Boston Boston Board Broad st bushel casks Central wharf Chamber of Commerce Charles Charlestown Chicago Coastwise Commercial st Commission Merchant Committee Congress st contract Convention court-martial Curtis Guild Delegates Denman Ross Detroit ending June 30 ending March 31 exports follows Fort Benton Franklin st freight gentlemen George George F gold Government hhds highest and lowest hundred imports interests James John Joseph June 30 Kilby st Lard Leather Dealer LORENZO SABINE Louis lowest prices manufacture March 31 merchandise Milk st months NATHANIEL HARRIS National Naval Northern Pacific Railroad past Pearl st Philadelphia ports pounds President Quarter ending March Railroad range of prices receipts Report Resolved route Samuel Sapan wood Secretary Shoe and Leather Smith Brothers supplies tion Tobey Tonnage tons Total United West Western William Wool York
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Page 4 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 62 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 66 - But in regulating commerce with foreign nations, the power of congress does not stop at the jurisdictional lines of the several states. It would be a very useless power, if it could not pass those lines. The commerce of the United States with foreign nations is that of the whole United States. Every district has a right to participate in it. The deep streams which penetrate our country in...
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Page 47 - The long and very frank discussion so cleared the atmosphere that at its close the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote: "Resolved, That this convention do respectfully request the President of the United States...
Page 127 - Government may appoint, a majority of the members present being necessary to constitute an election, and such officers shall continue in office for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified to take their places.
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Page 127 - SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the president or, in his absence, of one of the vice-presidents...
Page 19 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 36 - ... court-martial shall adjudge ; and any person who shall contract to furnish supplies of any kind or description for the army or navy he shall be deemed and taken as a part of the land or naval forces of the United States...