The Foreign Trade of the United States: Its Character, Organization and MethodsScribner, 1920 - 325 páginas |
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agent American Argentina Austria-Hungary balance balance of trade bank bill of exchange bill of lading branch banks Brazil British broker BUREAU OF FOREIGN buyers cargo cent charges coal coffee commission house commodities consignee consular consuls cotton credit information demand discount dollars DOMESTIC COMMERCE draft England English European export trade extension factor financing firms foodstuffs FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC foreign countries foreign customers foreign markets foreign trade France free port freight Germany gold hides and skins imports increased industry inland international trade invoice iron and steel Latin America London machinery manu marine insurance ment merchandise merchant methods nations ocean payment period pounds pounds sterling purchased quantities railroad raw cotton raw materials securities sell ship shipper sold South America steamship sterling supply surplus tariff tion transactions transportation U. S. BUREAU United Kingdom vessels wheat wool York
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Página 178 - of" the sea. Again, it is well settled that it is not every loss or damage of which the sea is the immediate cause that is covered by these words. They do not protect, for example, against that natural and inevitable action of the winds and waves which results in what may be described as wear and tear. There must be some casualty, something which could not be foreseen as one of the necessary incidents of the adventure.
Página 232 - The ordinary means therefore to encrease our wealth and treasure is by Forraign Trade, wherein wee must ever observe this rule : to sell more to strangers yearly than wee consume of theirs in value.
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Página 202 - Federal reserve bank may discount notes, drafts, and bills of exchange arising out of actual commercial transactions; that is, notes, drafts, and bills of exchange issued or drawn for agricultural, industrial, or commercial purposes, or the proceeds of which have been used, or are to be used for such purposes...
Página 10 - By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labour in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of the society.
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Página 179 - All loss which arises in consequence of extraordinary sacrifices made or expenses incurred for the preservation of the ship and cargo come within general average, and must be borne proportionably by all who are interested.
Página 215 - 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 order or to bearer.