Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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Page 22
... demand for them , in consequence of the admitted increase of population and wealth , and such part would have no effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that ...
... demand for them , in consequence of the admitted increase of population and wealth , and such part would have no effect on depreciation . So large a part of the gold and silver received from America has been absorbed in this way , that ...
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... demand for wheat , when it constitutes the bread of a community , is more steady than that of almost any other article , its price rises more in scarce years , and falls more in years of plenty . There being less variation in the demand ...
... demand for wheat , when it constitutes the bread of a community , is more steady than that of almost any other article , its price rises more in scarce years , and falls more in years of plenty . There being less variation in the demand ...
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... demand for both metals since the discovery of America ; and this extra demand tends to check depreciation . So , on the other hand , many mines that were profitably worked when gold was sixteen times as valuable as sil- ver , will cease ...
... demand for both metals since the discovery of America ; and this extra demand tends to check depreciation . So , on the other hand , many mines that were profitably worked when gold was sixteen times as valuable as sil- ver , will cease ...
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... demand being so much greater than the supply , it sold for almost double its former prices , bringing from $ 1,000 to even $ 1,600 per chest . Mr. Tiffany , in his work on China , states that the members of one English house made in ...
... demand being so much greater than the supply , it sold for almost double its former prices , bringing from $ 1,000 to even $ 1,600 per chest . Mr. Tiffany , in his work on China , states that the members of one English house made in ...
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... demand our more particular attention hereafter . If , now , we glance at the business facilities of the city , both natural and acquired , we shall see some of the causes of its great and rapid growth . It is probably speaking within ...
... demand our more particular attention hereafter . If , now , we glance at the business facilities of the city , both natural and acquired , we shall see some of the causes of its great and rapid growth . It is probably speaking within ...
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