Annual Report of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, of the State of New York, for the Year ..., Volume 22Press of the Chamber of Commerce, 1880 - Commerce |
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... Cotton Tare . - Memorial to the Legislature in reference to , page 22 . Court of Arbitration . -Decisions of , in litigated cases , page 151 . COWDIN , ELLIOT C. - Speech of , on death of Gen. JOHN A. DIX , page 4 . on Defences of New ...
... Cotton Tare . - Memorial to the Legislature in reference to , page 22 . Court of Arbitration . -Decisions of , in litigated cases , page 151 . COWDIN , ELLIOT C. - Speech of , on death of Gen. JOHN A. DIX , page 4 . on Defences of New ...
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... Cotton - Memorial to Legislature in reference to , page 22 . THURBER , FRANCIS B. - Remarks of , in reference to the National Board of Health , page 90 . Training School System of U. S. Navy . - Memorial to Congress in reference to ...
... Cotton - Memorial to Legislature in reference to , page 22 . THURBER , FRANCIS B. - Remarks of , in reference to the National Board of Health , page 90 . Training School System of U. S. Navy . - Memorial to Congress in reference to ...
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... cotton , by the simple intervention of the American delegates to the Inter- national Cotton Convention of 1877 . In the early part of the year the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool called attention to the insecurity of the ...
... cotton , by the simple intervention of the American delegates to the Inter- national Cotton Convention of 1877 . In the early part of the year the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool called attention to the insecurity of the ...
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... Cotton still holds the first rank among the exports . The American cotton crop for the year ending September , 1879 , reached 5,073,531 bales , exceeding that of the pre- ceding year by more than 260,000 bales , and was the largest crop ...
... Cotton still holds the first rank among the exports . The American cotton crop for the year ending September , 1879 , reached 5,073,531 bales , exceeding that of the pre- ceding year by more than 260,000 bales , and was the largest crop ...
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... cotton holds its price without extreme fluctuations , which argues a steady purchasing power on the part of the manu- facturers . The consuming capacity of the world , on an easy basis , differs so enormously from that on a close ...
... cotton holds its price without extreme fluctuations , which argues a steady purchasing power on the part of the manu- facturers . The consuming capacity of the world , on an easy basis , differs so enormously from that on a close ...
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Aggregate American Annual Report Applause April August bales bbls bills of lading Broad-street Broadway Bullion Bureau of Statistics Cape Vincent Caribbean Sea cents Chamber of Commerce Charles City of New-York Compiled expressly Congress consumption Corporation cotton COWDIN crop Cuba Danish West Indies December December 31 demand Districts Dollars domestic duty elected elsewhere specified ending June 30 Executive Committee exports favor February fiscal year ending gallons GEORGE Gold Harbor Havana Henry hhds IMPORTS increase Island JAMES January John JOHN CRUGER July June 30 June 30th LAST TWENTY Laughter manufactures March merchants month National New-Orleans November Number October Oils Pearl-street plaintiff Port of New-York Pounds present President rail-roads rates receipts resolution SAMUEL D Secretary September shipments shipped Silver South-street Special Committee Statement exhibiting Statistics on Commerce sugar tion Tonnage tons TOTAL UNITED trade Wall-street William William H William-street wool
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Page 18 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes bis property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 134 - ... a cordial habitual and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 159 - We do not say that even the natural and probable consequences of a wrongful act or omission are in all cases to be chargeable to the misfeasance or nonfeasance. They are not when there is a sufficient and independent cause operating between the \yrong and the injury. In such a case the resort of the sufferer must be to the originator of the intermediate cause.
Page 134 - I beg leave to assure the Congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire.
Page 131 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
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Page 160 - ... the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary and common care and caution, that, but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened.
Page 134 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 18 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 135 - To the preceding observations I have one to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representatives. It concerns myself, and will therefore be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty, required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation.