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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... TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN . In November , the courtesies of the Chamber were extended to Mr. THOMAS BAYLEY POTTER , M. P. , and Mr. WILLIAM B. FORWOOD , President of the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce . The Chamber recalled with ...
... TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN . In November , the courtesies of the Chamber were extended to Mr. THOMAS BAYLEY POTTER , M. P. , and Mr. WILLIAM B. FORWOOD , President of the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce . The Chamber recalled with ...
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... trade . They therefore resolved to confine their action to securing the passage of the bill of 1876 , " to facilitate the ne- gotiation of bills of lading and other commercial instru- ments , and to punish frauds therein . " The bill ...
... trade . They therefore resolved to confine their action to securing the passage of the bill of 1876 , " to facilitate the ne- gotiation of bills of lading and other commercial instru- ments , and to punish frauds therein . " The bill ...
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... Trade to unite with them . in the drafting a new act , and in May a Committee was named for the purpose . In March last a preliminary report was submitted , containing the forms and general principles agreed upon as the basis of the act ...
... Trade to unite with them . in the drafting a new act , and in May a Committee was named for the purpose . In March last a preliminary report was submitted , containing the forms and general principles agreed upon as the basis of the act ...
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... trade . The subject of the rights and duties of transportation companies to the public , and corresponding supervision and control over them to the people through their legisla- tures is of vital interest to this City and State . If ...
... trade . The subject of the rights and duties of transportation companies to the public , and corresponding supervision and control over them to the people through their legisla- tures is of vital interest to this City and State . If ...
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... TRADE REPORTS - FOREIGN TRADE - IMPORTS . Part Second of the Report contains the annual review of the principal branches of trade and statistical tables in their usual order . Although the trade of 1878-79 was unex- ampled in extent ...
... TRADE REPORTS - FOREIGN TRADE - IMPORTS . Part Second of the Report contains the annual review of the principal branches of trade and statistical tables in their usual order . Although the trade of 1878-79 was unex- ampled in extent ...
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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.