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" That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant in his individual dealings, is strictly applicable as the best rule for the trade of the whole nation. "
The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26 - Page 435
1823
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A Short History of English Liberalism

Walter Lyon Blease - 1913 - 562 pages
...presented a petition to the House of Commons which covered import duties of every kind, and stated " That freedom from restraint is calculated to give...best direction to the capital and industry of the country,"2 Huskisson, who was President of the Board of Trade from 1826 to 1828, had done something...
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English Economic History: Select Documents

Alfred Edward Bland, Philip Anthony Brown, Richard Henry Tawney - 1914 - 776 pages
...calculated, and to export in payment those articles for which its own situation is better adapted. That freedom from restraint is calculated to give...direction to the capital and industry of the country. That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant...
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Commerce and Industry: A Historical Review of the Economic ..., Volume 1

William Page - 1919 - 536 pages
...followed by other petitions from Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool.21 The London petition set forth that freedom from restraint is calculated to give...direction to the capital and industry of the country. That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant...
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The Freeman, Volume 2

1920 - 598 pages
...tbo<* articles for which' its own situation is better adapted. That freedom from restraint is best calculated to give the utmost extension to foreign...direction to the capital and industry of the country. That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant...
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Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 42

Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1921 - 458 pages
...to export in payment those articles which, from its own situation, it is best adapted to produce ; that freedom from restraint is calculated to give...extension to foreign trade and the best direction to capital and industry ; and that the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest,...
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Pamphlets and Leaflets of the Liberal Publication Dept

Liberal Publication Dept. (Great Britain) - 1922 - 440 pages
...and to export in payment those articles which from its own situation it is best adapted to produce ; that freedom from restraint is /calculated to give...extension to foreign trade and the best direction tocapital and industry ; and that the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest,...
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International Commerce and Economic Theory: A Plea for Investigation

Robert George Geale - 1925 - 184 pages
...and to export in payment those articles which from its own situation it is best adapted to produce : that freedom from restraint is calculated to give...extension to foreign trade and the best direction to capital and industry : and that the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest,...
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The History of Commerce

Thomas George Williams - 1926 - 370 pages
...calculated, and to export in payment those articles for which its own situation is better adapted. That freedom from restraint is calculated to give...direction to the capital and industry of the country. That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant...
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The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism: Classical Political Economy the Empire ...

Bernard Semmel - 2004 - 266 pages
...'eminently conducive to the wealth and prosperity of a country', and that 'freedom from restraint' was 'calculated to give the utmost extension to foreign...direction to the capital and industry of the country'. The petition exalted 'the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest' as 'the...
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Fragile Democracy: On the Use and Abuse of Power in Western Societies

Eva Etzioni-Halevy - 1989 - 216 pages
...In 1820 London merchants presented to parliament a petition which embodied the following principle: "That freedom from restraint is calculated to give...direction to the capital and industry of the country" 1Thomson. 1966. p. 162i. Subsequently. in Britain. the struggle for economic freedom. or the autonomy...
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