Wall Street and the Country: A Study of Recent Financial TendenciesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 247 páginas |
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Página 144
... wages for labor , and the increase in the proportion of the profes- sional classes to the aggregate population , gave the ability to save , without the sacri- fice of comforts , to hundreds of thousands of men , who , under earlier ...
... wages for labor , and the increase in the proportion of the profes- sional classes to the aggregate population , gave the ability to save , without the sacri- fice of comforts , to hundreds of thousands of men , who , under earlier ...
Página 161
... , and to thereby raise wages by intensifying the competition among em- ployers for labor . There are several interesting statistical facts that tend to support the view that the comfort II Recent Economic Progress 161.
... , and to thereby raise wages by intensifying the competition among em- ployers for labor . There are several interesting statistical facts that tend to support the view that the comfort II Recent Economic Progress 161.
Página 162
... wages in all the chief lines of manual labor were much higher at the close of the century than at its beginning . Advances in wages were slow during the Revolutionary and Colonial periods , but the advance in mechanical industries ...
... wages in all the chief lines of manual labor were much higher at the close of the century than at its beginning . Advances in wages were slow during the Revolutionary and Colonial periods , but the advance in mechanical industries ...
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... wages were re- duced to a gold basis , they averaged in 1840 87.7 per cent of the wages of 1860 . Then came the period of greenback issues during the Civil War , when wages in paper were high , but represented only 66.2 per cent in gold ...
... wages were re- duced to a gold basis , they averaged in 1840 87.7 per cent of the wages of 1860 . Then came the period of greenback issues during the Civil War , when wages in paper were high , but represented only 66.2 per cent in gold ...
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... wages , which carried them in 1880 to 141.5 per cent of the rates of 1860 , to 158.9 per cent for 1890 , and to 103.43 per cent of the wages of 1891 for the year 1900. This upward movement of wages went on while the average working ...
... wages , which carried them in 1880 to 141.5 per cent of the rates of 1860 , to 158.9 per cent for 1890 , and to 103.43 per cent of the wages of 1891 for the year 1900. This upward movement of wages went on while the average working ...
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Página 218 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Página 216 - ... 1. To act as the fiscal or transfer agent of any state, municipality, body politic or corporation; and in such capacity to receive and disburse money, to transfer, register and countersign certificates of stock, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, and to act as agent of any corporation, foreign or domestic, for any lawful purpose.
Página 216 - To act as trustee under any mortgage or bond issued by any municipality, body politic or corporation, and accept and execute any other municipal or corporate trust not inconsistent with the laws of this state.
Página 216 - To take, accept and execute any and all such legal trusts, duties and powers in regard to the holding, management and disposition of any estate, real or personal, and the rents and profits thereof, or the sale thereof, as may be granted or confided to it by any court of record, or by any person, corporation...
Página 127 - ... men ; that is to say, if men were employed to furnish the power to carry on the industries of this country, it would require 21,000,000 men, and 21,000,000 men represent a population, according to the ratio of the census of 1880, of 105,000,000.
Página 92 - It would be practically unattainable by any other system. Thus through the publicity of knowledge and prices, the bringing of a multitude of fallible judgments upon this common ground to an average, there is afforded to capital throughout the world an almost unfailing index of the course in which new production should be directed. Suppose for a moment that the stock markets of the world were closed, that it was no longer possible to learn what railways were paying dividends, what their stocks were...
Página 216 - To receive deposits of trust moneys, securities and other personal property from any person or corporation, and to loan money on real or personal securities.