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Page 15
Now the kingdom gets or loses by this ( for no question the merchant , by low
interest , gets all the while ) only proportionably allowing the consumption of
foreign commodities to be still the same ) as the paying of use to foreigners
carries away ...
Now the kingdom gets or loses by this ( for no question the merchant , by low
interest , gets all the while ) only proportionably allowing the consumption of
foreign commodities to be still the same ) as the paying of use to foreigners
carries away ...
Page 20
So that , whatever this author , or any one else may say , money is brought into
England by nothing but spending here less of foreign commodities than what we
carry to market can pay for ; nor can debts , we owe to foreigners , be paid by bills
...
So that , whatever this author , or any one else may say , money is brought into
England by nothing but spending here less of foreign commodities than what we
carry to market can pay for ; nor can debts , we owe to foreigners , be paid by bills
...
Page 21
All that a bill of exchange can do is to direct to whom money due , or taken up
upon credit , in a foreign country , shall be paid ; and if we trace it , we shall find ,
that what is owing already , became so for commodities , or money carried from ...
All that a bill of exchange can do is to direct to whom money due , or taken up
upon credit , in a foreign country , shall be paid ; and if we trace it , we shall find ,
that what is owing already , became so for commodities , or money carried from ...
Page 50
It will make all foreign commodities very dear , both which will make us poor ; for
the merchant , making silver and gold his measure , and considering what the
foreign commodity costs him ( i . e . how many ounces of silver ) in the country ...
It will make all foreign commodities very dear , both which will make us poor ; for
the merchant , making silver and gold his measure , and considering what the
foreign commodity costs him ( i . e . how many ounces of silver ) in the country ...
Page 51
In one , the merchant has more money ( or debts , which is all one ) in a foreign
country , than his trade there will employ , and so is willing to allow upon
exchange to him abroad , that shall pay him ready money at home , 1 , 2 , 3 , & c .
per cent ...
In one , the merchant has more money ( or debts , which is all one ) in a foreign
country , than his trade there will employ , and so is willing to allow upon
exchange to him abroad , that shall pay him ready money at home , 1 , 2 , 3 , & c .
per cent ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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