The Merchant Marine: "a Necessity in Time of War, a Source of Independence and Strength in Time of Peace"Macmillan, 1923 - 183 páginas |
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Página 98 - Mexican Line which received $75,000 annually. The third period of mail subventions in the United States began with the Act of March 3, 1891, entitled "An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports." This Act is still in force. It
Página 25 - so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels^ and on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty of tonnage, between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States and between goods
Página 84 - That a discount of ten per cent on all the duties imposed by this Act, shall be allowed on such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States, and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof, or in vessels built in foreign countries, and on
Página 15 - It is not probable that the American States will have a very free trade in the Mediterranean; it will not be to the interest of any of the great maritime powers to protect them from the Barbary States. They cannot protect themselves from the latter; they cannot pretend to a navy.
Página 26 - the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws of the two countries, respectively.
Página 4 - the greater correspondence and kindness between subjects at home and those in the plantations; keeping the colonies in a firmer dependence upon the mother country; making them yet more beneficial to it; ... it being the usage of other nations to keep their plantation trade exclusively to themselves.
Página 174 - and any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight which would naturally pass through such ports.
Página 86 - as follows: That all articles, goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope in foreign vessels, not entitled by reciprocal treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and other charges, and all other articles, goods, wares and merchandise not imported direct from the place of their growth or production, or in foreign vessels,
Página 20 - Most serene, most puissant, puissant, high illustrious, noble, honorable, venerable, wise and prudent emperors, kings, republics, princes, dukes, earls, barons, lords, burgomasters, councellors, as also judges, officers, justiciaries, and regents of all the good cities and places, whether ecclesiastical or secular, who shall see these patents or hear them read.
Página 26 - shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships and cargoes to all such places, ports, and rivers, to which other foreigners are permitted to come.