The romance of commerce

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...of sticks, the happy hunter then proceeds to the store-room, where he finds himself surrounded by bales of blankets, slopcoats, guns, scalping-knives, tomahawks, powder-horns, axes, etc., and is thereby made to feel very much like a hungry boy let loose in a pastry-cook's, and would without doubt behave in a much ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...of sticks, the happy hunter then proceeds to the store-room, where he finds himself surrounded by bales of blankets, slopcoats, guns, scalping-knives, tomahawks, powder-horns, axes, etc., and is thereby made to feel very much like a hungry boy let loose in a pastry-cook's, and would without doubt behave in a much similar fashion if he dared. Each article has a recognized value in "madebeaver." A slop-coat, for example, may be worth five "made-beavers," and the aborigine pays for his civilized finery with twelve of his sticks; for a gun he gives twenty; for a knife, two; and so on until his stock of wooden "legal tender" is exhausted, when, with profound regret and longing eyes, he retires to make room for the next comer, and proudly to exhibit his purchases to his friends and family. At every post, or at least in every district, there is a tariff established which varies little from year to year. The mind of the Indian, untutored to the rise and fall of the markets, and knowing nothing of what it means for furs to be "firm " or " unsteady," is not tolerant of varying prices; and, accordingly, to facilitate matters the company takes the risk of changes, and, unless the fall in price is of long continuance, gives the same price for fur as formerly when it was high, or vice versa; thus on some peltries the company loses, but compensates itself by making a large profit upon others. This system has one advantage. The Indian never attempts to raise the price of furs, or beat down the price of the merchandise. The tariff is unchangeable. If he is not pleased with it, he is at perfect liberty to go to the next shop; and this, combined with the fact that the company sells nothing which is not of the best quality of i... Read Less

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  $63.48 Add to Cart Add this copy of The Romance of Commerce to cart. $63.48, very good condition, Sold by J. Patrick McGahern Books, Inc rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ottawa, ON, CANADA, published by Toronto. The Musson Book Co. N.d., [1900? ].

  	Edition: Toronto. The Musson Book Co. N.d., [1900? ] Hardcover, Very Good	Details: Publisher: Toronto. The Musson Book Co. N.d., [1900? ] Language: English Alibris ID: 16851152692	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: 12mo, 18cm, 242p., (British sheets), colour frontis & 14 plates, original colour pictorial decorated blue cloth, black and gilt block titles on the spine and upper cover, a near fine copy James Macdonald Oxley was born in Nova Scotia in 1855 and became a very successful and prolific writer of booksfor boys. This book relates mainly to Canadian subjects: the Hudson Bay Company, Canadian Pacific Railway, lumbering, trapping, Eskimo and Indian life, the North-West Passage.
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