Statistical Account of the British Empire, Vol. 2 of 2: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and...

Statistical Account of the British Empire, Vol. 2 of 2: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and...
ISBN-10
1334078084
ISBN-13
9781334078088
Category
Reference
Pages
732
Language
English
Published
2016-10-27
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
J. R. McCulloch

Description

Excerpt from Statistical Account of the British Empire, Vol. 2 of 2: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions Within the last few years, Prussia has prevailed on by far the greater number of the secondary and smaller German states to enter into a commercial league, by adopting a uniform tariff of duties on imports, and establishing a free system of internal commerce. Previously to the adoption of this plan, each petty state had its own custom-houses, and its own system of duties and revenue laws: these frequently differed widely from those of its neighbours, so that the internal trade of the countr was subjected to all the vexatious restrictions that are usually lai on the intercourse between distant and inde pendent states, and was, in consequence, comparatively tri ing. But these restraints are now entirely got rid of. Internal custom houses, and separate custom duties, no longer exist. Each state gets a fair proportion of the duties, collected at the frontier of the ter ritories of the league; and a commodity admitted at any one of the external custom-houses may be subsequently conveyed, without let or hinderance, from Hamburgh to Konigsberg, and from Stettin and Dantzic to the frontiers of the Tyrol. It' has been supposed by many, that this system threatened to be very injurious to our com merce with Germany; but there seems to be no good ground for any such apprehension. The freedom of internal commerce will do more to promote the prosperity of the countries included within the league, than any other measure their rulers could have adopted; and, as population increases, and the inhabitants become more wealthy, there will, no doubt, be an augmented demand for foreign products. Generally speaking, the duties are moderate; and if any attempt were made to raise them to an exorbitant height, the facilities for smuggling along the frontiers of the league are so very great, that they could not be collected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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