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Editor

Eaton, Seymour, 1859-1916

Title

Up To Date Business Including Lessons in Banking, Exchange, Business Geography, Finance, Transportation and Commercial Law

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Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HF: Social sciences: Commerce

Subject

Business

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Text

eBook-No.

20531

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20531

Release Date

February 6, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.UP-TO-DATE BUSINESS
2. 2.SEYMOUR EATON — UP TO DATE BUSINESS — INCLUDING — LESSONS IN BANKING, EXCHANGE, BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY, FINANCE, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL LAW — FROM THE CHICAGO RECORD — NEW YORK THE DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. 1900
3. 3.CONTENTS — I — GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION — II — BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY — Trade Features — III — FINANCE, TRADE, AND TRANSPORTATION — IV — COMMERCIAL LAW — V — PREPARING COPY FOR THE PRESS AND PROOF-READING
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — I — GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION — II — BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY — III — FINANCE, TRADE, AND TRANSPORTATION — V — PREPARING COPY FOR THE PRESS AND PROOF-READING
5. 5.GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION — I. COMMERCIAL TERMS AND USAGES — II. COMMERCIAL TERMS AND USAGES ( Continued ) — III. BANK CHEQUES — IV. BANK CHEQUES ( Continued ) — INDORSING CHEQUES — V. BANK CHEQUES ( Continued ) — THE USEFULNESS OF BANKS — VI. BANK DRAFTS — VII. PROMISSORY NOTES — VIII. THE CLEARING-HOUSE SYSTEM — IX. COMMERCIAL DRAFTS — X. FOREIGN EXCHANGE — XI. LETTERS OF CREDIT — XII. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES — XIII . PROTESTED PAPER — XIV. PAPER OFFERED FOR DISCOUNT — XV. CORPORATIONS — XVI. BONDS — XVII. TRANSPORTATION — XVIII. TRANSPORTATION PAPERS
6. 6.EXAMINATION PAPER — NOTE TO THE FOREGOING EXAMINATION PAPER
7. 7.BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY — THE TRADE FEATURES OF THE GREAT COMMERCIAL NATIONS — I. THE TRADE FEATURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES — LONDON AS A FOOD CONSUMER — LONDON THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD — LONDON THE CENTRE OF THE LAND SURFACE OF THE GLOBE — GREAT BRITAIN'S COMMERCIAL POLICY — LONDON THE CLEARING-HOUSE OF THE WORLD — GREAT BRITAIN THE CREDITOR NATION OF THE WORLD — GREAT BRITAIN A BEEHIVE OF MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY — GREAT BRITAIN'S COAL-FIELDS AND IRON DEPOSITS — LONDON'S SPECIAL TRADE FEATURES — THE SPECIAL TRADE FEATURES OF GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER — THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OF GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER — GREAT BRITAIN'S SPECIALISATION OF HER INDUSTRIES IN DEFINITE CENTRES — THE NATURAL APTITUDES OF COMMUNITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR SPECIAL INDUSTRIES — THE COTTON MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN — THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN — THE LINEN MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN — OTHER TEXTILE MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN — THE HARDWARE MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN — II. THE TRADE FEATURES OF FRANCE — FRANCE A RICHLY FAVOURED COUNTRY — THE FRENCH A THRIFTY, FRUGAL PEOPLE — THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN FRANCE — FRANCE'S WATERWAYS AND RAILWAYS — THE DISTINCTIVE AND IMPORTANT MANUFACTURES OF FRANCE — PARIS AND THE GREAT SEAPORTS OF FRANCE — III. THE TRADE FEATURES OF GERMANY — GERMANY THE MOST PROSPEROUS NATION IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE — THE CHARACTER OF GERMANY'S INDUSTRIES CHANGING — GERMANY'S SUCCESS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION — GERMANY'S MINES AND HARDWARE MANUFACTURES — GERMANY'S INTERNAL TRADE — GERMANY'S FOREIGN TRADE — FOOTNOTE: — THE SPECIAL TRADE CENTRES OF GERMANY — IV. TRADE FEATURES OF SPAIN AND ITALY — ITALY, TURKEY, AND SPAIN, THE THREE DECADENT NATIONS OF EUROPE — SPAIN: ITS TRADE AND ITS SPECIAL TRADE CENTRES — ITALY'S LAMENTABLE CONDITION — ITALY'S TRADE AND SPECIAL TRADE CENTRES — V. THE TRADE FEATURES OF RUSSIA — RUSSIA, A COUNTRY WHOSE FUTURE IS A PROBLEM — RUSSIA A COUNTRY OF SOCIAL EXTREMES — THE "ARTELS" OF THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS — RUSSIA PRINCIPALLY AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY — RUSSIA'S MINERAL WEALTH — RUSSIA'S TRADE AND MANUFACTURES — RUSSIA'S RAILWAYS AND NAVIGABLE RIVERS — RUSSIA'S CITIES AND TOWNS — VI. THE TRADE FEATURES OF INDIA — INDIA'S PAST AND PRESENT COMPARED — INDIA'S SIZE AND POPULATION — INDIA'S GREAT FERTILITY — INDIA'S IRRIGATION CANALS AND RIVER EMBANKMENTS — INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES — INDIA'S WONDERFUL AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES — INDIA'S GROWING MANUFACTURES — INDIA'S EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TRADE — FOOTNOTE: — INDIA'S CITIES AND TOWNS — VII. THE TRADE FEATURES OF CHINA — THE VASTNESS OF CHINA'S AREA AND POPULATION — CHINA A COUNTRY OF GREAT TRADE POSSIBILITIES — CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE — CHINA'S EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND RESOURCES — POSSIBILITIES OF INCREASED FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA — THE PRINCIPAL TRADING CITIES OF CHINA — HONGKONG — VIII. THE TRADE FEATURES OF JAPAN — JAPAN THE GREAT BRITAIN OF ASIA — JAPAN'S WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION — JAPAN'S AGRICULTURE — JAPAN'S MANUFACTURES: THEIR FUTURE POSSIBILITIES — POSSIBILITIES OF INCREASED FOREIGN TRADE WITH JAPAN — JAPAN'S MODERN TRADE FACILITIES — JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE — JAPAN'S SPECIAL TRADE CENTRES — IX. THE TRADE FEATURES OF AFRICA — AFRICA FIFTEEN YEARS AGO — EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN AFRICA — THE GREAT PARTITION OF AFRICA — GREAT BRITAIN IN AFRICA — THE "DOMINION OF SOUTH AFRICA" — SOUTH AFRICA'S AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES — SOUTH AFRICA'S GREAT MINERAL WEALTH — SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN TRADE — SHIPPING PORTS AND RAILWAYS OF SOUTH AFRICA — X. THE TRADE FEATURES OF AUSTRALIA — AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALASIA — FOOTNOTE: — THE AREA AND CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA — AUSTRALIA A CONTINENT OF PECULIARITIES — VICTORIA — MELBOURNE — NEW SOUTH WALES — SOUTH AUSTRALIA — QUEENSLAND — WEST AUSTRALIA — THE IMMENSE RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA. ITS PROBABLE FUTURE — XI. THE TRADE FEATURES OF SOUTH AMERICA — SOUTH AMERICA, A FERTILE CONTINENT WITH DRAWBACKS — EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION IN SOUTH AMERICA — THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC — ARGENTINA'S RAPID PROGRESS — ARGENTINA'S AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES — BUENOS AYRES — BRAZIL — RIO JANEIRO — XII. THE TRADE FEATURES OF CANADA — CANADA, PRACTICALLY AN INDEPENDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC — SIZE, SOIL, CLIMATE, AND POPULATION OF CANADA — CANADA'S FOREST WEALTH — CANADA'S MINERAL RESOURCES — CANADA'S FISHERIES — CANADA'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE — CANADA'S TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES — CANADIAN CITIES — XIII. THE TRADE FEATURES OF THE UNITED STATES — THE CHARACTER OF OUR EXPORT TRADE — OUR EXPORT TRADE IN DETAIL — FOOTNOTE: — OUR EXPORTS AND THOSE OF GREAT BRITAIN COMPARED — OUR IMPORTS AND THOSE OF GREAT BRITAIN COMPARED — OUR COTTON PRODUCTION AND COTTON EXPORT — OUR PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF BREADSTUFFS — FOOTNOTES: — OUR EXPORT OF PROVISIONS AND ANIMALS — FOOTNOTE: — OUR FOREIGN CARRYING TRADE — EXAMINATION PAPERS — PART I — PART II
8. 8.FINANCE, TRADE, AND TRANSPORTATION [8] — I. NATIONAL AND STATE BANKS — ORIGIN OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS — FOOTNOTE: — OUR NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM — STATE BANKS — II. SAVINGS BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES — SAVINGS BANKS — TRUST COMPANIES — III. CORPORATIONS AND STOCK COMPANIES [9] — CORPORATIONS — POWER TO BE A CORPORATION IS A FRANCHISE — FOOTNOTE: — A CORPORATION MUST HAVE A NAME — CORPORATE INTERESTS — ADVANTAGES OF CORPORATIONS AND JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES OVER PARTNERSHIPS — IV. BORROWING AND LOANING MONEY [10] — THE MONEY MARKET — FOOTNOTE: — BORROWING FROM BANKS — WHAT ARE COLLATERALS? — ACCOMMODATION PAPER — NOTE BROKERS — BANKERS' RATES FOR LOANS — V. COLLATERALS AND SECURITIES — TWO DISTINCT CLASSES OF SECURITIES — MORTGAGES AS SECURITIES — STOCKS AS SECURITIES — SUBSTITUTION SECURITIES — LOANS AND INVESTMENTS — VI. CHEQUES, DRAFTS, AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE [11] — BANK CHEQUES — FOOTNOTE: — IDENTIFICATION WHEN CHEQUES ARE PAID — CHEQUES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES — CHEQUE INDORSEMENTS — THE NUMBERING OF CHEQUES — CERTIFIED CHEQUES — BANK DRAFTS — BILLS OF EXCHANGE — VII. THE CLEARING-HOUSE SYSTEM [12] — THE CLEARING-HOUSE SYSTEM A MODERN INSTITUTION — TRANSFER OF CREDITS IN CLEARING-HOUSES — FOOTNOTE: — ORGANISATION OF CLEARING-HOUSES — PAYMENT OF BALANCES IN CLEARING-HOUSES — HOW DISTANT BANKS ARE CONNECTED BY THE CLEARING-HOUSE SYSTEM — VIII . COMMERCIAL CREDITS AND MERCANTILE AGENCIES — HOW THE WORLD'S TRADE IS LARGELY TRANSACTED UPON CREDIT — THE IMPORTANCE OF A HIGH STANDARD OF CREDIT TO BUSINESS MEN — MERCANTILE AGENCIES — IX. BONDS — UNITED STATES, STATE, AND MUNICIPAL BONDS — BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF STOCK — CLASSES OF CORPORATION BONDS — SINKING FUNDS — INTEREST COUPONS — X. TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL — THE GROWTH OF OUR RAILROAD SYSTEM — THE RAILWAY CORPORATION — THE FREIGHT SERVICE OF RAILROADS — AMERICAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC ON RAILROADS RELATIVELY UNDEVELOPED — RELATION OF TRANSPORTATION ON RAILROADS TO ECONOMIC ORGANISATION — XI. FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL — THE ORIGIN OF RAILROAD TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS — THE WORK OF ALBERT FINK — RAILROAD POOLING — TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDING POOLING SHOULD BE LEGALISED — CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROAD FREIGHT — THE CONDUCT OF THE FREIGHT BUSINESS OF RAILROADS—TRANSPORTATION PAPERS — XII. RAILROAD RATES — GENERAL FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE RAILROAD RATES AND FARES — VALUE OF SERVICE AND VALUE OF COMMODITIES — A PARTIAL THEORY OF RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES — THE EFFECT OF COMPETITION ON RAILROAD RATES AND FARES — GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION — THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW — XIII. STOCK AND PRODUCE EXCHANGES — THE STOCK EXCHANGE — TECHNICAL TERMS OF STOCK EXCHANGES — FUTURE DELIVERY — XIV. STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING — BONDED WAREHOUSES — WAREHOUSE REGULATIONS — FREE WAREHOUSES — BANKING FEATURES OF WAREHOUSING — COLD STORAGE — TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COLD STORAGE — COLD-STORAGE CENTRES — COLD-STORAGE CHARGES — QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW — EXAMINATION PAPER
9. 9.COMMERCIAL LAW — I. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONTRACTS — II. THE PARTIES TO A CONTRACT — III. THE PARTIES TO A CONTRACT ( Continued ) — IV. THE CONSIDERATION IN CONTRACTS — V. THE ESSENTIALS OF A CONTRACT — VI. CONTRACTS BY CORRESPONDENCE — VII. WHAT CONTRACTS MUST BE IN WRITING — VIII. CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF MERCHANDISE — IX. THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANDISE — X. COMMON CARRIERS — XI. THE CARRYING OF PASSENGERS — XII. ON THE KEEPING OF THINGS — XIII. CONCERNING AGENTS — XIV. THE LAW RELATING TO BANK CHEQUES — XV. THE LAW RELATING TO LEASES — XVI. LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER TO EMPLOYÉS — XVII. LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS TO EMPLOYÉS ( Continued ) — EXAMINATION PAPER
10. 10.PREPARING COPY FOR THE PRESS AND PROOF-READING — I. PREPARING COPY — II. ON THE NAMES AND SIZES OF TYPE — III. THE TERMS USED IN PRINTING — IV. MARKS USED IN PROOF-READING

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