Introduction to the study of commerce for beginners (1901) by F. R. Clow
Introduction to the study of commerce for beginners
I have expressed myself elsewhere 1 as to the expediency of the addition of economics to the curriculum of the high school. Properly taught, it can be brought within the compass of pupils of high school age; it can be made truly liberalizing and enlighten- ing for them, and it can aid in making them better workers and better citizens. Probably those pupils who propose to go on from the secondary school to the college and university do better in postponing In a paper read before the Harvard Teachers' Association, and printed in the Educational Review for May 1899.
excerpt from the table of contents:
1. Problem 1
2. The Motive Power 3
3. The Nature of Commerce, . . . ' . . . 6
4. The Merchant 9
5. Division of Labor and Production on a Large Scale . 11
6. The Rise of Commerce 14
7. The Use of Money in Commerce 19
CHAPTER II
THE MATERIALS OF COMMERCE: MERCHANDISE
8. Classification 24
9. The Foods 27
10. The Textiles 30
11. Minerals and Others 33
CHAPTER III
THE FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES
12. Articles Imported . . . . . . . .37
13. The Tariff 44
14. The Source of our Imports 46
15. Articles Exported 61
16. Destination of our Exports 67
17. The Balance of Trade 62
