Word: exports
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very outset, for when Haiti gained her independence she was forced to indemnify the French planters, and in order to meet these payments she contracted a loan from France, in addition to several internal loans that she already had floated. These loans were secured by her import and export duties, which were her principal source of income. Due to he constant change of administration and the resultant corruption and bribery little was realized from internal taxes and even a large percentage of the customs went to Presidential appointees or favorite generals whose support was needed. Little or nothing from...
...Soviet Russia, but recently this has not seemed practical. "It is now," said Stalin with quiet menace last week. He launched into an argument which may be summarized thus: 1) Even two years ago the Government was largely dependent upon the kulak to produce what is called the "export surplus" of Russian grain. It is this surplus which the Government sells abroad, using the gold received in exchange to buy foreign manufactured goods. Since foreign manufacturers will not take their pay in Russian rubles, the surplus grain which equals gold is vitally important; 2) During the past two years thousands...
...serious aspects of this threat are that, if Indians stopped buying, Great Britain would lose more than one-eighth of her export sales, and that, if Indians stopped paying taxes, the people of Great Britain could not by any possibility make up the deficiency necessary to maintain themselves as a great power and still pay what they owe the U. S. in War debts. Because previous Indian boycotts have always broken down, British statesmen were anxious rather than frightened last week, calmly faced the probability that before "nonviolent non-coöperation" has gotten very far there will be enough casual...