@article{505352, recid = {505352}, author = {Child, Josiah,}, title = {A new discourse of trade wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; The Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade, And Nature of Plantations; with their Consequences, in relation to the Kingdom, are seriously discussed. Methods for the Employment and Maintenance of the Poor are proposed. The Reduction of Interest of Money to 4 l. per cent. is recommended. And some Proposals for erecting a Court of Merchants, for determining Controversies relating to Maritime Affairs, and for a Law for Transferring of Bills of Debts, are humbly offer'd. To which is added, A short, but most excellent Treatise of Interest. By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {printed for J. Hodges , on London-Bridge ; W. Meadows at the Angel in Cornhill ; C. Corbet , against St Dunstan's Church, Fleet street ; J. Jackson , at St. James's Gate ; J Stagg , in Westminster-Hall ; and J. Bevill, near St. Saviours Church, Southwark,}, address = {London :}, pages = {[4],xlvi,260,[2]p. ;}, year = {1745}, note = {Originally published in 1690 as: A discourse about trade.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/505352}, }