William Howard Taft, AmericanChapple publishing Company, Limited, 1908 - 263 pages |
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Page 176
... workingman to do who is out of a job and whose family is starving because he can't get work ? " Looking up gravely Mr. Taft said , " God knows . If he cannot get work the charities of the country may be appealed to , but it is an awful ...
... workingman to do who is out of a job and whose family is starving because he can't get work ? " Looking up gravely Mr. Taft said , " God knows . If he cannot get work the charities of the country may be appealed to , but it is an awful ...
Page 221
... at the interest of the workingman . MATERIAL GROWTH OF LAST TWO GENERATIONS The last two generations have witnessed a marvelous material development . It has been effected by the assembling and enforced co- operation of simple 221.
... at the interest of the workingman . MATERIAL GROWTH OF LAST TWO GENERATIONS The last two generations have witnessed a marvelous material development . It has been effected by the assembling and enforced co- operation of simple 221.
Page 225
... workingman , be- cause , while his motive is merely one of ac- cumulation , he is working not only for himself but for labor and for society at large . The in- ventors on the one hand , and the men of judg- ment , courage , and ...
... workingman , be- cause , while his motive is merely one of ac- cumulation , he is working not only for himself but for labor and for society at large . The in- ventors on the one hand , and the men of judg- ment , courage , and ...
Page 226
... working- man , therefore , that corporate capital should be fairly treated . Any injustice done to it acts directly upon the wage - earners who must look to corporate wealth for their employment . Take the large body of railroad ...
... working- man , therefore , that corporate capital should be fairly treated . Any injustice done to it acts directly upon the wage - earners who must look to corporate wealth for their employment . Take the large body of railroad ...
Page 228
... workingman who entertains a prejudice against the lawful capitalist because he is wealthy , who votes with unction for the men who are urging unjust and unfair legislation against him , and who makes demagogic ap- peals to acquire ...
... workingman who entertains a prejudice against the lawful capitalist because he is wealthy , who votes with unction for the men who are urging unjust and unfair legislation against him , and who makes demagogic ap- peals to acquire ...
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Page 97 - Queen and empowering the committee to devise ways and means "to secure the permanent maintenance of law and order and the protection of life, liberty, and property in Hawaii.
Page 107 - the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly Powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire," He was successful in obtaining the assent of the other Powers to the policy thus announced.
Page 180 - In so far as is consistent with the nature of a provisional government established under the authority of the United States, this will be a Cuban government, conforming, as far as may be, to the constitution of Cuba.
Page 178 - The provisional government, hereby established by direction and in the name of the President of the United States will be maintained only long enough to restore order and peace and public confidence, and then to hold such elections as may be necessary to determine those persons upon whom the permanent government of the Republic should be devolved.
Page 249 - To say this is not to deny the legal right of any man or set of men voluntarily to refrain from social intercourse or business relations with any persons whom he or they, with or without good reason, dislike.
Page 249 - ... they, with or without good reason, dislike. This may sometimes be un-Christian, but it is not illegal. But when it is a concerted purpose of a number of persons not only to abstain themselves from such intercourse, but to render the life of their victim miserable by persuading and intimidating others...
Page 151 - Very little practical political education was given by the Spaniards to the Filipinos. Substantially all the important executive offices in the Islands were assigned to Spaniards, and the whole government was bureaucratic. The provincial and municipal authorities were appointed and popular elections were unknown. The administration of the municipalities was largely under the supervision and direction of the Spanish priest of the parish. No responsibility for government, however local or unimportant,...
Page 178 - To the people of Cuba: The failure of Congress to act on the irrevocable resignation of the President of the Republic of Cuba, or to elect a successor, leaves this country without a government at a time when great disorder prevails, and requires that pursuant to a request of President Palma, the necessary steps be taken in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, to restore order, protect life and property in the Island of Cuba and islands and keys adjacent thereto and...
Page 221 - The greater the need of laborers, the better their pay per man. It is clearly in the interest of those who work that capital shall increase more rapidly than they do.
Page 249 - The right and liberty to pursue a lawful calling and to lead a peaceable life, free from molestation or attack, concerns the comfort and happiness of all men, and the denial of them means destruction of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the benefits which the social organization confers.