Republican Campaign Text BookRepublican Congressional Committee, 1908 |
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... note in this regard that the Republican platform expressly , and the Democratic platform impliedly , ap- prove an amendment to the interstate commerce law by which interstate railroads may make useful traffic agreements if ap- proved by ...
... note in this regard that the Republican platform expressly , and the Democratic platform impliedly , ap- prove an amendment to the interstate commerce law by which interstate railroads may make useful traffic agreements if ap- proved by ...
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... notes , and insuring their withdrawal when the emergency has passed by a high rate of taxation . It is drawn in conformity with the present system of bank - note currency , but varies from it in certain respects by authorizing the use ...
... notes , and insuring their withdrawal when the emergency has passed by a high rate of taxation . It is drawn in conformity with the present system of bank - note currency , but varies from it in certain respects by authorizing the use ...
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... note the presence here of a body of veterans of Ohio , and to express my thanks for the honor they do me in coming . I am lacking in one qualification of all Republican Presidents since Lincoln , that of having been exposed to danger ...
... note the presence here of a body of veterans of Ohio , and to express my thanks for the honor they do me in coming . I am lacking in one qualification of all Republican Presidents since Lincoln , that of having been exposed to danger ...
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... Note Retail Grocers ' Association , The Otis Elevator Co. , The National Association of Retail Druggists , and others , the details of which are given in a statement as to the civil and criminal cases instituted by the United States ...
... Note Retail Grocers ' Association , The Otis Elevator Co. , The National Association of Retail Druggists , and others , the details of which are given in a statement as to the civil and criminal cases instituted by the United States ...
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... notes . the Western Indiana $ 5.000.000 , the Southern $ 15,000.000 , New York Central $ 50.000.000 , and the Chicago and Northwestern voted to issue $ 25,000,000 of stock . In February the Rock Island sold $ 6.500.000 of notes , the ...
... notes . the Western Indiana $ 5.000.000 , the Southern $ 15,000.000 , New York Central $ 50.000.000 , and the Chicago and Northwestern voted to issue $ 25,000,000 of stock . In February the Rock Island sold $ 6.500.000 of notes , the ...
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Page 127 - We must not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 139 - In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries.
Page 261 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 137 - We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection. We protest against its destruction, as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support the interests of America.
Page 73 - Interest at a rate higher than two per centum per annum shall pay a tax of one-half of one per centum each half year upon the average amount of its notes In circulation as are- based upon the deposit of such bonds.
Page 73 - In order to furnish suitable notes for circulation, the Comptroller of the Currency shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, cause plates and dies to be engraved, in the best manner to guard against counterfeiting and fraudulent alterations, and shall have printed therefrom, and numbered, such quantity of circulating notes, in blank, of the denominations of one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five...
Page 272 - ... vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications herein prescribed, provided he shall have registered in accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1908.
Page 158 - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined ; to which end, a uniform and well digested plan is requisite...
Page 138 - We renew and emphasize our allegiance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial independence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign products and encourages home industry : it puts the burden of revenue on foreign goods ; it secures the American market for the American producer ; it upholds the American standard of wages for the American...
Page 406 - III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.