Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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... TRANSPORTATION 2d . Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity , the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people . The telegraph and telephone , like the post office system , being ...
... TRANSPORTATION 2d . Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity , the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people . The telegraph and telephone , like the post office system , being ...
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... Transportation Facilities . — Another important advan- tage possessed by manufacturers in the United States is the unusual facilities for transportation , particularly in the more thickly settled sections , where manufacturing indus ...
... Transportation Facilities . — Another important advan- tage possessed by manufacturers in the United States is the unusual facilities for transportation , particularly in the more thickly settled sections , where manufacturing indus ...
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... transportation facilities , because of the greater distances which separate the important railroad centers of the United States , and the sparsity of the population in many sections , compared with the density of population in the ...
... transportation facilities , because of the greater distances which separate the important railroad centers of the United States , and the sparsity of the population in many sections , compared with the density of population in the ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 13 |
Establishing the First Bank of the United States | 21 |
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