Myth and Reality in the Populist RevoltHeath, 1966 - 112 pages |
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Page 18
... increased wages and cheapened goods . The people have been enabled to consume and use more goods and to increase the ... increasing the demand be- yond that which would result from increase of population . We do not question the ...
... increased wages and cheapened goods . The people have been enabled to consume and use more goods and to increase the ... increasing the demand be- yond that which would result from increase of population . We do not question the ...
Page 31
... increasing use of money in elections , for the undisguised purchase of votes , and the growing disposition to tamper ... increased 1580 per cent .; the banking interest 918 per cent . , and the farming interest only 252 per cent . A man ...
... increasing use of money in elections , for the undisguised purchase of votes , and the growing disposition to tamper ... increased 1580 per cent .; the banking interest 918 per cent . , and the farming interest only 252 per cent . A man ...
Page 62
... increased in population . In five years ten million people have been added to the national popu- lation , yet instead of gaining a share of this — say half a million Kansas has apparently been a plague spot and , in the very garden of ...
... increased in population . In five years ten million people have been added to the national popu- lation , yet instead of gaining a share of this — say half a million Kansas has apparently been a plague spot and , in the very garden of ...
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