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Why , the sections on each side of the road ! The gentleman lives in the West , and knows all about this matter . He knows that after we get beyond the one hundredth degree of longi- tude the land is hardly worth holding .
Why , the sections on each side of the road ! The gentleman lives in the West , and knows all about this matter . He knows that after we get beyond the one hundredth degree of longi- tude the land is hardly worth holding .
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Your committee present the following sum- mary of cost of this road to the railroad company and to the contractors , as appears by the books : Cost to Railroad Company Hoxie contract Ames contract $ 12,974,416 24 57,140,102 94 Davis ...
Your committee present the following sum- mary of cost of this road to the railroad company and to the contractors , as appears by the books : Cost to Railroad Company Hoxie contract Ames contract $ 12,974,416 24 57,140,102 94 Davis ...
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About 33 % per cent . of the operating expenses of this road is continuous , regardless of whether the road is earning much or little , and it therefore requires a certain volume of business to meet these fixed expenses .
About 33 % per cent . of the operating expenses of this road is continuous , regardless of whether the road is earning much or little , and it therefore requires a certain volume of business to meet these fixed expenses .
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Contents
I | 2 |
PHILOSOPHERS OF LAISSEZ FAIRE | 7 |
Attitudes during the Progressive Era | 13 |
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| Title | Select Problems in Historical Interpretation: Government and the American economy, 1870-present Volume 2 of Select Problems in Historical Interpretation, David Morris Potter |
| Authors | David Morris Potter, Thomas G. Manning |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Dec 2006 |
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