The New International Year BookDodd, Mead and Company, 1916 |
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... House passed a bill creating land banks to make loans to farmers , funds to be derived from bonds backed by the ... Houses did not agree . The great volume of legislation led to protests by former Ambassador to France Myron T. Her- rick ...
... House passed a bill creating land banks to make loans to farmers , funds to be derived from bonds backed by the ... Houses did not agree . The great volume of legislation led to protests by former Ambassador to France Myron T. Her- rick ...
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... House of Delegates on August 25th . Fifty - two members voted for the measure and 42 against it ; a two - thirds vote was necessary for the passage of the bill . The Senate defeated an equal suffrage measure by a vote of 21 to 10 on ...
... House of Delegates on August 25th . Fifty - two members voted for the measure and 42 against it ; a two - thirds vote was necessary for the passage of the bill . The Senate defeated an equal suffrage measure by a vote of 21 to 10 on ...
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... House of Representa- tives , and in the following year became speaker . By that time he was a power in the politics of his State . Elected representative to Congress from the first district of Rhode Island in 1878 , he served two terms ...
... House of Representa- tives , and in the following year became speaker . By that time he was a power in the politics of his State . Elected representative to Congress from the first district of Rhode Island in 1878 , he served two terms ...
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... house of Chicago , which was one of the two large houses not entering the Chicago clothing strike ( see STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ) of the latter part of the year , was converted to a system of arbitra- tion some time ago . Mr. Schaffner ...
... house of Chicago , which was one of the two large houses not entering the Chicago clothing strike ( see STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ) of the latter part of the year , was converted to a system of arbitra- tion some time ago . Mr. Schaffner ...
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... house walls which seem to have been those of the houses of guardians and priests of the precinct of the temple . At Memphis the Eckley B. Coxe , Jr. , expedi- tion has unearthed a temple which the exca- vators believe to belong to the ...
... house walls which seem to have been those of the houses of guardians and priests of the precinct of the temple . At Memphis the Eckley B. Coxe , Jr. , expedi- tion has unearthed a temple which the exca- vators believe to belong to the ...
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Page 187 - That co-operative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise...
Page 350 - It requires no argument to show that the right to work for a living in the common occupations of the community is of the very essence of the personal freedom and opportunity that it was the purpose of the Amendment to secure.
Page 142 - The Chinese Government agrees that all mines in the neighborhood of those owned by the Hanyehping Company shall not be permitted, without the consent of the said Company...
Page 142 - IV The Japanese Government and the Chinese Government with the object of effectively preserving the territorial integrity of China agree to the following special article: The Chinese Government engages not to cede or lease to a third Power any harbour or bay or island along the coast of China.
Page 142 - The two contracting parties mutually agree that when the opportune moment arrives the Hanyehping Company shall be made a joint concern of the two nations, and they further agree that without the previous consent of Japan, China shall not by her own act dispose of the rights and property of whatsoever nature of the said Company nor cause the said Company to dispose freely of the same.
Page 321 - All justiciable questions arising between the signatory powers, not settled by negotiation, shall, subject to the limitations of treaties, be submitted to a judicial tribunal for hearing and judgment, both upon the merits and upon any issue as to its jurisdiction of the question.
Page 188 - Agriculture and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, in the proportion which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States...
Page 350 - It is my Impression that we can disorganize and hold up for months. If not entirely prevent, the manufacture of munitions in Bethlehem and the Middle West, which, in the opinion of the German Military Attache. Is of great Importance and amply outweighs the expenditure of money Involved.
Page 323 - Conferences between the signatory powers shall be held from time to time to formulate and codify rules of international law, which, unless some signatory shall signify its dissent within a stated period, shall thereafter govern in the decisions of the judicial tribunal mentioned in Article One.
Page 314 - ... methods to prevent their workers from organizing in their own self-interest; that they have attempted to defeat democracy by more or less successfully controlling courts and legislatures; that some of them have exploited women and children and unorganized workers; that some have resorted to all sorts of methods to prevent the enactment of remedial industrial legislation ; that some have employed gunmen in strikes, who were disreputable characters, and who assaulted innocent people and committed...