American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 73
... passed the Gold Standard Act which put the country on a single metallic basis by which all other money was measured until 1933 , when the gold standard passed away perhaps forever , except as a tenuous theory . - 6 — MOVEMENTS SINCE ...
... passed the Gold Standard Act which put the country on a single metallic basis by which all other money was measured until 1933 , when the gold standard passed away perhaps forever , except as a tenuous theory . - 6 — MOVEMENTS SINCE ...
Page 80
... passed a number of bills in the legislative session of 1917 , with the support of a few of the holdover senators , but failed in a measure to draft a new state constitution . In 1918 they retained the state offices , built up their ...
... passed a number of bills in the legislative session of 1917 , with the support of a few of the holdover senators , but failed in a measure to draft a new state constitution . In 1918 they retained the state offices , built up their ...
Page 138
... passed they have utterly refused to obey them . They have procured the passage of other laws , for their own benefit alone , by which they have put untold millions into their own coffers , to the injury of the entire com- mercial and ...
... passed they have utterly refused to obey them . They have procured the passage of other laws , for their own benefit alone , by which they have put untold millions into their own coffers , to the injury of the entire com- mercial and ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
Copyright | |
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