Republican Campaign Text Book, 1896Hartman & Cadick, printers, 1896 - 410 pages |
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... increase in the num ber of pounds of our export of pork products of 62 per cent . , and an increase in value of 661⁄2 per cent . The exports of dressed beef increased from 137,900,000 pounds in 1889 to 220.500.000 pounds in 1892 , or ...
... increase in the num ber of pounds of our export of pork products of 62 per cent . , and an increase in value of 661⁄2 per cent . The exports of dressed beef increased from 137,900,000 pounds in 1889 to 220.500.000 pounds in 1892 , or ...
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... increased exportation has been largely promoted by the inspection authorized by law and the faithful efforts of the Sec- retary and his efficient subordinates to make that inspection thor- ough and to carefully exclude from all cargoes ...
... increased exportation has been largely promoted by the inspection authorized by law and the faithful efforts of the Sec- retary and his efficient subordinates to make that inspection thor- ough and to carefully exclude from all cargoes ...
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... increased , to our great profit . One of the first and worst acts Mr. Morton found it possible to accomplish was the curtailment of this meat inspection , and by this means he has been and is engaged in wresting from our live stock ...
... increased , to our great profit . One of the first and worst acts Mr. Morton found it possible to accomplish was the curtailment of this meat inspection , and by this means he has been and is engaged in wresting from our live stock ...
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... increase of $ 162,315,400 in the bonded indebtedness of the country by the present Administration up to February , 1895 , the interest and sinking - fund charge on account of the later bond issue of $ 100,000,000 in February , 1896 ...
... increase of $ 162,315,400 in the bonded indebtedness of the country by the present Administration up to February , 1895 , the interest and sinking - fund charge on account of the later bond issue of $ 100,000,000 in February , 1896 ...
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... increase or reduction in each : TABLE A. Title . Amount this Amount last session . session . Reduction . Increase . Agriculture .......... Army ...... Diplomatic and consular . District of Columbia . $ 3,255,532.00 $ 3,303,750.00 ...
... increase or reduction in each : TABLE A. Title . Amount this Amount last session . session . Reduction . Increase . Agriculture .......... Army ...... Diplomatic and consular . District of Columbia . $ 3,255,532.00 $ 3,303,750.00 ...
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Page 280 - ... imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable...
Page 291 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained, the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 224 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 347 - We denounce Republican protection as a fraud, a robbery of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the federal government has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties, except for the...
Page 242 - ... flag; that the nation owes to them some permanent recognition of their patriotism and their valor, and ample and permanent provision for those of their survivors who have received disabling and honorable wounds in the service of the country; and that the memories of those who have fallen in its defense shall be held in grateful and everlasting remembrance.
Page 141 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 74 - The coin deposited for or representing the certificates of deposit shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. Said certificates shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues, and when so received may be reissued...
Page 86 - And when any of said notes may be redeemed or be received into the treasury under any law, from any source whatever, and shall belong to the United States, they shall not be retired, canceled or destroyed, but they shall be reissued and paid out again and kept in circulation...
Page 290 - The American people, from tradition and interest, favor bimetallism, and the Republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt- paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal.
Page 221 - January 18. 1837, on which shall be the devices and superscriptions provided by said act ; which coins, together with all silver dollars heretofore coined by the United States, of like weight and fineness, shall be a legal tender at their nominal value, for all debts and dues public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract.