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Ever since 1876 this company has paid dividends of from 8 to 91⁄2 per cent , and rare has been the year in which it has not carried a large sum to the surplus account , which in the main has not been invested in the plant of the company ...
Ever since 1876 this company has paid dividends of from 8 to 91⁄2 per cent , and rare has been the year in which it has not carried a large sum to the surplus account , which in the main has not been invested in the plant of the company ...
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The first two years , I understood you to say , that it paid about 3 per cent ? —Ans . Three per cent , quarterly , for the first two years . Commissioner WORTHINGTON . That would be 12 per cent a year ? —Ans . Yes , sir .
The first two years , I understood you to say , that it paid about 3 per cent ? —Ans . Three per cent , quarterly , for the first two years . Commissioner WORTHINGTON . That would be 12 per cent a year ? —Ans . Yes , sir .
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Forestry is now practiced on 70 per cent of the forests publicly owned and on less than 1 per cent D. of the forests privately owned , or on only 18 per cent of the total area of forests . ... We take from our forests each year ...
Forestry is now practiced on 70 per cent of the forests publicly owned and on less than 1 per cent D. of the forests privately owned , or on only 18 per cent of the total area of forests . ... We take from our forests each year ...
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Contents
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GOVERNMENT AND THE ECON | 3 |
Efforts at Arbitration | 4 |
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| Title | Government and the American economy, 1870-present Volume 2 of Select Problems in Historical Interpretation, Thomas G. Manning |
| Authors | David Morris Potter, Thomas G. Manning |
| Publisher | Holt, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2017 |
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