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Which has had the stronger hold upon the state and national legislation during the last twenty years , the corporations or the people ? Whose interests have been the more safely guarded ? Where is the power lodged which has for seven ...
Which has had the stronger hold upon the state and national legislation during the last twenty years , the corporations or the people ? Whose interests have been the more safely guarded ? Where is the power lodged which has for seven ...
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A. Nothing special , except legislation that might be against the railroad interests . . . . Q. Did you personally know the several members of the legislature who introduced this socalled hostile legislation — these hostile bills ?
A. Nothing special , except legislation that might be against the railroad interests . . . . Q. Did you personally know the several members of the legislature who introduced this socalled hostile legislation — these hostile bills ?
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We have had a great deal of legislation aimed at the company prejudicial to its interests . Sometimes if it had been consummated it would have been entirely destructive and the road would not have been able to operate .
We have had a great deal of legislation aimed at the company prejudicial to its interests . Sometimes if it had been consummated it would have been entirely destructive and the road would not have been able to operate .
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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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