A Populist Reader: Selections from the Works of American Populist LeadersGeorge Brown Tindall Harper & Row, 1966 - 231 pages |
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... amount of land in one body would be almost equal to the thirteen original colonies . It is larger than the whole of England and France com- bined . In addition to the above there are millions of acres held by foreigners , and foreign ...
... amount of land in one body would be almost equal to the thirteen original colonies . It is larger than the whole of England and France com- bined . In addition to the above there are millions of acres held by foreigners , and foreign ...
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... amounts to from five to eight times that amount . In Kansas the capitalization of the railroads is $ 456,000,000 in round numbers , while their assessed valuation is put at $ 57,000,000 ; the books of the companies show the former amount ...
... amounts to from five to eight times that amount . In Kansas the capitalization of the railroads is $ 456,000,000 in round numbers , while their assessed valuation is put at $ 57,000,000 ; the books of the companies show the former amount ...
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... amount that is needed , because under it the greatest abuses may prevail , but a certain adequate amount that adjusts itself to the wants of the country at all seasons . For this purpose let us demand that the United States government ...
... amount that is needed , because under it the greatest abuses may prevail , but a certain adequate amount that adjusts itself to the wants of the country at all seasons . For this purpose let us demand that the United States government ...
Contents
TOWN AND COUNTRY | 1 |
IIPOPULIST GRIEVANCES | 11 |
LAND MONOPOLY | 18 |
Copyright | |
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acres agricultural Alliance American amount bank believe bimetallism bonds Bryan capital cent Century Chicago Christianity citizens civilization Coin condition Congress convention corporations currency debt demand Democracy Democratic party demonetization dollar economic Edited England ERWIN PANOFSKY Essays ÉTIENNE GILSON F. R. Leavis farm farmers favor free coinage gold standard Grant hands History human Illus industrial interest Intro Introduction issue J. H. HEXTER James Baird Weaver JOHN Kansas Knights of Labor labor land legal tender legislation MARTIN BUBER ment merchant millions mortgages movement nation Negro old parties organization patriotism People's Party platform political Populism Populist present production prosperity question race railroad railway reform Renaissance Republican RUDOLF BULTMANN secure Senate silver Social society SOREN KIERKEGAARD Southern struggle thousand tion trust United vote wealth West and South William William Jennings Bryan