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Page 185
... less than 14 bushels per acre , in Germany 28 bushels , and in England 32 bushels . We get 30 bushels of oats per acre , England nearly 45 , and Germany more than 47 . Our soils are fertile , but our mode of farming neither conserves ...
... less than 14 bushels per acre , in Germany 28 bushels , and in England 32 bushels . We get 30 bushels of oats per acre , England nearly 45 , and Germany more than 47 . Our soils are fertile , but our mode of farming neither conserves ...
Page 351
... less and less for the old - time craft workers and more for large numbers of unskilled employees . A major source of such labor was the vast " New Immigration " from southern and eastern Europe which after 1880 filled many a coal mine ...
... less and less for the old - time craft workers and more for large numbers of unskilled employees . A major source of such labor was the vast " New Immigration " from southern and eastern Europe which after 1880 filled many a coal mine ...
Page 364
... less than $ 4.20 a day or less than 521⁄2 cents per hour , were increased 10 cents per hour . There was an increase of 10 cents per hour in all other hourly rates , and an equivalent increase in all tonnage and piecework rates which ...
... less than $ 4.20 a day or less than 521⁄2 cents per hour , were increased 10 cents per hour . There was an increase of 10 cents per hour in all other hourly rates , and an equivalent increase in all tonnage and piecework rates which ...
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PHILosophers of Laissez Faire | 4 |
ATTITUDES DURING THE PROGRESSIVE | 12 |
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