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A. It is not more burthenfome in proportion than the tax on lands . It is intended , and supposed to take an equal proportion of profits . Q. How is the affembly compofed ? Of what kinds of people are the members , landholders or ...
A. It is not more burthenfome in proportion than the tax on lands . It is intended , and supposed to take an equal proportion of profits . Q. How is the affembly compofed ? Of what kinds of people are the members , landholders or ...
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Fostering Infant Industry " The railroads were subsidized , sometimes by grants of money , oftener by grants of land . Some of the most valuable oil lands in the United States were granted to assist the financing of the railroad which ...
Fostering Infant Industry " The railroads were subsidized , sometimes by grants of money , oftener by grants of land . Some of the most valuable oil lands in the United States were granted to assist the financing of the railroad which ...
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The World War last frontier has long since been reached , and there is practically no more free land . More than half of our people do not live on the farms or on lands and cannot derive a living by cultivating their own property .
The World War last frontier has long since been reached , and there is practically no more free land . More than half of our people do not live on the farms or on lands and cannot derive a living by cultivating their own property .
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| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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