The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909Macmillan, 1922 - 418 pages |
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... • 311 312 • 314 . 315 318 · 319 RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION OF 1905 THE HEPBURN BILL . 323 324 THE SENATE BILL • 325 RATE MAKING BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION • • 327 MEAT INSPECTION ACT AND PURE FOOD LAW . MUCKRAKING · CONTENTS ix.
... • 311 312 • 314 . 315 318 · 319 RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION OF 1905 THE HEPBURN BILL . 323 324 THE SENATE BILL • 325 RATE MAKING BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION • • 327 MEAT INSPECTION ACT AND PURE FOOD LAW . MUCKRAKING · CONTENTS ix.
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... railroad through business relations , he formed a link between that great organization and the candidate of his party , afterwards president - elect . From that time on he never lost an opportunity to identify him- self with any ...
... railroad through business relations , he formed a link between that great organization and the candidate of his party , afterwards president - elect . From that time on he never lost an opportunity to identify him- self with any ...
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... Railroad system in wild- est confusion ; it took us twelve hours to get into camp with our baggage . “ June 5 — No words can paint the confusion . No head ; a breakdown of both the railroad and military systems of the country . " June 6 ...
... Railroad system in wild- est confusion ; it took us twelve hours to get into camp with our baggage . “ June 5 — No words can paint the confusion . No head ; a breakdown of both the railroad and military systems of the country . " June 6 ...
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... railroads on their feet . John Pierpont Morgan is the hero of 1899 and of the succeeding years , and he came into public notice from his reorganization of railroads which had been badly hurt by the panic of 1893 and by conditions ...
... railroads on their feet . John Pierpont Morgan is the hero of 1899 and of the succeeding years , and he came into public notice from his reorganization of railroads which had been badly hurt by the panic of 1893 and by conditions ...
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... railroads must accept his terms ; and the result proved their justification . A contrast of the con- dition of the railroads in 1899 and before that year is one between excellent business management and the proper payment of interest ...
... railroads must accept his terms ; and the result proved their justification . A contrast of the con- dition of the railroads in 1899 and before that year is one between excellent business management and the proper payment of interest ...
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Page 66 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 174 - A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of our export trade. We must "not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 107 - I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight ; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night.
Page 199 - ... for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands, and the measures adopted should be made to conform to their customs, their habits, and even their prejudices, to the fullest extent consistent with the accomplishment of the indispensible requisites of just and effective government.
Page 98 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Page 195 - Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question.
Page 180 - United •States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 65 - Maine, by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive proof of a state of things in Cuba that is intolerable. That condition is thus shown to be such that the Spanish Government...
Page 15 - ... the existing gold standard must be preserved. All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth.
Page 200 - Government of the United States to give protection for property and life, civil and religious freedom, and wise, firm, and unselfish guidance in the paths of peace and prosperity to all the people of the Philippine Islands. I charge this commission to labor for the full performance of this obligation, which concerns the honor and conscience of their country, in the firm hope that through their...