The Riddle of the Sphinx: A Discussion of the Economic Questions Relating to Agriculture, Land, Transportation, Money, Taxation, and Cost of Interchange ...Hyperion Press, 1975 - 479 pages |
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... LEGISLATION . The American people have an eventful history . There is not a dull chapter in the real story of our colonial or national life - and most wonderful of all is the record of land and land legislation . It is almost incredible ...
... LEGISLATION . The American people have an eventful history . There is not a dull chapter in the real story of our colonial or national life - and most wonderful of all is the record of land and land legislation . It is almost incredible ...
Page 189
... legislation . Whatever views protectionists may have held , the tariff legislation of 1862 and of 1864 was urged as a compensatory measure to relieve home manufacturers of the disadvantages of the internal revenue . The government had ...
... legislation . Whatever views protectionists may have held , the tariff legislation of 1862 and of 1864 was urged as a compensatory measure to relieve home manufacturers of the disadvantages of the internal revenue . The government had ...
Page 403
... legislation , and rebuke misguided legislation of the past ; to endeavor to secure the nomination and election of good men for office , and spurn as dangerous to liberty all of the professional office - seekers ; to de- nounce all ...
... legislation , and rebuke misguided legislation of the past ; to endeavor to secure the nomination and election of good men for office , and spurn as dangerous to liberty all of the professional office - seekers ; to de- nounce all ...
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