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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... population ( census of 1872 ) of 37,000,000 . Now , what is the cause of this change from abject pov- erty to a position of comparative affluence in less than a century , and that , too , with a population which in pro- portion would ...
... population ( census of 1872 ) of 37,000,000 . Now , what is the cause of this change from abject pov- erty to a position of comparative affluence in less than a century , and that , too , with a population which in pro- portion would ...
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... population , from 1880 to 1889 . Beginning with 1880 , the number of cattle per 1,000 population was in order as follows : 738 , 744 , 758 , 773 , 787 , 800 , 794 , 783 , 771 , 758 , showing that the ratio of cattle per 1,000 of population ...
... population , from 1880 to 1889 . Beginning with 1880 , the number of cattle per 1,000 population was in order as follows : 738 , 744 , 758 , 773 , 787 , 800 , 794 , 783 , 771 , 758 , showing that the ratio of cattle per 1,000 of population ...
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... population living by buying from and selling to the other thirteen . If we allow 11,000,000 fam- ilies for the fifty million odd population , there was one commercial traveler for every 400 families , a store- keeper , dealer or trader ...
... population living by buying from and selling to the other thirteen . If we allow 11,000,000 fam- ilies for the fifty million odd population , there was one commercial traveler for every 400 families , a store- keeper , dealer or trader ...
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