The Forum, Volume 32Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach Forum Publishing Company, 1901 Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements. |
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... Africa of To - morrow The Outlook for Public Ownership European Feeling toward the United States The Decadence of our Constitution The Paris Bourse · · The Monastic Danger in Higher Education Theodore Roosevelt Preserving a State's ...
... Africa of To - morrow The Outlook for Public Ownership European Feeling toward the United States The Decadence of our Constitution The Paris Bourse · · The Monastic Danger in Higher Education Theodore Roosevelt Preserving a State's ...
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... Africa , British West Africa , British East Africa , the West Indies , and countless unconsidered trifles of possessions scattered over the four quarters of the world . The volume of trade carried on between these possessions , and ...
... Africa , British West Africa , British East Africa , the West Indies , and countless unconsidered trifles of possessions scattered over the four quarters of the world . The volume of trade carried on between these possessions , and ...
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... Africa and Polynesia , but only 11,000,000 persons to her imperial population . The external posses- sions of the United States have added 125,000 square miles to the area . and 9,000,000 to the population of the Union . The colonies of ...
... Africa and Polynesia , but only 11,000,000 persons to her imperial population . The external posses- sions of the United States have added 125,000 square miles to the area . and 9,000,000 to the population of the Union . The colonies of ...
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... Africa , America , and Australasia ; in the second the statistics of its trade : THE BRITISH EMPIRE . Area square miles . Population . Revenue . Expenditure . United Kingdom India . 120,979 1,800,258 40,909,925 £ 119,839,905 ...
... Africa , America , and Australasia ; in the second the statistics of its trade : THE BRITISH EMPIRE . Area square miles . Population . Revenue . Expenditure . United Kingdom India . 120,979 1,800,258 40,909,925 £ 119,839,905 ...
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... Africa .. 30,569,170 29,941,270 13,628,373 America . 43,453,090 42,791,980 24,384,943 Australasia 72,640,240 89,508,870 23,200,355 Total , United Kingdom and Colonies .... £ 809,178,209 £ 657,899,363 221,198,060 Protectorates ...
... Africa .. 30,569,170 29,941,270 13,628,373 America . 43,453,090 42,791,980 24,384,943 Australasia 72,640,240 89,508,870 23,200,355 Total , United Kingdom and Colonies .... £ 809,178,209 £ 657,899,363 221,198,060 Protectorates ...
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Page 159 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 405 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 229 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 616 - 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. If such a thing were possible it would not be best for us or for those with whom we deal. We should take from our customers such of their products as we can use without harm to our industries and labor.
Page 426 - By sensible trade arrangements which will not interrupt our home production we shall extend the outlets for our increasing surplus. 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 the fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 155 - Persuaded as the Secretary is, that the proper funding of the present debt, will render it a national blessing: Yet he is so far from acceding to the position, in the latitude in which it is sometimes laid down, that "public debts are public benefits...
Page 159 - The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise. in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust...
Page 561 - To be at home in all lands and all ages ; to count nature a familiar acquaintance, and art an intimate friend ; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other men's work and the criticism of your own ; to carry the keys of the world's library in your pocket, and feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake...
Page 648 - It is thought, however, that no punitive measures can be so effective by way of reparation for wrongs suffered and as deterrent examples for the future as the degradation and punishment of the responsible authors by the supreme imperial authority itself...
Page 426 - The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem.