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Any one who has observed the life of the workingman on both sides of the Atlantic knows that wages , conditions , opportunities are vastly superior as a whole in the United States . It is a New World , with a New World's hopes .
Any one who has observed the life of the workingman on both sides of the Atlantic knows that wages , conditions , opportunities are vastly superior as a whole in the United States . It is a New World , with a New World's hopes .
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... as an adjunct to his business ; one who regards freedom of speech as a menace , and the quality of his product of less importance than the quantity ; one whose whole duty toward his working - man is covered by a pay envelope .
... as an adjunct to his business ; one who regards freedom of speech as a menace , and the quality of his product of less importance than the quantity ; one whose whole duty toward his working - man is covered by a pay envelope .
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On the whole , he hoped , if the section is not struck out , that the excise will be reduced . MR . LIVERMORE was in favor of the bill . He considered it an equal and just mode of taxation , and as such one that would be agreeable to ...
On the whole , he hoped , if the section is not struck out , that the excise will be reduced . MR . LIVERMORE was in favor of the bill . He considered it an equal and just mode of taxation , and as such one that would be agreeable to ...
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... uplifting indirect taxes , such as those of excise and customs , upon the whole , at 30 > per cent . Excise had at first been resorted to upon a few manufactures . The dealers indemnify themselves at the expense of their customers .
... uplifting indirect taxes , such as those of excise and customs , upon the whole , at 30 > per cent . Excise had at first been resorted to upon a few manufactures . The dealers indemnify themselves at the expense of their customers .
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... the population , the habits of the people , and the nature of the soil , strike into that line of industry which is best adapted to their interest and the good of the whole ; an active and free intercourse , promoted and facilitated ...
... the population , the habits of the people , and the nature of the soil , strike into that line of industry which is best adapted to their interest and the good of the whole ; an active and free intercourse , promoted and facilitated ...
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Page 176 - God had called him to; and the consideration of the sacred declaration, " that he who does not provide for his own household, has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel," had such an impressive effect on his mind, that it almost deprived him of his senses.
Page 6 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 416 - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Page 65 - ... that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers, draws out the harmony of the universe.
Page 222 - Our scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put into the public Treasury...
Page 222 - It is not proposed to entirely relieve the country of this taxation. It must be extensively continued as the source of the Government's income ; and in a readjustment of our tariff the interests of American labor engaged in manufacture should be carefully considered, as well as the preservation of our manufacturers.
Page 29 - Without commerce, industry would have no stimulus ; without manufactures, it would be without the means of production ; and without agriculture neither of the others can subsist.
Page 46 - A most important question for every nation, as well as for every individual, to propose to itself, is, how it can best apply that quantity of labor which it is able to perform. Labor is the great producer of wealth ; it moves all other causes. If it call machinery to its aid, it is still employed, not only in using the machinery, but in making it. Now, with respect to the quantity of labor, as we all know, different nations are differently circumstanced. Some need, more than...
Page 39 - ... interests is felt in the same degree, and cherished with the same solicitude, throughout all parts of the Union. Some of them are peculiar to particular sections of our common country. But all these great interests are confided to the protection of one government— to the fate of one ship; and a most gallant ship it is, with a noble crew.
Page 222 - The question thus imperatively presented for solution should be approached in a spirit higher than partisanship and considered in the light of that regard for patriotic duty which should characterize the action of those intrusted with the weal of a confiding people.
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: Revenue: the tariff and taxation Volume 12 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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