Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 10Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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Page 459
... increased to $ 2,081,649.39 in 1873 and the State debt advanced from $ 4,065,410 in 1866 to $ 30,037,563 in 1874 , beside which a city and county debt amounting to about $ 12,000,000 was piled up , so that the total of State , city and ...
... increased to $ 2,081,649.39 in 1873 and the State debt advanced from $ 4,065,410 in 1866 to $ 30,037,563 in 1874 , beside which a city and county debt amounting to about $ 12,000,000 was piled up , so that the total of State , city and ...
Page 462
... increased from less than $ 1,000,000 to $ 3,750,385 in 1875 . The burden of taxation finally threat- ened to depopulate the State , the rate varying from 21⁄2 to 5 per cent . Of the total area of the State ( 30,000,000 acres ) over ...
... increased from less than $ 1,000,000 to $ 3,750,385 in 1875 . The burden of taxation finally threat- ened to depopulate the State , the rate varying from 21⁄2 to 5 per cent . Of the total area of the State ( 30,000,000 acres ) over ...
Page 467
... increased over five - fold , to about $ 2,000,000 . The public print- ing for one administration cost more than it had for the previous 70 years , and in one session the legislature spent $ 95,000 for furniture alone , $ 80 , - 000 of ...
... increased over five - fold , to about $ 2,000,000 . The public print- ing for one administration cost more than it had for the previous 70 years , and in one session the legislature spent $ 95,000 for furniture alone , $ 80 , - 000 of ...
Page 481
... increased in proportion . The tax rate in Louisiana in 1867 was 334 mills , in 1874 it was 212 mills . The tax rate in Texas was increased three- fold ; in Mississippi , fourteenfold ; and so in other Southern States . Outside capital ...
... increased in proportion . The tax rate in Louisiana in 1867 was 334 mills , in 1874 it was 212 mills . The tax rate in Texas was increased three- fold ; in Mississippi , fourteenfold ; and so in other Southern States . Outside capital ...
Page 482
... increased population , not until about 1900 did the average negro county equal its cotton production of 1860 ; the production per acre has not yet reached that of 1860 . On the other hand , the removal of slave labor competition and the ...
... increased population , not until about 1900 did the average negro county equal its cotton production of 1860 ; the production per acre has not yet reached that of 1860 . On the other hand , the removal of slave labor competition and the ...
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