Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 10Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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Page 460
... lines . By this method the State treasury was mulcted of about $ 14,000,000 , though the exact total was never known . The State school fund in 1873 was also found to be short $ 1,260,511.92 , all of which the legislature had illegally ...
... lines . By this method the State treasury was mulcted of about $ 14,000,000 , though the exact total was never known . The State school fund in 1873 was also found to be short $ 1,260,511.92 , all of which the legislature had illegally ...
Page 468
... lines . Even the private ac- counts and gambling losses of the members were paid . * The legislature invested several millions in railroads and subsequently waived its claim to any share in the roads ; it appropriated $ 1,250,000 to ...
... lines . Even the private ac- counts and gambling losses of the members were paid . * The legislature invested several millions in railroads and subsequently waived its claim to any share in the roads ; it appropriated $ 1,250,000 to ...
Page 480
... line in 1869 and others were building or being planned . The Government aided this western railway building by lavish grants of public lands and by subsidies . The vast grants of aid by Congress , the scandals that resulted , the ...
... line in 1869 and others were building or being planned . The Government aided this western railway building by lavish grants of public lands and by subsidies . The vast grants of aid by Congress , the scandals that resulted , the ...
Page 482
... lines of indus- try , a general tendency toward the con- solidation of capital and of industrial enterprises , on extension of commerce under the protection of the tariff , a great increase 482 AGRICULTURAL DECLINE .
... lines of indus- try , a general tendency toward the con- solidation of capital and of industrial enterprises , on extension of commerce under the protection of the tariff , a great increase 482 AGRICULTURAL DECLINE .
Page 483
... lines between East and West- tied up the freight traffic for several weeks . At Martinsburg , West Virginia , the strike could not be controlled by the State authorities and Governor Matthews called upon President Hayes for troops ...
... lines between East and West- tied up the freight traffic for several weeks . At Martinsburg , West Virginia , the strike could not be controlled by the State authorities and Governor Matthews called upon President Hayes for troops ...
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