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Page 140
... interest rate . Bank loans were hard to come by , and available only at high interest rates . The reason may have been that " too much of the demand on the banks was for greenbacks to settle Eastern accounts ... every dollar of them ...
... interest rate . Bank loans were hard to come by , and available only at high interest rates . The reason may have been that " too much of the demand on the banks was for greenbacks to settle Eastern accounts ... every dollar of them ...
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... interests oppressing the farmer . Faced with an oppressive tax structure , falling farm prices , rising prices for ... interest the principles of the organization and the cooperation already made so useful to their enterprise . " 72 By ...
... interests oppressing the farmer . Faced with an oppressive tax structure , falling farm prices , rising prices for ... interest the principles of the organization and the cooperation already made so useful to their enterprise . " 72 By ...
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... interest rates fell ; farmers lost interest in the Populist cause and returned to reaping their own prosperous harvests . All of the elements necessary for an agricultural revolution seemed to be present between 1871 to 1896. Farmers ...
... interest rates fell ; farmers lost interest in the Populist cause and returned to reaping their own prosperous harvests . All of the elements necessary for an agricultural revolution seemed to be present between 1871 to 1896. Farmers ...
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Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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