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... 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 every dollar of them withdrawn ...
... 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 every dollar of them withdrawn ...
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... rates were so high as to wipe out the producer's profits on grain . Fruit growers complained that two- thirds of the ... rates , and attempts to control them had a history as long as the railroads themselves . The general incorporation ...
... rates were so high as to wipe out the producer's profits on grain . Fruit growers complained that two- thirds of the ... rates , and attempts to control them had a history as long as the railroads themselves . The general incorporation ...
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... rates fell and business increased throughout the period . Between July , 1866 , and July , 1897 , the rate per 100 ... rates on their major product during the period . Passenger rates in Illinois declined from an average of four cents ...
... rates fell and business increased throughout the period . Between July , 1866 , and July , 1897 , the rate per 100 ... rates on their major product during the period . Passenger rates in Illinois declined from an average of four cents ...
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