Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 514 halaman |
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Halaman 62
... gold and silver mines are in themselves an exceptio to the general rule , and where agriculture has but few followers . The advocates of the railroad land grant and subsidy bond system for the settlement of a country have the following ...
... gold and silver mines are in themselves an exceptio to the general rule , and where agriculture has but few followers . The advocates of the railroad land grant and subsidy bond system for the settlement of a country have the following ...
Halaman 183
... gold and values , and have no interest in common with the laboring and producing classes of the country . These corporations own and control property worth billions of dollars ; they rule the finances of the country ; they have tens of ...
... gold and values , and have no interest in common with the laboring and producing classes of the country . These corporations own and control property worth billions of dollars ; they rule the finances of the country ; they have tens of ...
Halaman 185
... gold . Soon after the issue of legal tender bills their value depreciated , and from that time to the present there has been , and still is , a wide margin between their value and coin . If these railroad com- panies could pay their ...
... gold . Soon after the issue of legal tender bills their value depreciated , and from that time to the present there has been , and still is , a wide margin between their value and coin . If these railroad com- panies could pay their ...
Halaman 191
... gold , with depreciated paper at par , and save the margin . In order that a margin may be continued , instead of making direct payment of government bonds to the direct holders thereof , the secretary of the treasury is required to sell ...
... gold , with depreciated paper at par , and save the margin . In order that a margin may be continued , instead of making direct payment of government bonds to the direct holders thereof , the secretary of the treasury is required to sell ...
Halaman 192
... gold market , as well as the secretary of the treasury in his financial operations , they have only to corner a few millions of currency to make the entire commerce of the country subserve their special purposes . With all of their ...
... gold market , as well as the secretary of the treasury in his financial operations , they have only to corner a few millions of currency to make the entire commerce of the country subserve their special purposes . With all of their ...
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Halaman 358 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Halaman 384 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Halaman 415 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances.
Halaman 209 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Halaman 89 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found is necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Halaman 67 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Halaman 288 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Halaman 392 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Halaman 402 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Halaman 430 - The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it; that must be a matter of opinion, and can only be a test of expediency.