Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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Halaman 10
... given a controlling strength and power to monopolies that cannot now be overcome without a united , long , and hard struggle . These evils cannot be corrected , nor the rights of the peo- ple restored , save by concerted action on their ...
... given a controlling strength and power to monopolies that cannot now be overcome without a united , long , and hard struggle . These evils cannot be corrected , nor the rights of the peo- ple restored , save by concerted action on their ...
Halaman 12
... given price per acre , this agent has no right to convey one - half of it to himself and friends , and mark up the remaining half to a double price , and leave it on the owner's hands . This is what congress has done with the public ...
... given price per acre , this agent has no right to convey one - half of it to himself and friends , and mark up the remaining half to a double price , and leave it on the owner's hands . This is what congress has done with the public ...
Halaman 15
... given to " the favored few " the absolute control of the nation . The reckless giving of lands to railroad corporations , by congress , is without excuse , or even apology . When grants were first made to states , it was pretended that ...
... given to " the favored few " the absolute control of the nation . The reckless giving of lands to railroad corporations , by congress , is without excuse , or even apology . When grants were first made to states , it was pretended that ...
Halaman 17
... given to railroad companies is a direct robbery of the people , and the fact that whenever a grant is made the people are required to make good the amount taken from them by paying a double price for the moiety that is left to them ...
... given to railroad companies is a direct robbery of the people , and the fact that whenever a grant is made the people are required to make good the amount taken from them by paying a double price for the moiety that is left to them ...
Halaman 19
... given to said com- pany to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road , earth , stone , timber , and other materials , for the con- struction thereof . Said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two ...
... given to said com- pany to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road , earth , stone , timber , and other materials , for the con- struction thereof . Said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two ...
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Halaman 356 - ... 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 87 - 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 it necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Halaman 386 - 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 394 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Halaman 206 - 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 421 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Halaman 279 - 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 363 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Halaman 373 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold a>nd silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Halaman 373 - States to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, when Mr.