The New International Year BookDodd, Mead and Company, 1923 |
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... cent above pre - war levels the farm er's income was down to or below that level . Farm wages in 1922 , were but 36 per cent above those of 1913 , having declined 38 per cent from the high level of 1920 . Although not directly affecting ...
... cent above pre - war levels the farm er's income was down to or below that level . Farm wages in 1922 , were but 36 per cent above those of 1913 , having declined 38 per cent from the high level of 1920 . Although not directly affecting ...
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... cent of the corn , 60 per cent of the cotton , 50 per cent of the tobacco , and approximately one - fourth of the total cereal supply , although only about 2 per cent of the rye and rice crops are ascribed to it . It does this with the ...
... cent of the corn , 60 per cent of the cotton , 50 per cent of the tobacco , and approximately one - fourth of the total cereal supply , although only about 2 per cent of the rye and rice crops are ascribed to it . It does this with the ...
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... cent of the farmers and farm laborers of the world , which shows the high efficiency of the American farmer in managing larger farms , em- ploying more work stock , and using more ma- chinery , which enables him to grow more per acre ...
... cent of the farmers and farm laborers of the world , which shows the high efficiency of the American farmer in managing larger farms , em- ploying more work stock , and using more ma- chinery , which enables him to grow more per acre ...
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... cent of the year's total ; Public Works and Utilities , $ 562 , - 066,000 . or 17 per cent ; Business Buildings , $ 496,145,000 , or 15 per cent ; Industrial Build- ings , $ 325,100,000 , or 10 per cent , and Educa- tional Buildings ...
... cent of the year's total ; Public Works and Utilities , $ 562 , - 066,000 . or 17 per cent ; Business Buildings , $ 496,145,000 , or 15 per cent ; Industrial Build- ings , $ 325,100,000 , or 10 per cent , and Educa- tional Buildings ...
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... cent of the total expenditure for construction will go into residential buildings; 15 per cent into public works and utilities; 15 per cent into business buildings; 11 per cent into industrial buildings; 10 per cent into educational ...
... cent of the total expenditure for construction will go into residential buildings; 15 per cent into public works and utilities; 15 per cent into business buildings; 11 per cent into industrial buildings; 10 per cent into educational ...
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Page 359 - To respect the sovereignty, the independence, and the territorial and administrative integrity of China; (2) To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed opportunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable government...
Page 352 - These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all. Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system.
Page 405 - The Governing Body shall, from time to time, elect one of its members to act as its Chairman, shall regulate its own procedure and shall fix its own times of meeting. A special meeting shall be held if a written request to that effect is made by at least ten members of the Governing Body.
Page 364 - Volume : together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States...
Page 145 - Grant the validity of this law, and all that Congress would need to do hereafter, in seeking to take over to its control any one of the great number of subjects of public interest, jurisdiction of which the states have never parted with, and which are reserved to them by the...
Page 405 - ... may be decided by the Conference at a previous meeting by two-thirds of the votes cast by the Delegates present.
Page 229 - To secure a larger combined influence for the Churches of Christ in all matters affecting the moral and social condition of the people, so as to promote the application of the law of Christ in every relation of human life.
Page 393 - Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...
Page 164 - The tael is a unit of weight: not a coin. The customs unit is the Haikwan tael. The values of other taels are based on their relation to the value of the Haikwan tael. The Yuan silver dollar of 100 cents is the monetary unit of the Chinese Republic; it is equivalent to .644+ of the Haikwan tael.
Page 369 - To formulate and agree upon the amendments and additions, if any, to the rules of international law shown to be necessary or useful by the events of the war and the changes in the conditions of international life and intercourse which have followed the war. 3. To endeavor to reconcile divergent views and secure general agreement upon the rules which have been in dispute heretofore.