Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation, from 1859 to 1878D. Appleton, 1879 - 640 pages |
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... per cent . on that would amount to $ 40,000,000 . It was the boast of an English Chancellor of the Exchequer that an ... five per cent . were imposed on im- portations , it would produce that sum . I trust such a tax will not be imposed ...
... per cent . on that would amount to $ 40,000,000 . It was the boast of an English Chancellor of the Exchequer that an ... five per cent . were imposed on im- portations , it would produce that sum . I trust such a tax will not be imposed ...
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... per cent . on the gross receipts from passengers . The receipts of a road for passengers are sometimes one - fifth ... five per cent . on gross incomes over $ 600 . And yet , although all classes of the com- munity - corporations ...
... per cent . on the gross receipts from passengers . The receipts of a road for passengers are sometimes one - fifth ... five per cent . on gross incomes over $ 600 . And yet , although all classes of the com- munity - corporations ...
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... five per cent . per annum . This cannot be guarded against by laws . Why , sir , when the system of free banking was established in the western country , those who were friendly to banks said : " Now we have a stable issue ; we have ...
... five per cent . per annum . This cannot be guarded against by laws . Why , sir , when the system of free banking was established in the western country , those who were friendly to banks said : " Now we have a stable issue ; we have ...
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... five per cent . of gold and silver in their vaults . The bill as reported provides that they shall keep twenty - five per cent . in lawful money of the United States in their vaults . If the courts shall decide , as the Senator says ...
... five per cent . of gold and silver in their vaults . The bill as reported provides that they shall keep twenty - five per cent . in lawful money of the United States in their vaults . If the courts shall decide , as the Senator says ...
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... per cent . , and in three or four weeks it changed them nearly thirty per cent . The proposition of the Senate to check this over - issue at once reduced it some four or five per cent . I have no doubt the passage of the bill re- ported ...
... per cent . , and in three or four weeks it changed them nearly thirty per cent . The proposition of the Senate to check this over - issue at once reduced it some four or five per cent . I have no doubt the passage of the bill re- ported ...
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