Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation, from 1859 to 1878D. Appleton, 1879 - 640 pages |
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... increased , but no steps with a view of increasing the revenue from taxation appear to have been taken . To meet current expenses during the year , the Treasury realized from issue of notes of December 23 , 1857 , $ 9,667,400 , and from ...
... increased , but no steps with a view of increasing the revenue from taxation appear to have been taken . To meet current expenses during the year , the Treasury realized from issue of notes of December 23 , 1857 , $ 9,667,400 , and from ...
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... increased to $ 44,910,777 . On the 1st of July , 1859 , the public debt had in- creased to $ 58,754,699 . On the 1st ... Increase ... $ 17,710,114 1,919,349 $ 15,790,765 $ 65,681,199 29,060,386 36,620,813 $ 52,411,578 It is impossible to ...
... increased to $ 44,910,777 . On the 1st of July , 1859 , the public debt had in- creased to $ 58,754,699 . On the 1st ... Increase ... $ 17,710,114 1,919,349 $ 15,790,765 $ 65,681,199 29,060,386 36,620,813 $ 52,411,578 It is impossible to ...
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... increase the public debt , or increase the revenue . I take it that no one in our day desires to increase the national debt . The idea that a national debt is a national blessing is an absurd one , which should never have been tolerated ...
... increase the public debt , or increase the revenue . I take it that no one in our day desires to increase the national debt . The idea that a national debt is a national blessing is an absurd one , which should never have been tolerated ...
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... increase or restore the mail service , yet I believe that the Postmaster General did right in reducing it . It is the only reform instituted by this Adminis- tration . Gentlemen upon this as well as upon the other side should remember ...
... increase or restore the mail service , yet I believe that the Postmaster General did right in reducing it . It is the only reform instituted by this Adminis- tration . Gentlemen upon this as well as upon the other side should remember ...
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... increase of taxation , or reduction of expenses . On the 3d of the following December the second session of this Congress con- vened . By the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency the country had been thrown into an intense ...
... increase of taxation , or reduction of expenses . On the 3d of the following December the second session of this Congress con- vened . By the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency the country had been thrown into an intense ...
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