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... foreign countries . The greatest change , however , that can be found in the bill is the substitution of specific rates for ad valorem . The demand for this change comes not alone from Repub- licans . Honest Democrats and honest ...
... foreign countries . The greatest change , however , that can be found in the bill is the substitution of specific rates for ad valorem . The demand for this change comes not alone from Repub- licans . Honest Democrats and honest ...
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... foreign commerce is the only material realm we have yet to conquer . In our stupendous home development the time had not come for the outward look . We had far less need of it than other nations . The commerce of England represents more ...
... foreign commerce is the only material realm we have yet to conquer . In our stupendous home development the time had not come for the outward look . We had far less need of it than other nations . The commerce of England represents more ...
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... foreign exchange " ( Statutes at Large , vol . 13 , p . 132 ) . This was an attempt to keep gold in the country and to stay the downward tendency of the greenbacks . On that day gold was quoted at 196 % . The day following the enactment ...
... foreign exchange " ( Statutes at Large , vol . 13 , p . 132 ) . This was an attempt to keep gold in the country and to stay the downward tendency of the greenbacks . On that day gold was quoted at 196 % . The day following the enactment ...
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... and confirm the public credit and put us in a position to command the markets of the world for our securities on the most advantageous terms . VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS , 1889-1898 . [ Prepared by 46 REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK .
... and confirm the public credit and put us in a position to command the markets of the world for our securities on the most advantageous terms . VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS , 1889-1898 . [ Prepared by 46 REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK .
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VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS , 1889-1898 . [ Prepared by the Director of the Mint . ] January 1 . July 1 . Country . Argentina Austria - Hungary Belgium ...... Bolivia ...... ................................. brazil Standard . Monetary unit ...
VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS , 1889-1898 . [ Prepared by the Director of the Mint . ] January 1 . July 1 . Country . Argentina Austria - Hungary Belgium ...... Bolivia ...... ................................. brazil Standard . Monetary unit ...
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Page 345 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 377 - Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 277 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 365 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 377 - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 234 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 376 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 182 - Whereas the government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United Slates of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States...
Page 33 - ... without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal-tender money by private contract.
Page 354 - Obedient to that precept of the Constitution which commands the President to give, from time to time, to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...