The Making of America, Volume 3Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... effect upon the west , and through it upon the country at large . As we have seen , the chief obstacle to the prosperity of this section was the lack of a market . Two events soon removed this obstacle , and started the whole country ...
... effect upon the west , and through it upon the country at large . As we have seen , the chief obstacle to the prosperity of this section was the lack of a market . Two events soon removed this obstacle , and started the whole country ...
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... effect of this extension of cotton and sugar cultivation into the southwest upon the southern states is well known . It opened up a very profitable field for the employment of the labor and capital of this section , and this economic ...
... effect of this extension of cotton and sugar cultivation into the southwest upon the southern states is well known . It opened up a very profitable field for the employment of the labor and capital of this section , and this economic ...
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... effect of all these changes upon the economic con- dition of the country at large was almost revolutionary . It opened the eyes of the people to the economic possibilities of their situation , and turned their attention for the first ...
... effect of all these changes upon the economic con- dition of the country at large was almost revolutionary . It opened the eyes of the people to the economic possibilities of their situation , and turned their attention for the first ...
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... effect which the economic changes described above had upon the demand for capital may best be shown by com- paring the chief enterprises in which capital was invested before 1815 with those that arose after that date . Demand for capi ...
... effect which the economic changes described above had upon the demand for capital may best be shown by com- paring the chief enterprises in which capital was invested before 1815 with those that arose after that date . Demand for capi ...
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... effect of in- creasing capital . On the contrary , it might have the opposite effect of driving capital out of the country , unless other se- curities could be furnished , which the foreign investor would be willing to purchase . Such ...
... effect of in- creasing capital . On the contrary , it might have the opposite effect of driving capital out of the country , unless other se- curities could be furnished , which the foreign investor would be willing to purchase . Such ...
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advantages aggregate American amount average stockholding canal capital stock Carnegie Steel company census cent charter Chicago cities coal combination commerce commission competition consolidation corporations cost cotton crude oil deposits distribution dividends dollars earnings economic engineering England enterprises Erie railroad established existence fact favor freight funds important increase independent individual industrial institutions insurance companies interest investment investor J. P. Morgan labor large number less loans machinery manufacturing ment methods million monopoly national banks Ohio Ohio river operation organization output pany Pennsylvania period pipe lines Pittsburg plants policy holder present production profits promoter purchase question railroad railway refiners result roads savings secure shares South Improvement company speculative Standard Oil company Standard Oil trust supply surplus tion trade transportation trust companies twenty union United wages wealth York York Central railroad