The Making of America, Volume 3Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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Page 11
... interest in our economic activity from the ocean and foreign commerce to the interior and in- ternal commerce . It was the ending of the colonial period in our economic development , and the beginning of what has been the chief object ...
... interest in our economic activity from the ocean and foreign commerce to the interior and in- ternal commerce . It was the ending of the colonial period in our economic development , and the beginning of what has been the chief object ...
Page 22
... interest as well . The pros- perity which it brought to the whole southern and western population increased their ... interests also received great stimulus . The in- ternal trade of the country sprang at once into commanding importance ...
... interest as well . The pros- perity which it brought to the whole southern and western population increased their ... interests also received great stimulus . The in- ternal trade of the country sprang at once into commanding importance ...
Page 24
... interest had been high ; but these opportunities had been confined for the most part to enterprises connected with commerce , to mercantile transac- tions , banking , insurance , shipping , and , to a small extent , manufactures . The ...
... interest had been high ; but these opportunities had been confined for the most part to enterprises connected with commerce , to mercantile transac- tions , banking , insurance , shipping , and , to a small extent , manufactures . The ...
Page 31
... interest of 6 per cent , by the creation of a funded debt . All the earlier loans for the New York canals were made without difficulty ; and the capital secured was chiefly , if not wholly , domestic . But it was not upon domestic ...
... interest of 6 per cent , by the creation of a funded debt . All the earlier loans for the New York canals were made without difficulty ; and the capital secured was chiefly , if not wholly , domestic . But it was not upon domestic ...
Page 32
... interest must inevitably fall ; and , to escape that fall , those who had savings to invest would be forced to turn to highly speculative investments at home or to lend their capital in foreign countries . A number of circumstances ...
... interest must inevitably fall ; and , to escape that fall , those who had savings to invest would be forced to turn to highly speculative investments at home or to lend their capital in foreign countries . A number of circumstances ...
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