The Making of America, Volume 3Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... less ; and both are far greater than those of any other country . Our dairy products are nearly one fourth of those of the earth , and nearly double those of any other country . Summing up , it appears that of the entire agricultural ...
... less ; and both are far greater than those of any other country . Our dairy products are nearly one fourth of those of the earth , and nearly double those of any other country . Summing up , it appears that of the entire agricultural ...
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... less than 46 per cent - not much less than one half that of the world , three times as much as Great Britain , and nearly four times as much as France . Of glass , we make nearly a third of the world's product , while France , our ...
... less than 46 per cent - not much less than one half that of the world , three times as much as Great Britain , and nearly four times as much as France . Of glass , we make nearly a third of the world's product , while France , our ...
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... less than one eighth of the world's production . Of lead we produce a fourth ; again Spain follows with a little more than one fifth . Of quicksilver we produce 34 per cent . Here we exceed Spain , whose mine at Almaden produces nearly ...
... less than one eighth of the world's production . Of lead we produce a fourth ; again Spain follows with a little more than one fifth . Of quicksilver we produce 34 per cent . Here we exceed Spain , whose mine at Almaden produces nearly ...
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... less than 39 per cent , which is a far greater proportion than that of any other country . The business of transporting passengers and goods from place to place is one of vast magnitude . It is estimated that $ 6,000,000,000 are ...
... less than 39 per cent , which is a far greater proportion than that of any other country . The business of transporting passengers and goods from place to place is one of vast magnitude . It is estimated that $ 6,000,000,000 are ...
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... less as having ever occupied a leading position in it . To them , as to the rest of the world , America is the land of private enterprise par excellence ; the place where " state interference " has played the smallest part , and ...
... less as having ever occupied a leading position in it . To them , as to the rest of the world , America is the land of private enterprise par excellence ; the place where " state interference " has played the smallest part , and ...
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