Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4904U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... fact that American ships are indispensable now to the full expansion of American commerce . The nations of Europe fronting the Atlantic and Mediterranean that require our cotton and wheat , our corn , cattle , and provisions are , as a ...
... fact that American ships are indispensable now to the full expansion of American commerce . The nations of Europe fronting the Atlantic and Mediterranean that require our cotton and wheat , our corn , cattle , and provisions are , as a ...
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... fact that last year only 20,000 tons of shipping for over - seas trade all in one giant vessel - were completed in the United States , and that at the present time only four foreign - going ocean steamers , altogether of about 30,000 ...
... fact that last year only 20,000 tons of shipping for over - seas trade all in one giant vessel - were completed in the United States , and that at the present time only four foreign - going ocean steamers , altogether of about 30,000 ...
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... fact that the earning capacity of the ship then increases in a very rapid manner , " the general board is not in a position to give information . It seems highly probable , however , that such would be the case and that the prices asked ...
... fact that the earning capacity of the ship then increases in a very rapid manner , " the general board is not in a position to give information . It seems highly probable , however , that such would be the case and that the prices asked ...
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... fact of profound significance that the chief support which the shipping bill and the entire inquiry of the Merchant Marine Com- mission have received and are receiving has not come from ship- owners or shipbuilders , or even from the ...
... fact of profound significance that the chief support which the shipping bill and the entire inquiry of the Merchant Marine Com- mission have received and are receiving has not come from ship- owners or shipbuilders , or even from the ...
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... fact that when our goods destined for Asia or Africa or Central America or other distant markets reach the seaboard they find there not the regular steam lines provided by the liberality of European governments , but either no available ...
... fact that when our goods destined for Asia or Africa or Central America or other distant markets reach the seaboard they find there not the regular steam lines provided by the liberality of European governments , but either no available ...
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Page 13 - AD 1841; and all estates of deceased persons who may have died without leaving a will, or heir, and also such per cent, as may be granted by Congress on the sale of lands in this State, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, the interest of which, together with all the rents of the unsold lands, and such other means as the Legislature may provide, shall be • inviolably appropriated to the support of Common Schools throughout the State.
Page 5 - An Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and...
Page 11 - State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Page 6 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 100 - States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islands, or Newfoundland...
Page 22 - An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes...
Page 23 - An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year ending...
Page 4 - ... vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act as herein set forth.
Page 8 - National Mediation Board," to be composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party.
Page 6 - Pacific Railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and all other Government service, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government transportation.