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Side 17
... annual consumption was but a few pounds per capita . In 1907 alone the production of iron ore in the United States was 53,000,000 tons , or more than 1,200 pounds for each man , woman and child of our 88,000,000 population . And the ...
... annual consumption was but a few pounds per capita . In 1907 alone the production of iron ore in the United States was 53,000,000 tons , or more than 1,200 pounds for each man , woman and child of our 88,000,000 population . And the ...
Side 33
... annual report ) , 143,000 acres of the Pittsburg coal - bed , or practically one - seventh of the entire acreage of this famous seam remain- ing yet unmined in Pennsylvania . During the year it exhausted 2,241 acres , obtaining ...
... annual report ) , 143,000 acres of the Pittsburg coal - bed , or practically one - seventh of the entire acreage of this famous seam remain- ing yet unmined in Pennsylvania . During the year it exhausted 2,241 acres , obtaining ...
Side 34
... annual production should not be increased by a single ton . But who is there to say it will not be doubled even within the next decade ? The West Virginia productive area of this great bed is only about the same as that of Pennsylvania ...
... annual production should not be increased by a single ton . But who is there to say it will not be doubled even within the next decade ? The West Virginia productive area of this great bed is only about the same as that of Pennsylvania ...
Side 36
... annually , while practically the same number produce vast quantities of both petroleum and natural gas . The percentage of coal left in the ground beyond recovery , as we have seen , varies from 40 to 70 in the different fields , to say ...
... annually , while practically the same number produce vast quantities of both petroleum and natural gas . The percentage of coal left in the ground beyond recovery , as we have seen , varies from 40 to 70 in the different fields , to say ...
Side 39
... annually . Last year nearly 2,500 men were killed and more than 6,000 were seriously injured in the mining industry of our country . No other country in the world shows so large a percentage of fatalities . Indeed , in those for- eign ...
... annually . Last year nearly 2,500 men were killed and more than 6,000 were seriously injured in the mining industry of our country . No other country in the world shows so large a percentage of fatalities . Indeed , in those for- eign ...
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Side 319 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Side 355 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Side 1 - For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Side 1 - Thy servants have come from the north and from the south, from the east and from the west.
Side 146 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Side 333 - The water of all natural streams, springs, lakes, or other collections of still water within the boundaries of the State are hereby declared to be the property of the State.
Side 153 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Side 193 - We declare the conviction that in the use of the natural resources our independent States are interdependent and bound together by ties of mutual benefits, responsibilities, and duties. We agree in the wisdom of future conferences between the President, Members of Congress, and the Governors of States...
Side 10 - In fact there has been a good deal of a demand for unrestricted individualism, for the right of the individual to injure the future of all of us for his own temporary and immediate profit. The time has come for a change. As a people we have the right and the duty, second to none other but the right and duty of obeying the moral law, of requiring and doing justice, to protect ourselves and our children against the wasteful development of our natural resources, whether...
Side 334 - Water being essential to industrial prosperity, of limited amount and easy of diversion from its natural channels, its control must be in the State, which, in providing for its use, shall equally guard all the various interests involved.