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Side 13
... common heritage of mankind , for their use and happiness . The alienation of these divine gifts from the ownership of the people , to the control of the few for private profit , is a crime against civilization , especially when the ...
... common heritage of mankind , for their use and happiness . The alienation of these divine gifts from the ownership of the people , to the control of the few for private profit , is a crime against civilization , especially when the ...
Side 14
... common good . As the monopolizing by one company has created wealth so great that it has enabled it to practically control all legislation relating to it and to build up what is probably the most powerful financial institution of the ...
... common good . As the monopolizing by one company has created wealth so great that it has enabled it to practically control all legislation relating to it and to build up what is probably the most powerful financial institution of the ...
Side 39
... common good , while in America , in practically 90 per cent of the cases , electrification of railways has been to produce greater profit for the bankers and syndicates who have controlled these undertakings . To show an actual ...
... common good , while in America , in practically 90 per cent of the cases , electrification of railways has been to produce greater profit for the bankers and syndicates who have controlled these undertakings . To show an actual ...
Side 40
... common good " for the relief of taxation . On this amount $ 864,000 was contributed in 1918. The tramways also pay taxes directly , which in 1918 amounted to $ 380,867 , the equivalent of 5.57 per cent of gross receipts , as compared ...
... common good " for the relief of taxation . On this amount $ 864,000 was contributed in 1918. The tramways also pay taxes directly , which in 1918 amounted to $ 380,867 , the equivalent of 5.57 per cent of gross receipts , as compared ...
Side 53
... common public is con- cerned , and that is the condition we find ourselves in today . Mayor Thompson's Plan For Public Ownership . The mayor of this city has advocated a plan and presented it to the city council , and it is a simple ...
... common public is con- cerned , and that is the condition we find ourselves in today . Mayor Thompson's Plan For Public Ownership . The mayor of this city has advocated a plan and presented it to the city council , and it is a simple ...
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Side 263 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Side 11 - As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed.
Side 53 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Side 68 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Side 103 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, within the discretion of the court.
Side 156 - We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world — no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
Side 102 - Section 5 of the interstate commerce act directs the commission to prepare and adopt a plan for the consolidation of the railroad properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems which shall conform as closely as practicable to certain broad specifications which the Congress has laid down.
Side 105 - For the purpose of enabling carriers by railroad subject to the Interstate Commerce Act properly to serve the public during the transition period immediately following the termination of Federal control, any such carrier may, at any time after the passage of this Act and before the expiration of two years after the termination of Federal control...
Side 197 - Marked features and significant incidents in the loose, extravagant and improvident administration of the finances of the New Haven as shown in this investigation are the Boston & Maine despoilment; the iniquity of the Westchester acquisition...
Side 102 - Subject to the foregoing requirements, the several systems shall be so arranged that the cost of transportation as between competitive systems and as related to the values of the properties through which the service is rendered shall be the same, so far as practicable...