Economic Statesmanship: The Great Industrial and Financial Problems Arising from the War |
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Page 582 - Reports of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the position of the. First report (Nov., 1916). The German Control Stations and the Atlantic Emigrant Traffic.
Page 234 - That all articles of foreign production needed for the repair of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States...
Page 253 - It is in this manner that the demand for men, like that for any other commodity, necessarily regulates the production of men; quickens it when it goes on too slowly, and stops it when it advances too fast.
Page 253 - The most decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of its inhabitants.
Page 598 - The landlord has books and pictures rarer and appointments more artistic than the king could then obtain. The price we pay for this salutary change is, no doubt, great. We assemble thousands of operatives in the factory...
Page 233 - ... may be imported in bond under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such materials have been used for such purposes no duties shall be paid thereon.
Page 389 - We look upon these resources as a heritage to be made use of in establishing and promoting the comfort, prosperity, and happiness of the American people, but not to be wasted, deteriorated, or needlessly destroyed. We agree that our country's future is involved in this; that the great natural resources supply the material basis upon which our civilization must continue to depend, and upon which the perpetuity of the nation itself rests.
Page 551 - I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.
Page 233 - That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary for the construction or repair of vessels built in the United States and all such materials necessary for the building...
Page 109 - At the outbreak of war the population of the Central Empires was about two and a half times as great as that of the United Kingdom; their losses of births had apparently been ten times as great.