National Progress, 1907-1917, Volume 39 |
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Page 29 - In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries.
Page 210 - With this vision we approach new affairs. Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it.
Page 270 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 215 - We must abolish everything that bears even the semblance of privilege or of any kind of artificial advantage, and put our business men and producers under the stimulation of a constant necessity to be efficient, economical, and enterprising, masters" of competitive supremacy, better workers ana merchants than any In the world.
Page 210 - A tariff which cuts us off from our proper part in the commerce of the world, violates the just principles of taxation, and makes the Government a facile instrument in the hands of private interests ; a banking and currency system based upon the necessity of the Government to sell its bonds fifty years ago and perfectly adapted to concentrating cash and restricting credits...
Page 396 - Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 360 - That the business of common carriers by rail is in a sense a public business because of the interest of society in the continued operation and rightful conduct of such business and that the public interest begets a public right of regulation to the full extent necessary to secure and protect it...
Page 288 - We can have no sympathy with those who seek to seize the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambition.
Page 86 - But it provided that in case of dispute between a carrier and its employees either party might request the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Commissioner of Labor to offer mediation.
Page 82 - ... no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice except where irreparable injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing thereafter should be granted.