Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D.: PoliticalLittle, Brown and Company, 1852 |
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... cent . more , on a single necessary of life , than the whole tax on the people of that State for the support of ... cent . , while this impost on salt is generally two hundred per cent . , and occasionally higher . On this last ...
... cent . more , on a single necessary of life , than the whole tax on the people of that State for the support of ... cent . , while this impost on salt is generally two hundred per cent . , and occasionally higher . On this last ...
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... cent . on the cost of the article ; because it seldom costs , abroad , over ten or twelve cents per bushel . The price on the sea - board , as stated in the memorials on your table , is only from thirty - five to thirty - seven cents ...
... cent . on the cost of the article ; because it seldom costs , abroad , over ten or twelve cents per bushel . The price on the sea - board , as stated in the memorials on your table , is only from thirty - five to thirty - seven cents ...
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... cent . duties or tariffs of any kind , but are laid deep as those of the Alleghanies themselves . They are laid by God and nature , in the distance of the manufacture from the sea- board , the great expense in the transportation of so ...
... cent . duties or tariffs of any kind , but are laid deep as those of the Alleghanies themselves . They are laid by God and nature , in the distance of the manufacture from the sea- board , the great expense in the transportation of so ...
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... cents , or even eight hundred cents , on the bushel , and thus increase our revenue , without wrong to anybody , and with great benefit to the treasury . Because , if a reduction will not affect the price , neither would an augmentation ...
... cents , or even eight hundred cents , on the bushel , and thus increase our revenue , without wrong to anybody , and with great benefit to the treasury . Because , if a reduction will not affect the price , neither would an augmentation ...
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... cent . Without going into any calculations of the value of different kinds of stock , under different circumstances , it is obvious that such a payment or security was not worth so much , by nearly a third , as the money would have been ...
... cent . Without going into any calculations of the value of different kinds of stock , under different circumstances , it is obvious that such a payment or security was not worth so much , by nearly a third , as the money would have been ...
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