Word: commonweath
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they have crushed competion; (b) injured markets; (x) raised prices of farmers' needs; (y) lowered prices of farmers' products. (2) Class legislation; (a) it has unduly exempted rich from taxation; (b) it has protected certain manufacturers; (c) it has given bonnties to sugar trust (Lloyd's Wealth vs. Commonweath, 9-30). (3) Single gold standard; (a) it has caused fall of prices of commodities; (x) caused contraction of currency; (m) thrown silver out of use (n) though per capita circulation is as great as in 1873, this does not prove much; (1) business has increased more rapidly than population...
Best general references: Bryce's American Commonweath, II, 1-236; Forum IX, 126, 430; Nation, XXXVIII, 201, XXXIX, 21 and 41, XLVII...
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