Word: fol
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...English occupation of Egypt was unnecessary.- (a) Egypt was making wonderful advances-(1) In government: J. E. Bowen, in Fol. SciQuar. (June, 1896).- (2) In public works: Ibid.- (3) in education.- (x) Just before English control (1882) had 4817 schools: McCoan, chap. x.- (4) In revenue.- (x) Before England got control of Egypt's finances she owned a large part of Suez Canal, from which she derived a revenue to pay off the national debt: Ibid.- (b) The good of civilization did not demand it.- (1) Mehemet Ali had made travel safe and made Egypt a responsible nation...
...into the hands of a few men, e. g. the Vanderbilts and the N. Y. C. system, Gould and the Missouri Pacific.- (b) The roads in many cases have been run merely for speculation and stock jobbery; case of Erie road, C. F. Adams. "Chapters on Erie," p. 61 fol. N. A. Rev. Vol. 139, p. 53. Hadley, Railroad Transportation, p. 48.- (c) Waste of capital in useless roads, e. g. "Nickel Plate," West Shore, Chi. St. Paul and Kansas City, etc.; Bradstreets April 25, 1885.- (d) Monopolies have been fostered by unjust personal and local discrimination; Interstate...