Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...more an evil than any other desirable form of expenditure, for taxes represent the investment of a certain part of the capital of a state. It is an evil when, through the injudicious management of the state, taxation is made the instrument for extorting money for purposes foreign to the original. Taxes are generally divided into two classes-direct and indirect-although these two classes are rather vaguely defined even by political economists. An indirect tax is in many cases an incorrect tax, for it enhances the value of an article far beyond the original value of the article...
...lack of International Copyright law discourages our own authors and publishers. (a) authors lack pecuniary stimulus to their best efforts-Nation 38, p. 112; (b) markets are flooded with foreign works offered at a lower price than that at which new productions can be prepared-Forum I, p. 497; (c) authors cannot afford to make literature a profession-R. R. Bowker, p. 51; (d) legitimate publications are at a disadvantage in competition-Saturday Review...
...proposed bill should pass because (a) it will give foreign authors their just rights-Forum I, p. 498; (P) it will give American authors a fair field-Ioid, p, 499; (c) it will give legitimate publishers an opportunity to compete; (d) it will raise the standard of American literature-Library Journal II, p. 252, (e) The International Copyright would not deprive the reading public of good books-Forum, July...
...Granting that an international copyright is desirable, the present bill should not pess, because: (1), the bill contains protective measures. e. g. Foreign authors are compelled to employ American publishers.- Senate bill 262; Critic, vol. 15. p. 331; Nation, vol. 46, 522. (2). The bill compels American authors to publish their books at home or loose their copyright.- Nation, vol. 46, 522. (3), The bill secures a monopoly to American publishers-Forum...
...committee of twenty from the Harvard Young Men's Christian Association has been appointed to collect money for the purpose of entertaining foreign students at Moody's Summer School at Northfield, Mass. Last year Harvard, Yale and Princeton collected money for this purpose. This year, however, the movement has been broader, and some of the smaller colleges have been asked to contribute also. Harvard's contribution last year was over six hundred dollars, and it is hoped that the sum will not fall below that figure this year. Foreign colleges have been asked to sent representatives to the meetings this...