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Best general references: Wm. Booth, Darkest England; Church Quar. Review, XXXII, 223-247; Contemporary Review, LX, 253-261 (Aug. 1891); LXII, 59 (July, 1892); Forum, XV, 753-766 (Aug. 1893); J. A. Riis, How Other Half Lives; Quar. Jour. Econ. VI, 63-65 (July...
THOMAS WESTON, JR., and W. B. WOLFFE.Best general references: Sumner's American Currency, 197-227; Boston Herald, Dec. 3-5, 14-19; Boston Advertiser, Dec. 4, 5, 15, 18; Nation, Vol. 59, p. 435; Public Opinion, Vol. XVII, p. 884; Pol. Sci. Quar...
...retirement of the greenbacks is unnecessary. - (a) They have been kept equal with gold since the resumption of 1879. - (b) They are a convenient and useful form of currency. - (1) Demand on Treasury for notes of small denominations steadily increasing: Quar. Jour. Econ. VIII, 102. - (c) We have the soundest paper currency which has ever existed: Herald...
...revenue service. - (1) Thus preventing the assessment of desirable excise taxes. - (c) It cannot be perfectly assessed. - (d) It threatens free institutions. - (1) Revenues raised without legislation: E. A. Andrews, in Journ. of Soc. Sci., XXVII, 33. - (e) Cuts off the possibility of taxing trusts and corporations: Pol. Sci. Quar...
...unjust one. - (a) Not universal. - (1) Whole burden placed on a small portion of the community. - (b) Not equal. - (1) Professional men would pay practically nothing. - (2) Farmers would over pay: Pop. Sci. Quar., VI, 625. - (c) Not thorough: Jour. of Soc. Sci., 37. - (1) Unearned increment on hand is taxed. - (2) Other forms of increment escape: Century...