Word: taxed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...profession, but every college man should, and does, take some pride in his superiority over the unschooled who have not engaged like privileges with himself. To devote an hour, which would be spent after dinner in idle loafing, to a classical lecture or reading, is not a very heavy tax upon a man when it is all for his own personal profit, and, if we come to the point, we generally are willing to acknowledge by our senior year that we have spent a great many hours to no purpose. We have heard it said that only freshmen attend these...
...made out, and one or two of these essays assigned to each session. The subjects being known beforehand, each member of the society is expected to prepare himself for the discussion which follows the reading. Such subjects as the following are assigned: Value, Banks of Issue, Double Standard, Income Tax, State Ownership of Railways, etc. The student is expected to know, for instance, in the first case, the opinions of all prominent economists in reference to the subject, and their definitions of it. He must be able to give reasons for his own view, accompanied with refutation of the views...
Petitions for the abolition of the tax on bank deposits and stamps on bank checks have been presented to Congress...
...distillers are confident that the House will act favorably upon the bill to reduce the tax on whiskey...
...been decided that revenue collectors must keep their tax lists open for inspection...