Governmental Control and Inheritance Tax Proposals
A speech advocates strong federal oversight of interstate railways to curb abuses, supports robust regulation over monopolies, and argues for a graduated inheritance and income tax. It stresses protecting individual initiative, promoting combination under proper law, and expanding technical education while maintaining national unity and fair taxation.
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Pho
Congress
Aries
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
War Revenue Act
Supreme Court
Justice White
Farming a Profession and National Cooperation
Speech calls for farming as a technical science with broad government support through agricultural associations and irrigation policy. Emphasizes farmer education, organization like the grange, and cooperation with state and national agencies to improve rural welfare and memorial needs at Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bo Yong
National Congress Urged on Marriage and Shipping Reform
A speaker argues constitutional reform to place marriage and divorce under national Congress, citing state disparities and polygamy risks. The speech links home life to national welfare, warns of birth rates falling relative to death rates, and urges passage of shipping and economic measures benefiting coastal and western states alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Congress
Congress
Call for Currency Law Revisions Amid Bank Rate Volatility
The nation faces uneven currency per capita and sharp call money swings from 2 to 80 percent. Treasury action halted violent rate spikes, but annual crop periods strain credit and raise borrowing costs. Proposals urge automatic sound banks and a taxed note system to prevent monetary spasms and protect western and southern interests.
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Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Uni
Treasury
PLC
Tim
Yori
Patie
West
Canada
New York Chicago
Ury
Philippine tariff urged for lower rate on ore
A plea is made to lower the tariff in the Philippine bill. The author expresses strong hope that the measure will reduce duties on ore and comments on the urgency of passing a favorable rate.
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Transmis
Interstate Commerce, Commission
District of Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
White Mountains
Appalachian
Department of Agriculture
Arlington
Secretary of War
Grand Army of the Republic
Econgresa
Maine
Louisiana
Washington
Rocky Mountain States
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