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Interpreting the national debt and American wealth
The piece argues Americans lack a visual grasp of trillion-scale debt, cites Joseph W. Martin's figures for individual and family shares, and urges clear explanations. It praises wealth creators, highlights universities and organic chemistry for farming, condemns gangster fees for workers, links national income to strikes, and calls for efficient government to protect prosperity.
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Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
National Republican
Col
John Jacob Astor
Commodore Vanderbilt
Cyrus McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
James J. Hill
Marshall Field
P. D. Armour
America