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... pound or $ 20 a ton more without any danger of driving away the traffic , whereas the brick would not be shipped at all if it was assessed a rate of $ 20 a ton , being more than its intrinsic value . So the railroads stiffened the ...
... pound or $ 20 a ton more without any danger of driving away the traffic , whereas the brick would not be shipped at all if it was assessed a rate of $ 20 a ton , being more than its intrinsic value . So the railroads stiffened the ...
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... pound parcels a mile in 20 working hours , or two and a half days , yet the railway handles this freight for three - fourths of a cent . As the railway's average haul is about 140 miles , it is apparent that its average charge for a ton ...
... pound parcels a mile in 20 working hours , or two and a half days , yet the railway handles this freight for three - fourths of a cent . As the railway's average haul is about 140 miles , it is apparent that its average charge for a ton ...
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... pounds ) , and coffee beans 720 kilograms ( 17,000 pounds ) , valued at 2,521 francs ( $ 504.20 ) . " Cayenne " pepper , which is now merely a trade term for this condiment , could be much more remuneratively exploited . Bananas ...
... pounds ) , and coffee beans 720 kilograms ( 17,000 pounds ) , valued at 2,521 francs ( $ 504.20 ) . " Cayenne " pepper , which is now merely a trade term for this condiment , could be much more remuneratively exploited . Bananas ...
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... pounds ) of cotton wool and 37,740 kilogrammes ( 83,028 pounds ) of unseeded cotton ; the Ivory Coast exported 18,221 kilo- grammes ( 40,086 pounds ) of cotton wool and Guinea 60,517 kilogrammes ( 133,137 pounds ) of unseeded cotton ...
... pounds ) of cotton wool and 37,740 kilogrammes ( 83,028 pounds ) of unseeded cotton ; the Ivory Coast exported 18,221 kilo- grammes ( 40,086 pounds ) of cotton wool and Guinea 60,517 kilogrammes ( 133,137 pounds ) of unseeded cotton ...
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... pounds ) of palm oil , the Ivory Coast 6,014,460 kilogrammes ( 13,231,812 pounds ) , and Guinea 164,221 kilogrammes ( 361,286 pounds ) ; for the same period Dahomey exported 26,371,438 kilo- grammes ( 58,017,163 pounds ) of palm almonds ...
... pounds ) of palm oil , the Ivory Coast 6,014,460 kilogrammes ( 13,231,812 pounds ) , and Guinea 164,221 kilogrammes ( 361,286 pounds ) ; for the same period Dahomey exported 26,371,438 kilo- grammes ( 58,017,163 pounds ) of palm almonds ...
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Seite 27 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Seite 23 - A fraternal beneficiary association is hereby declared to be a corporation, society or voluntary association, formed or organized and carried on for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit. Each association shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government...
Seite 210 - ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Seite 206 - For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.
Seite 225 - Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Seite 211 - May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Seite 209 - Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Seite 394 - Britain, the King of Italy, the President of the Swiss Confederation and the Emperor of Brazil.
Seite 377 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state...