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Page xviii
... present for the man of small means to invest his money in stocks . There must be pro- hibition of child labor , diminution of woman labor , shortening of hours of all mechanical labor ; stock watering should be prohib- ited , and stock ...
... present for the man of small means to invest his money in stocks . There must be pro- hibition of child labor , diminution of woman labor , shortening of hours of all mechanical labor ; stock watering should be prohib- ited , and stock ...
Page xix
... present act . A year's compensation is not adequate for a wage - earner's family in the event of his death by accident in the course of his employment . And in the event of death occurring , say , ten or eleven months after the accident ...
... present act . A year's compensation is not adequate for a wage - earner's family in the event of his death by accident in the course of his employment . And in the event of death occurring , say , ten or eleven months after the accident ...
Page xxi
... present law should be amended to embrace contracts on those public works which the present wording of the act seems to exclude . The Courts . I most earnestly urge upon the Congress the duty of increasing the totally inadequate salaries ...
... present law should be amended to embrace contracts on those public works which the present wording of the act seems to exclude . The Courts . I most earnestly urge upon the Congress the duty of increasing the totally inadequate salaries ...
Page xxxii
... present conditions in China . They show in vivid fash- ion the appalling desolation , taking the shape of barren mountains and gravel- and sand - covered plains , which immediately follows and depends upon the deforestation of the ...
... present conditions in China . They show in vivid fash- ion the appalling desolation , taking the shape of barren mountains and gravel- and sand - covered plains , which immediately follows and depends upon the deforestation of the ...
Page xxxvi
... present session of the Congress , for the improvement of our inland waterways - action which will result in giving us not only navigable Inland Waterways .. but navigated rivers . We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these ...
... present session of the Congress , for the improvement of our inland waterways - action which will result in giving us not only navigable Inland Waterways .. but navigated rivers . We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these ...
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Page 334 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In...
Page xli - ... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 744 - When any naturalized citizen shall have resided for two years in the foreign state from which he came, or for five years in any other foreign state it shall be presumed that he has ceased to be an American citizen, and the place of his general abode shall be deemed his place of residence during said years...
Page 331 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature. or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties. and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 399 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 387 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 711 - ... robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another, money or goods by violence or putting him in fear...
Page 724 - Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea or attempting to do so; (c) Mutiny or conspiracy by two or more members of the crew or other persons on board of a vessel on the high seas, for the purpose of rebelling against the authority of the captain or commander of such vessel, or by fraud or violence taking possession of such vessel ; (d) Assault on board ships upon the high seas with intent to do bodily harm. 9. Burglary, defined to be the act of breaking into and entering the house of another...
Page 709 - America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Page 520 - In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention in duplicate, and have thereunto affixed their seals.