Conservation and Regulation in the United States During the World War: An Outline for a Course of Lectures to be Given in Higher Educational Institutions, Part 1 |
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... meet the needs of all of the people of the United States ; and not only so , but very liberal amounts of each of these fundamental prod- ucts and the commodities manufactured from them were shipped abroad ; indeed , in most cases all ...
... meet the needs of all of the people of the United States ; and not only so , but very liberal amounts of each of these fundamental prod- ucts and the commodities manufactured from them were shipped abroad ; indeed , in most cases all ...
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... meet our demand . For sugar we have been heavy importers . Indeed since 1911 an amount of sugar has been imported larger than that produced in the United States and the colonial possessions , the greater portion of which came from Cuba ...
... meet our demand . For sugar we have been heavy importers . Indeed since 1911 an amount of sugar has been imported larger than that produced in the United States and the colonial possessions , the greater portion of which came from Cuba ...
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... meet the demands at home and abroad ; and had it been possible to produce considerably larger quantities these could have been marketed . Indeed , the demand for additional petroleum is so acute that the commission on petroleum of the ...
... meet the demands at home and abroad ; and had it been possible to produce considerably larger quantities these could have been marketed . Indeed , the demand for additional petroleum is so acute that the commission on petroleum of the ...
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... meet actual needs had the ordinary procedure been followed . This frenzy of excessive buying has greatly aggravated the situation . Another most important cause of the enhancing prices was that a time when there is great demand is ...
... meet actual needs had the ordinary procedure been followed . This frenzy of excessive buying has greatly aggravated the situation . Another most important cause of the enhancing prices was that a time when there is great demand is ...
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... meet not only the ordi- nary demand , but to respond quickly to exceptional demands . Under these circumstances the prices , if not adequately controlled , had been largely controlled by supply and demand , except where there had been ...
... meet not only the ordi- nary demand , but to respond quickly to exceptional demands . Under these circumstances the prices , if not adequately controlled , had been largely controlled by supply and demand , except where there had been ...
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Page 203 - An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 142 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page 217 - States, and with one another, that during the present war they will co-ordinate their operations in a continental railway system, merging during such period all their merely individual and competitive activities in the effort to produce a maximum of national transportation efficiency.
Page 187 - ... increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce...
Page 84 - The President is authorized to issue such licenses and to prescribe regulations for the issuance of licenses and requirements for systems of accounts and auditing of accounts to be kept by licensees, submission of reports by them, with or without oath or affirmation, and the entry and inspection by the President's duly authorized agents of the places of business of licensees.
Page 186 - Under the terms of the act, the council was among other things charged with the " coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare " and with the " creation of relations which render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the Nation.
Page 51 - An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel...
Page 187 - War, or who shall refuse to furnish such arms, ammunition, or parts of ammunition, or other supplies or equipment, at a reasonable price as determined by the Secretary of War, then, and in either such case, the President, through the head of any department of the Government, in addition to the present authorized methods of purchase or procurement...
Page 179 - Board shall have and exercise all power and authority vested in me in said section of said act, in so far as applicable to and in furtherance of the taking over of title or possession, by purchase or requisition, of constructed vessels, or parts thereof, or charters therein ; and the operation, management and disposition of such vessels, and of all other vessels heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States. The powers herein delegated to the United States Shipping Board may, in the discretion...
Page 175 - President is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to the said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twenty-four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.