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... effects earlier in Massachusetts than elsewhere , owing to its leader- ship in manufactures and its lack of capacity for agricultural expansion . Hence the tendency may well have worked itself out by 1880 . But let us consider these ...
... effects earlier in Massachusetts than elsewhere , owing to its leader- ship in manufactures and its lack of capacity for agricultural expansion . Hence the tendency may well have worked itself out by 1880 . But let us consider these ...
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... effect on the steepness of the curve . It is true that the curve used above indicates nothing as to what may happen in the uppermost class ; but can Mr. Lorenz's one multi - millionaire , however manipulated , form any basis for a ...
... effect on the steepness of the curve . It is true that the curve used above indicates nothing as to what may happen in the uppermost class ; but can Mr. Lorenz's one multi - millionaire , however manipulated , form any basis for a ...
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... effect of the most important sources of constant error may be evaded by disregarding the portion of the curve that repre- sents the number of small estates . Probated estates are also to a degree misrepresentative of contemporary ...
... effect of the most important sources of constant error may be evaded by disregarding the portion of the curve that repre- sents the number of small estates . Probated estates are also to a degree misrepresentative of contemporary ...
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... effect the qualification " exclusive of property assessed to corporation duty " would have , I am unable to say ; but Giffen uses figures resulting from the identical tax laws as comparable with Porter's figures . See Journal of the ...
... effect the qualification " exclusive of property assessed to corporation duty " would have , I am unable to say ; but Giffen uses figures resulting from the identical tax laws as comparable with Porter's figures . See Journal of the ...
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... effect of summation would obviously be a levelling down of previously existing inequalities . Both of these sup- positions , however , are contrary to fact in the case of the statis- tics before us . The inequalities are not the result ...
... effect of summation would obviously be a levelling down of previously existing inequalities . Both of these sup- positions , however , are contrary to fact in the case of the statis- tics before us . The inequalities are not the result ...
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Page 36 - Provided, that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants; nor unless it be with the consent and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose...
Page 76 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 31 - cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.
Page 77 - And it shall be the duty of every owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of a hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the instructions of the said director, to furnish the...
Page 9 - The Worth of a Penny: or, A Caution to keep Money. WITH THE CAUSES OF THE SCARCITY AND MISERY OF THE WANT THEREOF, in these hard and Merciless Times. As also HOW TO SAVE IT, in OUR DIET, APPAREL, RECREATIONS, &c.
Page 75 - That if any person shall receive or secure to himself any fee, reward, or compensation as a consideration for the appointment or employment of any person as enumerator or clerk or other employee, or shall in any way receive or secure to himself any part of the compensation...
Page 76 - Office, so as to permit of the collection of statistics for census purposes, including the proper and correct enumeration of all persons having their usual place of abode in said hotel• apartment house, boarding...
Page 72 - ... individual living out of a family competent to answer the inquiries made in compliance with the requirement of this act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to obtain the required information as nearly as may be practicable from the family or families or person or persons living nearest to such place of abode who may be competent to answer such inquiries.
Page 79 - Census is further authorized, in his discretion, to furnish to individuals such data from the population schedules as may be desired for genealogical or other proper purposes...
Page 24 - Proceedings of the annual conventions of the Association of Officials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics of America: Fourteenth (1898), Nineteenth (1903), Twentieth (1904), Twenty-first (1905), and Twenty-second (1906).