Domestic Commerce, Volume 23U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - Commerce |
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... less than 5 percent . Of each dollar spent in retail establishments in 1938 more than one - third went for food and beverages ; about one - fourth for general merchandise and apparel ; less than one - fifth for automobiles , auto ...
... less than 5 percent . Of each dollar spent in retail establishments in 1938 more than one - third went for food and beverages ; about one - fourth for general merchandise and apparel ; less than one - fifth for automobiles , auto ...
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... less than 10 percent ; but the total agricultural production per worker , including livestock and livestock products , increased about 25 percent . Between 1910 and 1930 the increase in agricultural production per worker was about 41 ...
... less than 10 percent ; but the total agricultural production per worker , including livestock and livestock products , increased about 25 percent . Between 1910 and 1930 the increase in agricultural production per worker was about 41 ...
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... less than the average volume during the decade from 1920 to 1929 . Detailed preliminary estimates for 1938 and estimates for earlier years are presented in the article in the Survey of Current Business which also presents post - war ...
... less than the average volume during the decade from 1920 to 1929 . Detailed preliminary estimates for 1938 and estimates for earlier years are presented in the article in the Survey of Current Business which also presents post - war ...
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... Less than fifty cents . 113 From Study of Consumer Purchases by the Bureau of Home Economics , Department of Agriculture , Washington .. PERCENT 90 18 70 60 60 50 40 30 20. - $ 250 $ 499 12 $ 8 $ 4 500- 749 53 9 750- 999 115 22 10 1,000 ...
... Less than fifty cents . 113 From Study of Consumer Purchases by the Bureau of Home Economics , Department of Agriculture , Washington .. PERCENT 90 18 70 60 60 50 40 30 20. - $ 250 $ 499 12 $ 8 $ 4 500- 749 53 9 750- 999 115 22 10 1,000 ...
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... less than one percent to about 17 per- cent . November sales were relatively better in the metropolitan centers than in the smaller cities and rural sections . For cities of 50,000 population and over a decrease of less than one percent ...
... less than one percent to about 17 per- cent . November sales were relatively better in the metropolitan centers than in the smaller cities and rural sections . For cities of 50,000 population and over a decrease of less than one percent ...
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Page 154 - An act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain...
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Page 85 - The interfering and unneighborly regulations of some States, contrary to the true spirit of the Union, have in different instances, given just cause of umbrage and complaint to others ; and it is to be feared, that examples of this nature, if not restrained by a national control, would be multiplied and extended, till they became not less serious sources of animosity and discord, than injurious impediments to the intercourse between the different parts of the Confederacy.
Page 154 - An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products" approved June 25, 1934 (15 USC 522); review of orders of petroleum control boards under section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes...
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Page 201 - The practical effect of a system thus conditioned is readily perceived. One of its effects must be that retail sellers in Washington will be helped to compete upon terms of equality with retail dealers in other states who are exempt from a sales tax or any corresponding burden. Another effect, or at least another tendency, must be to avoid the likelihood of...
Page 359 - An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1932, as amended (USC, 1940 edition, title 5, sec.