Caribbean Interests of the United StatesD. Appleton, 1916 - 379 páginas |
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... industries demanded men and capital , and the local market for manufactured goods was greater than the supply . No ... Industry was rapidly overtaking the home de- mand ; our growing population , it was seen , would soon reduce our ...
... industries demanded men and capital , and the local market for manufactured goods was greater than the supply . No ... Industry was rapidly overtaking the home de- mand ; our growing population , it was seen , would soon reduce our ...
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... industry . These non - manufacturing areas will be re- lied on increasingly as a source of our raw materials and as a market for our increasing surplus goods . South America and the Caribbean are already the chief source of our raw ...
... industry . These non - manufacturing areas will be re- lied on increasingly as a source of our raw materials and as a market for our increasing surplus goods . South America and the Caribbean are already the chief source of our raw ...
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... industries supported by them , and those which are ventures in purely private enterprises . Undeveloped countries have had to rely for sur- plus capital primarily upon European sources . For- merly , American investors paid little ...
... industries supported by them , and those which are ventures in purely private enterprises . Undeveloped countries have had to rely for sur- plus capital primarily upon European sources . For- merly , American investors paid little ...
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... industry , the basis of Cuban prosperity , observed , “ A very large proportion of the mills are in the hands of ... Industries of Alaska , Hawaii , Porto Rico , and the Philippine Islands , Washington , 1913 , p . 58 . total at that ...
... industry , the basis of Cuban prosperity , observed , “ A very large proportion of the mills are in the hands of ... Industries of Alaska , Hawaii , Porto Rico , and the Philippine Islands , Washington , 1913 , p . 58 . total at that ...
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... industry . In Haiti , banking and railroad interests are in the hands of American capital . Central America shows ... industries of Honduras , " it is asserted , " are in the hands of United States cap- 1 Letter of Franklin Adams of the ...
... industry . In Haiti , banking and railroad interests are in the hands of American capital . Central America shows ... industries of Honduras , " it is asserted , " are in the hands of United States cap- 1 Letter of Franklin Adams of the ...
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Página 209 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Página 81 - And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Página 218 - America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Página 328 - I want to take this occasion to say that the United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest. She will devote herself to showing that she knows how to make honorable and fruitful use of the territory she has, and she must regard it as one of the duties of friendship to see that from no quarter are material interests made superior to human liberty and national opportunity.
Página 207 - ... being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms, shall also be open on like terms to the citizens and subjects of every other State which is willing to grant thereto such protection as the United States and Great Britain engage to afford.
Página 220 - If it should become necessary at any time to employ armed forces for the safety or protection of the Canal, or of the ships that make use of the same, or the railways and auxiliary works, the United States shall have the right, at all times and in its discretion, to use its police and its land and naval forces or to establish fortifications for these purposes.
Página 327 - concessions" to foreign capitalists in Latin America. You do not hear of concessions to foreign capitalists in the United States. They are not granted concessions. They are invited to make investments. The work is ours, though they are welcome to invest in it. We do not ask them to supply the capital and do the work. It is an invitation, not a privilege; and States that are obliged, because their territory does not lie within the main...
Página 238 - I am interested in the Panama Canal because I started it. If I had followed traditional, conservative methods, I should have submitted a dignified state paper of probably two hundred pages to the Congress, and the debate would have been going on yet. But I took the Canal Zone, and let Congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also.
Página 330 - Resolved, That when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States...
Página 220 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.