Message from the President of the United States: Relative to the Regulations Concerning the Transportation of Imported Merchandise and Domestic Products from One Port in the United States Over Canadian Territory to Another Port Therein, and the Further Requirements of Such Traffic

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - 28 páginas
 

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Página 12 - Throughout the continent, north and south, wherever a foothold is found for American enterprise, it is quickly occupied, and this spirit of adventure, which seeks its outlet in the mines of South America and the railroads of Mexico, would not be slow to avail itself of openings for assured and profitable enterprise even in mid-ocean.
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