Urgent Deficiency Appropriations on Account of War Expenses: 1918, Hearing ... 65th Congress, 1st Session1917 - 979 pages |
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... cotton . The cotton lands in this area are in the hands of large ranchers , who are intelligent men . Many of them are Americans or have American antecedents . Some of them are Germans and others of other nation- alities . They are men ...
... cotton . The cotton lands in this area are in the hands of large ranchers , who are intelligent men . Many of them are Americans or have American antecedents . Some of them are Germans and others of other nation- alities . They are men ...
Page 130
... cotton . There may be a small cotton patch here and there , and where the traffic from Mexico crosses there has been more or less scattering of seed and there may be some volunteer cotton . It is proposed to divide the cotton - free ...
... cotton . There may be a small cotton patch here and there , and where the traffic from Mexico crosses there has been more or less scattering of seed and there may be some volunteer cotton . It is proposed to divide the cotton - free ...
Page 131
... cotton plant that is available . Mr. GILLETT . Then it is as likely to attack one as the other ? Mr. MARLATT . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Have you authority to destroy any cotton ? Mr. MARLATT . We have no authority to destroy any cotton ...
... cotton plant that is available . Mr. GILLETT . Then it is as likely to attack one as the other ? Mr. MARLATT . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Have you authority to destroy any cotton ? Mr. MARLATT . We have no authority to destroy any cotton ...
Page 132
... cotton out of Texas prohibited . Mr. GILLETT . Or certain sections of it , say , a 50 - mile area . Mr. MARLATT . Yes ; or certain sections of it . Mr. GILLETT . How could you destroy all the cotton in a 50 - mile tract ? Mr. MARLATT ...
... cotton out of Texas prohibited . Mr. GILLETT . Or certain sections of it , say , a 50 - mile area . Mr. MARLATT . Yes ; or certain sections of it . Mr. GILLETT . How could you destroy all the cotton in a 50 - mile tract ? Mr. MARLATT ...
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... cotton . Mr. GILLETT . Would they be obliged to obey you ? Suppose they should plant cotton ? Mr. MARLATT . That we could not prevent directly . We would pre- vent it in an indirect manner . The control is an indirect control . We have ...
... cotton . Mr. GILLETT . Would they be obliged to obey you ? Suppose they should plant cotton ? Mr. MARLATT . That we could not prevent directly . We would pre- vent it in an indirect manner . The control is an indirect control . We have ...
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additional Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral HARRIS ammunition amount appropriation Army Arsenal artillery asking authority barracks bill BRETT building bureau BYRNS camps CANNON Capt cent CHAIRMAN clerks committee Congress construction Contracting Officer contractor Corps cost cotton Council of National court CROZIER DALY Department depot district employees enlisted equipment estimate expenditure expenses facilities figures fiscal Frankford Arsenal funds furnish GILLETT going Government guns hospital increase interposing Island July JULY 16 Kent Island labor Laguna district land Lieut LITTELL machine manufacture MARLATT material MCCAIN ment months National Guard Navy Navy Department necessary Ordnance paid plant purchase purpose Quartermaster Quartermaster Corps quarters railroad repair rifles Sandy Hook SCOFIELD Secretary of War Secretary REDFIELD SHARPE SHERLEY ships SISSON statement station storage submitted supply thing tion transportation Treasury troops United War Department Watervliet Arsenal