http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0056584
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is part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
contributor: Wright, Hendrick B. (Hendrick Bradley), 1808-1881
creator: United States. Congress. House. Select committee on depression in labor and business
issued: 2015-07
issued: 1879
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extent: 468 pages ; 24 cm
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note: I 46TH Congebss, ) HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. ( Mis. Doc. 2d /Session. f X No. 5.. CAUSES OP GENERAL DEPRESSION IN LABOR AND BUSINESS. CHINESE IMMIGRATION. INVESTIGATION SELECT COMMITTEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RELATIVE TO THE CAUSES OF THE GENERAL DEPRESSION IN LABOR AND BUSINESS i AND AS TO CHINESE IMMIGRATION. December 10, 1879.—Ordered to l>e printed. EL iff. WASHINGTON: .«<(v ISBN ME NT PRINTING- OFFICE. 1879. I FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Congress or the United States, In the [louse of Representatives, April 11,1879. Tho Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylva- ia; Mr.H. L.Dickey, of Ohio; Mr. M. P. O'Connor, of South Carolina; Mr. T. H. lurch, of Maine; Mr. J. C. Sherwin, of Illinois; Mr. Calvin Cowgill, of Indiana; and lr. J. J. Martin, of North Carolina, on the Select Committee to inquire into the causes f the present depression of labor; which committee was authorized in the Forty-fifth onjjress, and (not having made a report) was continued. The following is the resolution for the creation of the committee: FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. Congress of the United States, In the Mouse of Representatives, June 17, 1678. Mr.Thompson submitted the foUowing; which was agreed to: Whereas labor and the productive interests of the country are greatly depressed ind snfferipg severely from causes not yet fully understood; and Whereas our real and permanent prosperity is founded and dependent upon labor as he source of all wealth; that when labor suffers from any cause whioh may be removed or its rigor mitigated our national harmony and prosperity are thereby im- leriled; that it is therefore the solemn duty of Congress to inquire into and ascertain he causes of such prostration and to devise proper measures for their relief, that nbor may be restored its just rights, to the end that labor and all our varied interests bay be encouraged, promoted,and protected by liberal, just, and equal laws: Therefore, Resolved, That a …
note: December 10, 1879 Ordered to be printed. Testimony taken at Chicago, San Francisco and other cities, July 28 to November 6, 1879. At head of title: 46th Congress, 2d Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. no. 5.
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0056584
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Washington : Government Printing Office
current location: Rare Books and Special Collections
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source: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HC105.7 .A4 1879
subject: Depressions
subject: Chinese--United States
subject: United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918
title: [Causes of general depression in labor and business. Chinese immigration, investigation by a select committee of the House of representatives relative to the causes of the general depression in labor and business and as to Chinese immigration]
type: Text