Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...article by Mr. Shonts. Is it the war spirit, or what, that has driven the bride's gown into obscurity? The local paper no longer expatiates on "the bride's veil, which her great grandmother's aunt wore during the Revolution," but devotes a whole Society Note to an account of Lieut. Jones's activities at camp, his fighting ancestors, and the probability of his return as a colonel. --New York...
...extent that individuals buy unnecessary things, that is, wearing apparel, jewelry and food, they are depriving the Government of labor which can be employed in the production of ammunition, rifles, automobiles, food-stuffs, etc., necessary to the maintenance and operation of an army. On this account the duty of each individual citizen is not only to subscribe to the limit of his ability, but also to resolve to pay that subscription out of a reduced expenditure for living purposes. Subscriptions for Liberty Bonds made in this way not only give the Government a means of purchasing war materials, but also...
...account of the sloping nature of the terrain any immediate work on the front line has been rendered inadvisable by the water collected in that trench. In the redoubt, second line, support trench and boyaux, however, the ground is reasonably dry, and the damage should be repaired in an afternoon...
...with the program. When we have no ships to send supplies across the water, we have no supplies to pay for. When we do not build ships up to schedule we are saving the expense of building them. All this is quite axiomatic. But only in part does it account for the improved treasury showing. Mr. McAdoo and his associates undoubtedly thought it best to impress their fellow-countrymen with the seriousness of the situation by very ample estimates; as it turned out, too ample. And all these figures include, of course, our loans to the allies, which are, theoretically...
...United States, on the basis of these reduced war expenditures, will be raising 45 percent through taxes. This does not, of course, include loans to the Allies. Neither does it include the larger estimate of the yield of income and excess profit taxes. If these be taken into account, it is not unreasonable to suppose that half of our national expenses for the current fiscal year we shall meet out of taxation...