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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that in 1935 and during the course of the present year there has been an increase in our imports of agricultural products. The increase in 1935 over 1934 amounted to $247,000,000. Of this amount, $75,000,000 represented wholly noncompetitive products-coffee, rubber, bananas, etc. Of the remainder, exclusive of sugar, which is governed by international agreement, only $13,000,000 was accounted for by commodities affected by the trade agreements...
Different as they are in appearance, the only real difference between the two boards in manufacture is in the amount of heat and pressure applied. In neither case is there anything added to the pulp, the natural lignins in the original wood serving as the sole binder. In its early days Masonite used to sell more insulating board than hard board but a steady accumulation of new uses for Presdwood has changed the story. Last year 100 carloads of Presdwood were sold to Hollywood producers for scene sets, 200 carloads to the automobile industry, another 200 carloads to trailer makers...
...stock to bonds in its capitalization. Present ratio is 44% stock, 56% bonds, which is conservative. So far this year C. & O. had refunded at lower interest rates $60,000,000 worth of long-term bonds, incorporating in the new issues sinking fund provisions which will retire the entire amount by maturity. A relatively novel idea in railroad finance, the sinking fund in the case of C. & 0. will be taken care of by the saving in interest charges resulting from the refinancing...
...better it. After 17 years of almost simultaneous growth and fission, the Party now comprises some 51,000 members, being far outstripped in strength of numbers by such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or the Camp Fire Girls. Hence the disproportionate amount of public attention which the Party commands can be reasonably interpreted only as a testimonial to the potency of its ideas or its tireless agitation. Enormously flattered were Communists last week to find politicians and patriots throughout the land uniting to catapult them into the headlines, make the espousal or denial...
...Europe or being in subjugation to a dictatorship, it was the opinion of advisers to the throne that King George and Queen Mary were the perfect exemplars of British constitutional monarchy. . . . King Edward, however, has chosen to go his own way. . . . This has given rise to a considerable amount of bitterness and has split high society into two sections. . . . Mr. Simpson regards the friendship of his wife and the King as purely platonic...