Word: argument
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary's argument is simple. He is not anxious to take money out of people's pockets, whoever they be; he is anxious to put money into the Government's pocket. He believes that decreasing surtaxes is the way to do this, and points with considerable justification to increased Government revenue this year which has followed the reduction of maximum surtaxes from 65% to 50% and the abolition of the excess profits tax. The reason for this, he believes, is less tax evasion either by falsification of returns or by investment in tax-exempt securities, non-productive...
...lightened, the average constituent feels that he (the poor man) will suffer, regardless of the fact that the Government may get more money. The La Follette insurgent group are potent fosterers of this impression. They maintain that to burden the rich is to unburden the poor. The argument has a popular vote-getting appeal. They say that there is a coming soldier bonus that must be paid...
Although less argument occurs now than in 1920 as to whether New York has supplanted London as the financial centre of the world, nevertheless the rivalry of the two great financial capitals is today even keener than three years ago. Particularly is this seen in the flotation of foreign government loans, a work in which London was formerly supreme, but in which Wall Street is now proving a challenging competitor. Last week, the two centres competed directly for the flotation of the new $20,000,000 Norwegian loan. New York won, just as she did in the struggle...
...present time is caused not by wages or hours of work, but by "a mere question of book-keeping"-the checkoff, by which operators would automatically collect dues for the union out of workers' pay. But the check-off really looms large to the union and operators. The argument of the United Mine Workers is that already the operators deduct money for store bills, rent and tools from the workers' wages. Why should they object to adding one dollar a month dues (also union fines) to their deductions'? The real motives of each side are clear...
...argument for a higher intelligence than ours in the hypothetical Martian creatures is based on the fact that Mars is smaller and older than the earth, and must have cooled at its surface millions of years before the earth. But neither Dr. Pickering, Mr. Ryves, Dr. Campbell (of Lick Observatory) or any other Martian experts are yet in a position to make positive statements regarding higher life on the planet. In August, 1924, Mars will be nearer to the earth (34,000,000 miles) than it has been since 1909, and we may learn a lot more about...