Word: branches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...excitement incident to Repeal, everyone has neglected one time-tried branch of home industry, to wit, the moonshine trade; the rugged enthusiast in the bathtub, alone, of all the people, has seen the light. The solution of our ills is to encourage the moonshiner, the mountaineer, and his bootleg brand; he should be allowed to issue his product under a special tax, microscopic in dimensions, and should be praised for his simple, homespun way of living and working; he should be glorified in poem and ballad, and should develop a tried and true clientele of drinkers hardy enough to withstand...
Your adequate article in today's CRIMSON on the Minn. Moratorium Case touches upon a point which warrants further discussion. For the decision in this case again opens the question as to what branch of the government is to determine when an emergency ceases to exist. In Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair (264 U.S. 543, 1924), the Court said that it is "open to the Courts to inquire whether the exigency still existed upon which continued operation of the law depended." The question now arises as to what court is to enter into the FACTS of the case. In the Chastleton...
...host of vital questions are opened up the moment an "emergency" is justification for the law of a state permitting contracts to be abrogated. As a matter of fact, it would seem probable that the Supreme Court of the United States will uphold the action of the executive branch of the government and the legislative in repudiating the famous gold clause in government securities. The highest court in Great Britain recently refused to permit an "emergency" to be offered as a reason for falling to pay gold contracts in full
...there is a splendid opportunity in the Russian service. We have only 32 men in the whole service who speak the Russian language, and they are in great demand. In the next two or three years, there will be opportunities for one or two hundred trained men in this branch of the consular department...
...Before entering the legislative branch of the government, a man should have a sufficient income established through a successful profession or in business. This independent income is necessary because offices are dependent upon carrying elections. Men are likely to be defeated at any time. No matter whether they are right or wrong. I advise against taking up a legislative career, which is so dependent upon elections and change of parties...