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...British commodity boom and a simultaneous dishoarding of gold under rumors that the U. S. was about to raise the gold value of the dollar. Last week almost the exact reverse of this situation became evident. U. S. commodity prices were almost all at the year's cheapest and the Dow-Jones commodity index declined 3.26 to 52.60, a new low since 1935. Cotton was down to 7.70? per lb., wheat to 86? per bu., copper to 9.06? per lb., lead to 4.67?per lb., rubber to 14? per lb. Though no informed businessman, economist or politician...
Even if it were not one of the cheapest and easiest methods of reproduction of a draughtsman's work, lithography would be popular with artists because of the purely tactile pleasure of drawing in crayon on smooth stone. Since its discovery 139 years ago, this youngest of the great printmaking processes has been a valued sideline of many an important European and U. S. painter, the mainstay of at least one indubitable master, Honore Daumier. In spite of having cluttered up the earth with a God's plenty of "chromos,"† it has remained a fine as well...
Tickets may often be secured for individual concerts, but by far the cheapest and most pleasant way to hear this great orchestra is to subscribe to a series. Eight concerts are given throughout the year at Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall, but such has been the popularity of this group that few if any seats are still available...
...away from their native habitat they will not lay eggs naturally. However, if they receive a hypodermic injection of urine from a pregnant woman they invariably produce a few eggs. Non-gravid or male urine fails to affect them. "Therefore," smiled Dr. Matsner, "at 16? apiece they are the cheapest, most reliable indicator of pregnancy which we have- cheaper than rabbits or guinea pigs, which must be killed before they reveal the uncertain woman's condition: more reliable than bitterlings, who project their ovipositors in the presence of any of several hormones" (TIME...
...years the U. S. has been an importer of wheat, and for three years before that it sold practically no wheat abroad because the domestic price was artificially high. Today U. S. wheat at $1.20 per bu. in Chicago is the cheapest export wheat in the world. The world is short of wheat and the U. S. has more to sell than any other country. The first wheat boats from Chicago sailed last week...