Word: coal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trade unionism and high wages with an emphasis that must have impressed Los Angeles, the convention city. Los Angeles boasts that it is the second largest open-shop city in the U. S. Secretary Davis also emphasized the interdependence and mutual obligations of Labor and Capital and explained coal troubles by the fact that that industry has 300,000 more workers than it can support...
...Grozny oil fields are lower than before the War, while in the Baku fields these costs are about equal to those of 1913. The output of gasoline from crude oil has been increased from the pre-War figure of 0.4% to over 0.7%. Deterding also mentions the Soviet coal industry. It will be interesting to learn that coal production for the year just ended was 39% higher than the figure given by Deterding...
...potential wealth of the Far East, the national resources are limited. Iron deposits, once commonly thought to be large, have shrunk to small proportions upon examination, and are generally distant from the coal beds...
During the summer months the gymnasium has undergone various renovations. The old soft coal boilers have been removed, and the building is connected with the main heating system of the University. A new flood-lighting system for the main floor has also been installed...
...large hall on the present site of the National City Bank. About this time, the first great expansion in security values started with the de-velopment of the railroads. Strange stories were told of men who had bought stock in one of those steam engines and, without shoveling a coal, or nailing a tie, or laying a rail, had grown fabulously wealthy...