Word: controlable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lincoln, '93, continued for the affirmative. He showed that England had had protection from 1350 to 1846, while we have had it only about 30 years. England had kept the protective system until she found that she could control the markets of the world, and then she wanted every foreign country to allow her a free market for her productions. We have, as a nation, always been more prosper oust when we have had protection than when we have had free trade. The bil should pass because it is fair to all parties...
...most efficient and cheapest can be obtained only by government ownership and control. N. A. Rev., 132:369. (a) It would be conducted in the interest of the public; (b) tariffs would be greatly reduced.- (1) No unnecessary outlay for parallel lines, etc. (2) Local use of post office facilities. (3) Freedom from taxation.- Quart. J. Econ., Apr., '88. (c) Service would be more efficient.- (1) Lines would be made adequate for business, and (2) extended to suburbs and outlying districts; (3) Offices would be more centrally located.- Brit. Quart., 59:455, (4) Strikes would be impossible.- Hadley...
...Government interference and control is less satisfactory than private ownership and control,-Polit. Science Quarterly, vol. 3, p. 572; as in (a) Post Office Department,-Ibid, p. 398,-(b) State Telegraphy,-(c) Interstate Railway Commission...
...mass meeting of the students of Columbia college, held last Thursday, the new system regulating athletics was adopted. All questions of athletic policy and the entire control of the finances will be in the hands of the Board of Directors of the Union. This consists of sixteen men, eight graduates elected by the alumni, and eight undergraduates elected as the students, two from each branch of athletics...
...more dash. In the latter respect they have been making a great improvement. They have the roughness one would expect to see in freshmen. They row short, go back too far, reach out too far, and jerk the oars out of the water, but on the other hand they control their slides pretty well and get some power into the oars. Alexander, L. S., has been coaching. The men are, Keyes stroke, Davis 7, Vail 6, Kelton 5, Slade 4, Earle 3, Hathaway 2, Burgess...