Word: costs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University of Minnesota has erected a new library building at a cost...
...change in our present navigation laws is necessary.-(a) Under their restrictions American shipping has suffered.-(1) Through heavy duties on ships.-(b) Though heavily protected shipbuilding industry has not thrived.- (1) Cost of labor too great.-(c) American capital forced abroad: House Report, as above.-(d) Present provision for limited admission of foreign ships inadequate.-(e) Prevents development of inventive genius...
...Subsidizing schemes impracticable and inefficient.-(a) Subsidies large enough to be efficient would be too great tax on the people.-(1) Cost of building ships one-third greater than in England: Codman, as above.-(b) They must be permanent: House Report, as above.- (c) They have already been unsuccessfully tried in U. S.-(d) They have failed in France.-(1) Shipbuilding not built up in ten years' trial.-(e) England's supremacy not due to subsidizing: D. A. Wells, as above.-(1) No payments made to sailing vessels.-(2) Compensations only for carrying mails, and for building according to admiralty...
...shells have been purchased this year for the 'varsity, one a regulation racing shell and the other a boat built on the same model, only heavier and stronger, so that it will be of more use as a practice boat. The former of these boats will cost $600 and the latter $500. Last year's crew ruined all the old shells, and even the one in which the race was rowed last year would hardly last a month if used. The freshmen will have a shell exactly similar to the 'varsity racing boat, and they expect...
...treatment in a hospital. The difficulty of obtaining palatable food in a college room is practically insurmountable, and there are many other obstacles to a speedy recovery. The small infirmary which the college supports is a step in the right direction, but it does not go far enough. The cost of maintaining an emergency hospital for all cases of illness would be insignificant when compared with the benefit to be derived from...