Word: costs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beer business they had built up seemed ruined when Prohibition was put into effect. In St. Louis their factories covered 70 city blocks. They had 7,000 to 8,000 men all specialists in beer-making and selling; $50,000,000 invested in tangible properties; in calculable goodwill. It cost them $30,000 to open their doors each day, and they might no longer make beer...
...floor. Thus, in 1914 the daily trading averaged 460 000 shares and a seat was worth $94,000, or 20? a share. This year the daily trading has averaged 1,548,460 shares, which (at the 20? rate) would make a seat worth $309,700. At $170,000 the cost of daily trading is about 11? a share...
...this his onetime mistress, who left him to occupy the same position with Lord Nelson) ; but the U. S., some day to be public sharer in the Huntington collection, was reassured to hear that all three portraits are "outstanding examples of the best work of their masters"-and cost between $500,000 and $1,000,000. By their acquisition, Maecenas Huntington now owns ten Gainsboroughs, nine Reynoldses, twelve Romneys, all of the first rank, a collection which can never be rivaled in this field. Sir Joseph, it was announced, will, after a few weeks in Manhattan, return to the Huntington...
...Joseph Duveen's third great acquisition was Romney's portrait of Lady Elizabeth Forbes. These three, together with certain other paintings and objets d'art, cost him $1,000,000. Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts, millionaire art collector, secured Romney's superb "Lady de la Pole" for $220,000. The sale continued three more days, but without further headlines in the press; $2,280,000 had been realized in the first two days...
...immense we met few on the trails. Some young people, ror economy, hire a pack-mule and walk, but the trails are steep and often dusty, so that a horse is a necessity for real pleasure. Our horses were mountain bred, sure-footed, and gentle. We estimated the cost for the six days at about $50 each, including food, horses, etc. Nature provided fuel, water, and light, thus giving the meters at home a rest. We lived on simple food of our own cooking, with trout provided, and agreed that it was cheaper than staying at home...