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William Z. Foster, Presidential candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party, asserted at Omaha: "Ramsay MacDonald is only carrying on capitalism. . . . LaFollette can only curtail the moneyed class rather than abolish it. Capitalism will remain in complete power until Labor assumes control...
Major Moore's announcement that the Princeton and Harvard freshman athletic teams will not meet each other in the future is of that type of news which might aptly, be characterized as "unfortunate but distinctly for the best." It is unfortunate in that it will curtail the number of times annually that teams from the two colleges are drawn together in athletic contests, and that curtailment will bring sincere regret to all Princeton and Harvard men. But it is distinctly for the best, in that it is a definite step toward reducing rather than over-emphasizing the importance of freshman...
This Spring many dealers found themselves loaded with second-hand cars which they could not sell, and were forced to curtail orders for new models. This has seriously shaken up the tremendous production program of many car companies and, owing to low prices set, has reduced, if not removed, profits, despite the considerable volume of business...
...prohibition. In fact it developed early in the opening session that violation of the eighteenth amendment was to be the chief subject of the various delegates. Among the suggestions to combat drinking in colleges formally ratified by the conference were propositions to approach the alumni in an effort to curtail drinking at class reunions and football games; to line up the fraternities and other undergraduate organizations on the side of strict enforcement: and a recommendation that the efforts of local agents be made to show greater results...
...advance in copper prices after Anaconda's suspension of the dividend has been in part due to the belief that this company and others in the same position intended to curtail production, in order to allow the red metal to advance to price levels where production would prove more profitable...