Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...study of these questions, of which this book is the result, was started some years ago as a purely theoretical investigation, before the Treasury deficit became a matter of immediate and universal concern. This longer period of time has permitted the author to give due consideration to the entire field, without being overwhelmed by the urgency of any immediate problem; an unbiased treatment of the subject is accordingly assured...
...Surprise-of-the-week was furnished by Princeton's Graduate Manager of Athletics. Asa S. Bushnell, who announced that this year's meet will be free, to avoid charges of track commercialization. Sportswriters, aware of the painful deficit in Princeton's athletic budget, thought the move ridiculous...
Seemingly unconcerned was Gaetano Merola, the dapper irrepressible Italian who against all odds founded the San Francisco company in 1922. Impresario Merola defined the deficit as an asset, symbol of the scenic equipment which he has been steadily acquiring. While San Franciscans worried over President Alexander's pronouncement, Merola was flitting about Manhattan last week, hearing new singers, considering new contracts...
National Steel made $11,136,000 in 1935 as against $6,050,000 in 1934. Organized on the eve of Depression, Ernest Tener Weir's well-managed company has battled through the 1930's without a deficit and last year, for the fourth consecutive twelve-month period, rated as top earner in steel. Rivals say Mr. Weir has trimmed prices; statistics say Mr. Weir has trimmed rivals...
Deere & Co. made $6,105,000 in 1935 as against $379,000 in 1934. Second largest farm machinery & implement company, Deere's 1935 earnings were particularly pleasing in view of a $4,335,000 deficit in 1933. The company reflected increased farm purchasing power with profit of almost 20 times 1934 earnings on estimated sales of about twice the 1934 volume...