Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...William E. Mitchell, entered the office of General Fechet, issued therefrom a broadside against those opposed to expansion of the Air Service. He characterized the test as a "kindergarten performance." ". . . The towing airplanes were trying to hit the muzzles of the guns with the targets. The next Congress will demand that all cards be laid on the table, to see what is vital to the defense of the nation. . . The air people will be just as aggressive in the next Congress as in the last. . . .We are now on the eve of an entire readjustment of the national defense...
...publishing a weekly magazine of newsclippings and advertisement. It is purely a mechanical operation requiring no literary ability. In my opinion such a magazine will not be in demand by the public at a higher subscription rate than two dollars per annum and five cents per number. At such figure a large circulation might be worked up so as to justify good advertising rates and make TIME profitable to the publisher...
Owing to the severity of depression encountered by the cattlemen, herds in the southwest have been considerably reduced. Meanwhile pork prices have soared, and under satisfactory wage conditions the domestic demand for beef has increased. As a result, heavy steers are bringing better prices in Chicago today. On the other hand, the cost of cattle feed-always a most important factor in the industry- has held fairly stable. Some cattlemen expect to see on their ledgers this year the first profits since...
...Demand for leather is also slowly improving. War stocks at post-war inventories are now practically all distributed, and tanners are gradually cheering up. However, leather substitutes have cut heavily into the business, and the recent advent of female shoe style employing little or no leather has alone been a blow...
During recent months, domestic consumption of copper has run about 65,000 tons a month; while the electrical industry has been taking less than previously, car-makers and railroads have been buying more. Moreover, the export demand for copper has considerably improved, especially from Germany and to a smaller extent from Britain, Belgium, Italy...