Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unfilled tonnage as of Aug. 31 was eagerly watched for in Wall Street. The future business revealed by the Company's report was 5,414,663 tons, as against 5,910,763 for July 31; 6,386,261 for June 30; and 7,403,332 for the peak of demand on March 31, 1923. The high record since the War is 11,118,468 tons on July 31, 1920. This decrease of 496,000 tons, though not unexpected, was nevertheless disappointing...
Despite the steady annual increase in construction, however, it is unlikely that material or labor costs will be quite so high as in the Spring of this year. Whereas in 1920-1923 American building material manufacturers were unprepared for the excessive demands placed upon them, another year will see their plant capacities and financial resources greatly increased. Demand will not be less, but supply greater. Prices already are too low to be toppled by extensive foreign competition...
...material prices, and to stave off prospects for lower prices here for another year. In consequence, American builders are now going ahead again, instead of waiting for lower costs. Even the conservative investor is not so inclined to hesitate over present expensive construction, after realizing the prospective Japanese demand for building materials...
...advisor too; so spare your criticism now. Some day you may discover that the Proctors are as human as you are; so get to know them soon. Some day you may discover that there is no sure road to success and satisfaction at Harvard, that the University does not demand conformity in dress or habits or speech, that you are free within the bounds of law and decency to say and do as you wish, and that you are, to repeat a truism, in a world in little; so cherish your freedom and make your decisions. Harvard offers...
...that the American people demand the release of the 54 members of the 24th Infantry now incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for their connection with the Houston, Texas [race] riots...