Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Willys-Overland concern is the biggest industry in the state of Ohio, and dominates the city of Toledo, where it has a plant covering many acres, and employs thousands of workmen. The Company is now producing nearly 1,000 cars a day, and the demand is apparently increasing...
Ever since a law was enacted by the Cuban Government making American currency legal tender in that country, many Federal Reserve notes found their way into circulation there. This led to the demand that a branch of a Federal Reserve Bank be located in Cuba...
...present is?so far as an armistice between the Franco-Belgians and Germany is concerned ?that France still insists on the abandonment of passive resistance in the Ruhr as a primary condition to a subsequent conference. Germany, on the other hand, will not consent to the French demand. As a result of Anglo-French and Anglo-German feelers it can be stated definitely that this difficulty is not insuperable and is likely to be solved by a compromise...
...Seattle, recently returned from the great oriental Republic, says the world has gone " Mah Jongg mad." Mr. Kan should know. He went to China to place orders for a half a million sets, but was only able to obtain a fraction of that number, owing to the enormous demand. The price of the game has been increased 100% during the past few months, and Mr. Kan thinks that the price will continue on its upward flight until the American public stops buying, " then the supply will equalize the demand...
...sudden increase in motor sales this spring largely caused the increase in tire prices. The ensuing price reduction is in part seasonal, since the heaviest tire sales always occur in the spring and demand slackens by July. But it also indicates that, despite the enormous output of motor vehicles this year, the tire makers have more than kept up with them...