Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...responsible for the advance in sugar prices, including " the profiteers " (cf. remarks of Mayor Hylan), the Republican tariff (cf. remarks of various Democratic leaders), Mr. Hoover, the Department of Commerce, Cuban producers, the " monopoly" of sugar refiners, speculators in raw sugar on the Sugar Exchange and " supply and demand." The part in sugar's rise generally assumed to have been played by the Government has added no little heat and fury to the controversy, thereby obscuring more fundamental causes...
...Crimson's criticism of conditions in crew has been variously received. But it is as true today as it was yesterday that these conditions exist and demand criticism. It is, of course, easy to point out faults that appear on the surface, but it is more important to discover the fundamental weakness that lies deeper...
...hand are the railways themselves, who want to continue operation under the Esch-Cummins Law of 1920. On another hand are farmers and shippers in general, clamoring for lower freight rates. From still another quarter the railroad workers are prepared to demand any arrangement to the advantage of the workers-government ownership, if practical. Then there is the public- mutely desirous of the best possible service; the La Follette-Brookhart radical group in Congress-prepared to push attempts for drastic changes...
...former got up petitions signed by long lists of people among whom were many notables. The latter, who are very numerous, obtained the support of the Catholic Party; they declare that daylight saving time is entirely unfavorable to farming. It is clear that the Senate have overridden a majority demand in the interests of trade, which is affected by Holland's neighbors adopting the summer time schedule...
...York Curb Market Association is formulating plans for extending its quotation service beyond the metropolitan area to which it is now limited, to Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Pittsburgh by June 1. This step is in response to an old demand in the Middle West for more accurate and speedy quotation service on the lines long furnished by the Stock Exchange. Completion of this step will place the Westerner more on a par with the New Yorker in the purchase and sale of Curb securities...