Word: demands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...laboring man has had, in one generation, his demand and ability narrowed down to a very small point. Time, speed and competition have forced him to confine his efforts to one part of a production in order to sell him labor. In the days of the Romans, there were twenty or so occupati9ons for the laboring man, now there are thirty seven thousand or more occupations or divisions of labor and each requires concentration on small part in order the succeed and be of ordinary demand...
Articles collected in this drive will be sorted by the officials of Phillips Brooks House and distributed, as in past years, to the Cambridge Welfare Union, Robert College of Constantionaple, the Salvation Army, the Morgan Memorial, and other worthy charitable organizations. The demand this year for clothing continues to be heavy, unemployment in this country and the general disorders in the Near East accentuating the need of help. Overcoats and shoes are particularly desired...
...with a normal volume of traffic, the railroads in general may eventually earn the 5 3-4 percent return which the Interstate Commerce Commission have now fixed as a fair rate of income. There is danger, however, that at the least sign of improvement there will be a general demand for further rate reductions. Lower transportation costs are greatly to be desired in common with lower costs of all commodities, but premature rate reductions which tend to restrict railroad earnings are likely, in the long run, to defeat their purpose, for unless the railroads are permitted sufficient net income...
With its six new squash courts promised for completion by the twentieth of this month, the Department of Physical Education hopes to be able to meet the ever growing demand among the students of the University for increased facilities for squash. The new addition will provide space for 120 men an hour working in half hour periods. In making the new courts the old racquets courts at the back of the squash courts building have been utilized, for these have been of no use, since the University first took over the building...
...demand for clothing from the Brooks House continues to be great. All clothing, overcoats, shoes, magazines, and current text books can be used to advantage...