Word: distressed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...causes of present distress, Major McKinley's election could bring no remedy. (A) The true causes of this distress are (1) monopolies; (a) they have crushed competion; (b) injured markets; (x) raised prices of farmers' needs; (y) lowered prices of farmers' products. (2) Class legislation; (a) it has unduly exempted rich from taxation; (b) it has protected certain manufacturers; (c) it has given bonnties to sugar trust (Lloyd's Wealth vs. Commonweath, 9-30). (3) Single gold standard; (a) it has caused fall of prices of commodities; (x) caused contraction of currency; (m) thrown silver out of use (n) though...
...class crews. Extra work about the buildings, the use of the 'Varsity pair oars and singles, and other items, increase the extra expense to a sum which the charges made do not cover. In the fourth place the class crews are not always in financial distress. The Ninety-six Crew is well managed and has always been free from debt, as the others might be if they were equally well handled. Finally, it would seriously embarrass the 'Varsity to make these expenditures and not have them refunded. We must raise nearly $5000 by subscriptions this year, and with such...
...excuse for charging the class crews any entrance fee whatever. The only expense which is incurred is the chartering of the referee's tug; and that is paid for by the money which accrues from the sale of excursion tickets. The class crews are always in financial distress. They have no way of making money and are obliged to rely on subscriptions for their support. The amount of the subscriptions never equals the expenditure. Instead of trying to lighten the burden of the class crews, the 'Varsity charges each of them the exorbitant entrance fee of thirty dollars. The charge...
...know now that Christ paid great attention to the physical welfare of men. He went about healing all manner of disease among the people, and ended the parable of the Good Samaritan by commanding his disciples to go and do each for his neighbor in distress what the Good Samaritan...
...greatest obstacles to charity today is the opposition of the working class. Through their leaders they demand justice and refuse charity, maintaining that organized charity is the cause of much of their distress...