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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consider the effectiveness of other means to this end." The discussion which follows though by no means exhaustive, makes a number of valuable distinctions and brings such neglected elements of the problem to the fore as the simple fact that not only wage earners but also farmers, dividend receivers, business managers, and so on are consumers, that a high wage rate may mean reduced volume of employment and thus reduce working class income as a whole, and that as far as our knowledge of business cycles goes consumer spending appears to be of less importance than investor spending. Similarly Professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Economists and Government Men Differ in Opinions on New Deal | 1/4/1934 | See Source »

...Dividends, In a short time, however. Inquisitor Pecora was making Mr. Lord uncomfortable. "The units of this group were milked to pay dividends," Mr. Pecora declared, "when earnings did not justify the dividends." Mr. Lord protested. Promptly Mr. Pecora produced "form letters" nearly identical in language written by Mr. Lord to presidents of the Group's banks. One such: "To provide for the dividend requirements of the Guardian Detroit Union Group, Inc. on the basis of an annual disbursement of $3.20 a share, a dividend should be declared at the June meeting of your board of directors. I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Senate Revelations 7: 1 | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

...Last week 44 corporations declared favorable dividends-largest number in any week since 1931. This record was made despite the fact that several boards deferred action until after Jan. 1 when the 5% Federal dividend tax expires. To the swelling stream of dividend resumptions was added a $3 payment by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, $1 by Tide Water Oil, 25? by Dictaphone. Three tobacco companies, American Snuff, U. S. Tobacco and Helme, declared extras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Downtown | 12/18/1933 | See Source »

Most notable dividend showing lately has been made by textile companies. At least 13 have resumed, increased or paid extras including Cannon Mills. Celanese, Hathaway Manufacturing, Industrial Rayon, Pepperell, William Whitman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Downtown | 12/18/1933 | See Source »

...better. The Federal Reserve reported net profits of 295 corporations at $162,000,000 for the third quarter compared to a net loss of nearly $25,000,000 a year earlier. How this change was translated into dollars for stockholders, was shown by the New York Times tabulation of dividend changes in November as compared to such changes in November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dividends | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

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