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Some budget proposals: New taxation on patent medicines and per- fumes; tooth paste and face powders exempted. Embargo on boots and shoes to be removed, but duties to be increased. Tax on matches to be doubled. Salaries of civil servants to be reduced...
Mild weather eased the suffering caused by the shortage and quickened coal movements. In response to the Walsh resolution in the Senate, the Interstate Commerce Commission refused to lay an embargo upon coal exports to Canada in order to benefit New England...
...French government, having heard that the Impressionist Manet's famous painting, Le Bon Bock, was in Paris en route to America, planned to put an embargo on it, but found the law did not apply-since the painting was acquired in Germany. It represents with sympathetic warmth a gentleman, a cafe table, a glass of beer. It will be exhibited shortly in New York...
...insecure without guarantees, she had every right to place herself in a position where she could make demands instead of entreaties. Then, with Germany's growing defiance, the French were forced to apply greater pressure, military and economic. Cutting off the Ruhr coal supply from Germany proved insufficient. The embargo on all manufactured goods from the valley, especially iron and steel, is a more severe blow to the industrial and political life of Germany. As France continues to strengthen the barrier between Germany's productive district and the rest of, the states, the people will begin to feel the pinch...
...Republican National Convention and since 1915 he has been a member of the United States Senate, where his term expires in 1927. Senator Wadsworth as chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, was principal author of the Army Reorganization Bill and was also prominent as a supporter of the Dye Embargo of the Tariff Act, which was opposed by Senator Moses. These men, as well as a possible third speaker, will be entertained before the meeting at a dinner given them at six o'clock in the Union. At this the new committee members of the club and a few special...