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...have not yet reached the pres ent delightful condition of prize-giving in France where, one French newspaper suggests, an author who has written more than three books without receiving at least one prize should be given the Legion of Honor for meritorious service to the State. But we may come to it. And why shouldn't we? The stones of Grub Street are still as flinty as they were in Johnson's day, when the adolescent Doctor was forced to hie him to eating-houses where the back of a New foundland dog served the patrons for a serviette...
...recent overproduction prospects for such a venture over the next decade are not promising. The great " rubber boom " in London in 1910 was followed by a spectacular list of failures. It would be a more sensible course for large American consumers of rubber to enter the pres-ent "Rubber Syndicate" and cooperate with it in a fair stabilization of prices. Brazil's own experience with the valorization of coffee is a sufficient indication of the danger of government meddling in international trade. The present hubbub over rubber is mainly a political rather than business issue. It proceeds more from...
...recent Reserve report contained data which gives an excellent perspective upon present business conditions. According to statistics covering the Second Reserve District contained therein, since the " trough " of the recent depression to the pres-ent time production has gained 54%, employment 23%, wholesale trade 31%, retail trade 13% and bank loans 32%. Marked price advances have been seen in pig iron, copper, tin, lead, cotton, print cloth, raw sugar and even corn...
...other English and Scotch universities. Over 11,176 Oxford men had enrolled by the middle of the war, and afterward the number was much greater; 1,412 had laid down their lives and 100 were missing. In the University of Cambridge, of 13,128 past and present ent members enrolled at one time, 1,405 made the great sacrifice and 212 were missing. It may be added that of the whole Cambridge enrollment at this time, no less than 1,945 had suffered wounds...
...Physical Colloquium. "The Pres- ent State of Knowledge of the Photo-Electric Effect." Mr. P. E. Sabine in Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...