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Farm. One-half of the total number of U. S. farmers make less than $800 a year. The profits of only one-quarter exceed $1,200 per year, the Department of Agriculture's "minimum wage" for a farm family. Reason for low income: For every dollar the consumer pays for food, about 30 cents gets back to the farmer, 70 cents going for transportation, marketing, etc. The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale. With all farmers doing this, a surplus is created, depressing prices. The farmer markets his goods individually...
...composition must be written in four voices, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, for chorus, with or without solo voices, and with organ or piano accompaniment. The time required for its performance must not exceed six minutes...
...seen service in only one important contest, the first Toronto game. In that New Year's Eve clash, Newell at times stood up admirably under the fire of the Canadian assault. The outcome of tonight's game depends largely on his performance; and it is possible that he may exceed expectations under the onus of his responsibilities...
Total stock to be issued will probably not greatly exceed $1,000,000,000 in par value. But the offering price of the new stock may well be $150 per share, the same U. S. common which once was water and which the late great Judge Elbert H. Gary had already expanded by a 40% stock dividend shortly before he died in 1927. The new capitalization also removes the last traces of Carnegie; for although he had provided that some of the bonds should never be retired, most of the holders of the special Carnegie bonds have agreed to cash...
...machines, and especially of electric refrigerators. Total U. S. copper consumption in 1927 was 834,550 tons, or 14.15 pounds of copper per person. With the automobile industry planning to produce 3,000,000 cars and trucks during the first six months of 1929, with 1929 building expected to exceed 1928, and with various proposed railway electrification projects, copper demand should steadily increase...