Word: exporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...farmers will have to reduce their production--to supply only our own needs if something is not done to finance the export of their surplus. This situation shows that all parts of the world are interdependent. During the war, Europe suffered more than we did, and for a long time we profited by it. Now, however, the poverty and bankruptcy in Europe has begun to affect us adversely, and we must make the best of conditions as they exist...
...Senate and is now on the way to the President. II Mr. Wilson does what he ought to do he will sign this bill against the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Houston, thereby giving the Corporation $380,000,000 from the public treasury with which to finance the export of agricultural products to foreign markets and thus enable the farmers to get prices that will cover production cost...
...according to their chief interest. Men studying marketing are classed as "The Profiteers"; those specializing in banking and finance are in "The Ponzi Group"; those taking accounting are called "The Bookkeepers"; those especially interested in industrial management are termed "The Mill Hands"; those majoring in foreign trade form "The Export Round Table." The purpose of these five subdivisions and any others that may be formed later is to bring the men in each field into closer association with each other. When the members are classified in this way and organized into such groups, specialists may be invited to speak...
...Fleek '15--"The Profiteers"; F. Brownell, Yale '19--"The Ponzi Group"; E. H. Gault, Ohio Wesleyan '17--"The Bookkeepers"; J. A. Kiggan Jr. '19--"The Mill Hands"; C. E. Lyon, John Hopkins '97--"The Export Round Table...
There have been numerous contributing influences to bring about high prices--such as the export demand for some articles, the shortage in the supply of certain raw materials, and so on. Nevertheless, the chief reason for the general rise in prices has been the inflation of credit and currency. The process of inflation, through the working of the Federal Reserve banking system, has provided a large additional buying power without a corresponding increase in production. As has always taken place under similar circumstances in the past, inflation of credit and currency has resulted in inflation in prices. The Federal Reserve...