Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Naval Armaments. Appropriation to begin construction of three 10,000 ton cruisers, an item of small importance, became the bone of contention between the "Big Navy" men in Congress and the President. In this struggle it was the regular Republicans who led the revolt against the President. At first, in the House the revolt was quelled by a few votes; the cruisers were ousted from the Navy appropriation bill. The Senate put them back on. Then the House agreed with the Senate against the President...
Subscriber Henshaw well knows that there is news in agriculture; that many a farmer has wits. Let him look on p. 12, specify an important agricultural item omitted from TIME this week.-ED. Appeal...
...leaders voting for the cruisers against the President's wishes. In the Senate, the "radicals" and a few staunch Administration] sts sided with the President against cruisers. A majority of both parties were impressed by figures: Great Britain has 54 cruisers, Japan 25, U. S. 15.* The cruiser item will again be fought in the House, but passage is likely. In any case, however, Congress can only appropriate money; it cannot force the President to spend it. (Bill went to conference...
...biggest item in the cost of producing farm stuff is the cost of land?i. e. its rental value. Many a farmer bought land during the War boom when farmland was worth more than it is today. (The effects of this situation are gradually wearing off?but it is still one of the factors in the farm-problem...
...sent in some flowers; there were felicitations; and that was all. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. employes are trained to show no emotions. They treated the $3,000,000 of South African gold their company bought last week (the largest purchase of gold from London in several months) as a bookkeeping item. Nor did they consider any more important the $95,000,000 they loaned to the Missouri Pacific Railroad...