Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than three times as great as its ordinary receipts last year, it seems rather useless to advocate a tax reduction. Indeed, the people of this country face an alternative. They may continue their reckless extravagance, in which case the price of government bonds will continue to fall. The unwholesome item "loans on government securities" will continue to rise; the government will be unable to sell its certificates; drastic taxation will inevitably follow. Under such conditions the amortization of our national debt would be impossible. As an alternative the people may save. New assets would then be accumulated. The inflation...
...this question, purely a moral one, is slowly developing into a political item, the body of protestors has taken this opportunity to oppose legislative action on this subject...
...present time there is a considerable balance, $1,323,63, in the treasury of the Class of 1920, according to the report given out today by the Secretary-Treasurer, Burnham Lewis, but it is probable that one item along of the expenses to be met this June, the Senior Class Album, will more than wipe out this surplus. Conservative estimates show that it will cost the Class between 1,599 and $2,000. In addition, there will be the cost of printing various class literature, clerical work, and many other attendant expenses of Commencement Week. Hence it is absolutely essential...
Baseball heads the list by a large amount. No less than 1,078,191 separate articles of baseball paraphernalia go to make up the list and the bill for this item alone ran to $1,434,528. League balls totaled 719,174 in number, and indoor baseballs, 47,004. In the matter of basis the invoice shows that there were 115,913 outdoor and 21,926 indoor, making a grand total of 137,839 bats...
...football equipment, which comes second in point of size, the sum of $364,272 was expended but it ran a poor second, to baseball. Boxing gloves, a few medicine balls, punching hags, wresting mats, etc., caused an expenditure of $207,680. Basketball was the fourth largest item with a total of $195,995. For these four sports, the grand total...