Word: junk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much as I appreciate the compliment that I have "placed the junk business on a dignified plane," it has proved embarrassing because I would be the first to disclaim any such distinction or accomplishment...
...Scrap & Junk...
Some confusion is bound to arise from your use of the word "junk," which covers a large number of waste materials, in conjunction with scrap iron. The impression is made that there is a great deal of wealth to be made in the waste industry. The only element of truth that may be taken from such an impression is that the scrap dealer creates national wealth out of waste materials, but not personal wealth. The margin of profit in this industry is small; the knowledge required to preserve even this small margin of profit is a specialized knowledge...
...never realized the importance and the extent of the scrap iron industry and the service that it rendered in American business. I have acquired a decided degree of respect for the so-called junk or scrap man as the result of your interesting article, and I sincerely hope that in these days, when businessmen are looking for every encouragement, scrap iron will prove to be the reliable barometer of business prospects in the near future, which I now learn...
...doing business from dilapidated hand carts he bought and sold in carload lots, until his retirement from business in 1922. . . . When he retired from business he continued to invest his money and was known along La Salle Street as a shrewd bond buyer. He never dealt in old rags, junk or bottles and was never known as "Bill...