Word: labor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...physically-fit students. In their place are coming the young men who have been crippled by wounds or invalid beyond the possibility of further active service, and who now seek from the universities the scholastic training which will enable them to earn a livelihood by means other than physical labor...
...which for political reasons, is going to prevent such investors from getting a reasonable return on their money. Of all enterprises, the Railroads are the only ones at the present moment which cannot increase their prices proportionally to their expenses. And when by the Adamson law the hours of labor have been cut down, when labor itself is ever scarcer and ever higher paid, and when at the same time coal, steel, and other commodities are soaring in price, a net loss will be inevitable, if the railroads' revenues cannot be increased...
...good grades. Unlike many awards, it is for no particular branch of the subject. This is encouragement for the steady, hard-working undergraduate, rather than for the man who is brilliant on tests, but unreliable in daily work. The reward is for efforts in college courses only, not for labor on a special outside subject...
...directed toward the good of the entire world. They who feel that the boundaries of the United States are too confined for their sympathies may reflect that these same Unites States are battling for principles exceeding boundaries. The country calls for money in the execution of this labor, and it is fierce, dangerous, killing, as well as costly labor. Today will see this government's demands more than fulfilled...
...whole economic life seems whirling in a vicious circle: the government sets a maximum price on staples, to reduce the cost of living; labor strikes for higher wages and shorter hours, there by increasing the cost of transportation and manufacture; increased cost sends prices soaring again; until the government's price regulations are encountered, and a new circular motion sets...