Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...longer the new tax rates remain unknown, the longer must business be restless. Washington wiseacres interpreted the Smoot-Mellon "delay" as an adroit political shift by the Administration to chastise those business groups (notably the U. S. Chamber of Commerce) which have been urging a far larger tax cut than Secretary Mellon thinks safe. It was also interpreted as a move to put anti-Administration senators on the defensive for the action of their colleagues in the House, who wrote a tax-cut 65 millions larger than the Treasury advised...
...Utilities. Although no official discussions have occurred, Consolidated Gas, Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and Brooklyn-Edison Co. Inc., public utilities in New York City are in advantageous position for fusion. Their joined assets would total almost $1,000,000,000. Among public utilities only American Telephone & Telegraph would be larger...
...surprising that this group is a minority; it is astounding to find that it is tolerated. Misplaced as any zenl for combined study in the workshop of a university is, it assumes proportions larger than those of mere annoyance when it thwarts an educational experiment. The Reading Period, it has been said, depend for a fair trial upon the co-operation of Library and student. The Library's assistance has been wholehearted and complete, that of the student deserves no impairment at the hands of the thoughtless. No one would wish a permanent "verboten" to be hung on communication...
When questioned as to the future possibilities of safety devices, he said. "The Navy Department now uses every modern safety appliance possible and the most likely thing that could be done would be to build larger derricks, but when one considers the descents made each year by thousands of submarines, the small number of accidents, and the wide area which the submarines cover this plan seems almost a physical impossibility...
...George Gund of the Kaffee Hag Corp. will continue to manage its Cleveland factory. Furniture & Furnishings. If a hotel, restaurant, hospital, school, railroad or ship requires furnishings, the source of supply usually first thought of is Albert Pick, Barth Inc., largest company of its kind. Last week it became larger by absorbing seven companies that manufacture wooden or sheet metal furniture and sell the pieces through chains of retail furniture stores. A $30,000,000 consolidation, this was the greatest in the history of furniture and allied industries. Milwaukee Dairies. To make ice cream, cheese, butter and other milk products...