Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...imported (from Norway) and the U. S. raised 1,810,000 Ib. (in Alaska)? Why should the duty on canned peas be multiplied by five although in 1928 we imported only 3% of what we ate? Why should the duty on cotton towels be raised 5% although we import less than .125% of what...
...is?I am a nationalist. I am referred to as a Naval expert, Naval authority, Naval critic, writer and lecturer? and other things that won't bear repeating. Enthusiasts claim I am the best posted man in the U. S. on national defense. I claim nothing and expect less; but whatever I represent, it is all American?which seems to arouse suspicion as well as curiosity...
...Portland Evening News, edited by Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening. It campaigned against "Insullism," propounded again and again the question: "Shall the voters of Maine become yes-men for Samuel Insull?" It estimated that the power interests had spent $300,000 for the export bill, that the opposition had spent less than...
...sailor can tell a passenger 'your life boat is to the right' or 'to the left,' as the case may be, it will be a long step toward preventing the likelihood of panic. Moreover, when a man knows how to swim he is much less likely to be scared out of his wits when a ship is in danger." Declaring that his own Lloyd Sabaudo Line had at once begun to teach their crews English and aquatics, Dr. Serrati intimated that all the major Italian carriers would at once follow suit. "Our crews in squads...
...every good bank come many sound investing opportunities which must be refused because of legal restrictions. So, in order to widen their operating field, most large banks have investment affiliates, somewhat less conservative than the banks themselves. Step Three in the employment of currency would obviously be for the bank to organize an investment trust, and that is what Chicago's Continental-Illinois Bank Trust Co., largest U. S. bank outside Manhattan, did last week. President was Arthur Reynolds, who is board chairman of Continental-Illinois. Vice-president was James R. Leavell, also a Continental-Illinois vice president...