Word: locales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...statement of Banker Pierson: "The constituency of the Chamber is a cross section of the country." [TIME, Dec. 12] This statement is true but unfortunately the results of any Chamber of Commerce poll are not indicative of the opinions held by its members individually, for this reason: The local Chamber of Commerce has a membership of over thirteen hundred. Without first obtaining an expression from the individual members, six ballots were cast on the question. The reported result was five to one in favor of the $400,000,000.00 reduction. Was this the opinion of the group or merely...
...remains to be seen whether the humorist will consent to take the proposition seriously. But at all events it is interesting that it should have been made. Whether or not his experiences as Mayor have given him local reputation as a politician or whether or not his travels and contacts with persons in high places are thought to be proof of his political acumen are matters that have not been discussed. He himself will probably answer the questions himself, and one is not sorry that the should have the opportunity...
...pointed out that the Mississippi's right-of-way through the flooded states was a liability as well as an asset. He recommended that the flooded states be required to pay for as large a portion of the flood control program as possible, in common justice and to ensure local interest in public expenditure...
...When practicable, do what reading you can during the recess. If at home, you may be able to get some of the books from a local library or from your family collection. If in Cambridge, there is likely to be less pressure then on the stock in the College Library and, the Reading Room being closed in the evening, you can have uninterrupted use of books in your own room from five o'clock until as late an hour as you wish. The Library, moreover, will be inclined to lend its books to be taken away from Cambridge somewhat more...
...valueless paper currency coined by the war chiefs in pay for their troops, is forced upon the local people by each succeeding wave of arrivals. Theft and looting have closed or ruined the stores and business houses. Trade is impossible. The railroads have been declaring dividends only to the militarists; troops have been the chief traffic, while the stock has been abused or ruined...