Word: market
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...largely attributed to Mr. Staley's pioneer work in educating the farmers of his own State in the production of soybeans and it is also interesting to note that Mr. Staley built the first soybean plant in the U. S. in 1922, which provided a commercial market for the farmers of Illinois. Mr. Staley realized the possibilities in the soybean industry as far back as 1916 and even sent men to China to study the growing and cultivation of the soybean to be produced in this country. I doubt seriously if Mr. Henry Ford knew anything of the industry...
...born, the son of many generations of American farmers, on cleared land in the foothills of the Cumberlands, 100 miles from the nearest railroad. As a lad he rafted his father's logs 200 miles down the Cumberland River to market...
Some forehanded people buy Christmas gifts in August, but the market for Christmas trees never opens until after Thanksgiving. Last week long flatcars laden with evergreens and snow began to roll into New York and Chicago, focal points of the Christmas tree business. In the four weeks before Dec. 25, at least 400 carloads will be sold in New York, 250 in Chicago. Hundreds of carloads will be sold off the sidings in other cities, bringing U. S. tree dealers a total business of perhaps $10,000,000. Of the profit there can be no certainty. A carload of Christmas...
...short life of Christmas trees and their festal market has inspired produce dealers to describe this sideline to their business as "the greatest of crapshooting games." Greatest U. S. Christmas crap-shooter was a Manhattan jobber named George Blanck, who cornered the market in 1916. He was supposed to have made $100,000 that year. In Portland, Me. people still talk about old Edward K. Chapman, who was for years a towering figure in the Christmas tree trade, although he never gave a Christmas present in all his life. Bearded as snowily as Santa Claus and a lover of balsam...
...Hudson's Bay school of literature may be lieve, masterful Scots at lonely fur-trading posts. In the modern business sense they are a cross between financing companies and service organizations, having evolved in the U. S. from the oldtime commission merchants. James Talcott, Inc. will make market studies, find selling agents, provide storage and showroom facilities, handle the clerical detail of foreign or domestic shipments. It does not, as the commission merchant used to do, actually sell the manufacturer's goods. Like all factors, James Talcott is primarily concerned with cash and credit...