Word: markets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...means of a protective tariff we have saved American agriculture, labor and industry from the menace of having their great home market destroyed through the dumping upon it of a flood of foreign products. . . . As a source of revenue the tariff surpassed all expectations in producing an annual return of the unprecedented sum of about $500,000,000. . . . "The people have never come to a full realization of the importance of the Washington Conference. It produced the one effective agreement among the great Powers in all the history of civilization for relieving the people of the earth from the enormous...
...Chicago, Bim Elbert, dog, was reported as being paid quarters and dimes for tidying the Elbert premises, for minding the Elbert car, for carrying the Elbert market-basket, for going to bed promptly, for not whining or barking or "playing with other dogs." He was said to go to the bank with his weekly savings, deposit them with the teller, wait for his pass book, trot home. His balance was "$68 with no withdrawals." He was saving "against the infirmities...
...their cards on the table by revealing their requirements, yet they have eagerly used the producers' figures. As long as a condition of overproduction of copper existed, this unequal situation was greatly in favor of the manufacturers, who could use their knowledge of the non-fabricated copper market to obtain the lowest possible prices on all occasions...
...rate is more in line with the open market rate on acceptances of 2 to 1⅞%, and call money at 2. It has also been surmised that the new rate indicated that the Bank sought to expend its loans to earn more money, and that it indicated that the Reserve authorities did not expect higher money rates this Fall to any considerable extent. This latter conjecture is important if true; a sudden rise in money rates would not only prove a real shock to security traders, but interrupt much foreign and domestic financing, including perhaps several railroad mergers...
...weakness much commented on in stock market circles lies in the fact that the new Nickel Plate system will not touch Pittsburgh. This means a heavy loss of valuable freight, and for some times rumors have been afloat that the Van Sweringens would also acquire the Pittsburgh & West Virginia road to strengthen their system. Some Cleveland parties, unknown, have purchased 40,000 shares of this road from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., with an option on 34,000 shares more; this is about a quarter of the total 300,000 shares of the road. When the Van Sweringens are asked...