Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second source of discord will be Secretary Mellon's proposal to decrease income surtaxes to a maximum of 25%. This proposal will be stoutly opposed by the Republican insurgents and by the greater part of the Democrats. The defection of the insurgents will leave the regular Republicans without power to pass this part of the proposal in either house. A certain number of the conservative Democrats from the Eastern states will, however, join with the regular Republicans. In this number are Senators Bruce (Md.), Glass (Va.), Edwards (N. J.), Walsh (Mass.). But there must be from four...
This leaves a net reduction of taxation for these rich people of only $5,775,000-but even this reduction does not stand. With surtaxes reduced to a maximum of 25%, it will be more profitable for these people to withdraw their money from tax exempt securities (having a low yield) and place it in taxable securities with a high yield. It is estimated that $54,000,000,000 (one-fifth) of the nation's wealth is invested in these tax free securities, held in large part by these people. With part of this invested in properties whose income...
...said: "It is well known that a very heavy current can be put through an electric motor for a short time and tremendous power secured, but if this current is continued for any length of time, the motor is burned up. Steam locomotives, on the other hand, can exert maximum power indefinitely." If the tug-of-war had been of one day's duration, added President Coffin, "several electric locomo-tives" would have been required to stop the steam locomotive...
...Increase the maximum enlisted strength of the regular Army from...
...defy discovery in times of trouble. But the yellow invasion will change all this. It must not be expected that any New York promoter will be satisfied to send only five hundred taxis to so promising a field for exploitation as London. And since New York taxis reach their maximum efficiency only when manipulated by New York chauffeurs, one must expect a proportional exportation of these valuable citizens. London laughs, and looks forward with pleasure to faster transportation; but she little knows the thrills, the dangers, and the daily accident lists which await...