Word: nets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Third class mail showed an increase. Fourth class mail showed a decrease. The result was a net monthly revenue only $4,131 better than a year earlier. Mr. New shrugged his shoulders. Meanwhile, the American Farm Bureau, smarting under the 2c service charge imposed on parcels post?which many farmers use?suggested solving the problem by applying "Coolidge economy" to the Post Office, specifically suggested charging other Government Departments with the $7,000,000 annual cost of Government mail sent out free under frank...
...have discovered by careful reckoning that the net costs of transporting air freight are from 13 to 15c. a pound. There is obviously a commercial profit if you can charge more than that and get the business. Come back in two years and we will tell you more about commercial and practical aviation...
Both class B stock and the common will have voting power, and will participate in net earnings and dividends after all cumulative dividends on the preferred have been paid...
...Wimbledon. On a smooth lawn marked with white lines, two Frenchmen were indulging in an active tennis match. One of them bounded about at the net, volleying everything he could; the other played a backcourt game, driving deeply and accurately. His brow was furrowed with concentration; he was trying very hard to win. His rival at the net was more debonair; when a neat lob passed him, he kissed his fingers to it; occasionally he called out, "Bravo, René." He, Jean Borotra, was playing against René Lacoste, conquerer of J. O. Anderson, for the championship of England...
...primarily Childs Co. is in the restaurant business. In 1924, it was announced last week, the Company served 48,717,747 meals, from which a net income (after taxes and depreciation) of $1,808,968 was realized, or $0.037 per meal. Last year, too, was a good rather than a record year, for, in 1923, the Company served 49,549,363 meals; in 1920 its profit per meal was $0.042, and in the same year its net...