Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...helped these men alone. Applications have been received from undergraduates and graduates of the University as far west as Colorado and as far south as Tennessee. Out of 75 applications, positions were secured for 63. Of these 63 positions 31 were permanent and 32 were temporary. The approximate earnings per annum for permanent positions was $29,640 and for temporary positions $3,878, a total...
...payment of dividends to members of the Co-operative Society will begin tomorrow. A dividend of eight per cent. will be paid on all purchases for the fiscal year 1913-14. In applying for their dividend checks members are reminded that their 1913-14 membership cards are required as a means of identification. Checks will be mailed upon request to members absent from Cambridge, but cannot be delivered to friends or messengers without written authority from the owner...
...Wednesday the Co-operative Society will begin to pay the dividends to members for the year ending June 30. Last year sales were made to the amount of $429,987.76. This year dividend of eight per cent will be pair instead of nine per cent as in former years. The lowering of the rate was made necessary by increased expenses and the founding of a building fund. The dividend to be distributed at this time amounts...
...membership this year increased over 150, which shows that more men are finding profit-sharing business worth while. Gross receipts have made large gains and net profits have increased from 37 to 46 per cent on the capital stock. Such a record proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that co-operative management of business is not only entirely feasible but exceptionally profitable...
...reduction of the dividend from 9 to 8 per cent. is entirely justifiable in view of the present business conditions and difficulty in procuring ready money. The margin of profit which the Society earned is very small--less than three cents on the dollar and the only reason that so large a dividend can be declared is because of a large proportion of sales to non-members...