Word: prices
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their penny plunder, organized the Taxcentinels. Purpose of the stunt, explained Baumann, was to protest against "hidden taxes." The Taxcentinels signed a pledge "to help fight the growth of taxes which now consume 25? out of every dollar spent by the average person . . . [by paying] one-quarter of the price of all purchases in pennies, in order to dramatize this situation...
...index of industrial activity is better than steel production. Last week the following facts showed how stalled is U. S. steel, how inactive is U. S. industry: C. Steel scrap sold at $12.83 a ton on The Iron Age composite scale-lowest in two years. Price year ago: $21.92. Since new steel is nearly 50% melted scrap, any rise in steel production is usually presaged by a rise in scrap prices...
...Till 1943, by the O'Brien-Piper Bill, insurance companies can once again invest in low-cost housing. But the amount of rent they can charge this time is not specified. Metropolitan apartments will undoubtedly rent for more than $9 a room. Truly low-cost housing, with the price of building materials and building labor as high as it is now, will continue for a while to be built by the Government...
...agents, collectors who tried to seize their truck because they were behind in their payments. When they were paid $235 (the agent owed them $400), they bought a load of lemons in Los Angeles, rushed them to Oakland where they sold them, during a temporary shortage that boosted the price, for $520. But, as their luck was looking up, a drunken driver smashed into the truck, nearly killed Paul. Driving alone, hauling pipe to the oil fields, dynamite to Sonora, Nick picked up a girl on the road. He got her a room in Los Angeles, but after driving...
Charging the Federal Trade Commission ineffective in this field, the instructor asked for an "enlightened government policy" in dealing with unfair price discriminations by manufacturers which cause "substantial injury" to independent dealers...