Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drop in the bucket compared to 12,000,000,000 oz. which are supposed to exist, but more than twice the world's recent (1931-34) annual output. For practical purposes the U. S. had already cornered most of the floating supply. Eager to profit from the corner, speculators helped the U. S. boost the world price to the U. S. price, 71?. Last week when it reached that level, Franklin Roosevelt raised the ante for a second time, put the U. S. price...
...measures behind which he placed his union-but-not-a-party consisted mainly of bills bearing the names of his sponsors on the platform-Senator Nye's war-without-profit bill, Senator Thomas' bill to guarantee farmers their crop-production costs, Representative Lemke's farm mortgage bill, Representative Sweeney's bill "to drive the money changers from the temple." To these he added for good measure the Wagner Labor Disputes Bill and the Administration's utilities holding company bill. For each one, his audience applauded vigorously. Having progressed from Page 7 to Page...
...Better building also helped Otis Elevator turn a loss of $252,000 in the 1934 initial quarter into a nominal profit in the same period this year...
...make another mistake like 1929 to 1932. One more and the fat is in the fire. The next step will be abolition of the profit system-and page Mr. Stalin...
Henry Ford has yet to file his balance sheets with certain State officials, only source of Ford figures. But a strong hint of which way the Ford wind blew in 1934 came last week when Ford of Canada reported the first profit since 1930-$1,878,000 as contrasted with a $620,000 loss in 1933, a $5,200,000 loss in 1932. Bigger in assets ($56,000,000) and in sales (48,900 units last year) than many an independent U. S. motor company, Ford of Canada is supposed to be about 50% owned by Henry Ford. Lately...