Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that Dr. Tugwell was not a dirt farmer in overalls excited few persons in or out of the Senate except Senator Smith. What did excite them was the widespread suspicion that the new Undersecretary was a dangerous radical bent on "regimenting" industry, overthrowing the profit system and generally shaking the foundations of the Republic. Conservative Republican Senators itched to get Dr. Tugwell before them in committee and catechize him on his economic and political doctrines, thereby reviving the titillating issue of a Red conspiracy within the New Deal...
...resolution calling upon Secretary Morgenthau to supply a list of all big silver owners. Unlike gold, silver is not an illegal private possession but if it could be shown that the loudest silverites, in or out of Congress, were also heavy owners of the commodity for private profit, the cause of bimetallism would receive a bad moral tarring before the country...
...precious few bankers are silverites. Chase National of Manhattan nominally owned the largest amount (18,000,000 oz.). Since futures for silver are normally higher than spot prices, the banks had bought and stored spot silver while selling equal quantities for future delivery. Such transactions gave them a profit of 2½% on their investment, about five times as much as they could get on other short term investments...
...have audited the books and accounts of John Doe, Inc. and we certify that the accompanying Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statement are correct and, in our opinion, exhibit a fair view of the corporation's affairs...
...Navy planes. The Martin which won the Collier Trophy in 1933 cruises at 200 m.p.h. with two tons of bombs in its belly. Before the House Naval Affairs Committee in Washington last winter Glenn Martin testified that he had done $20,000,000 of government business at an average profit...