Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Because of the war" is a touchstone of classification which by this time the most unobservant has applied. If our Government, the benevolent, and some others had their way, "because of the war" would cover not a multitude of sins, but good deeds. "I have cut my profit to the narrowest margin because of the war" the tradesman would say to the carpenter, who would replay that "I have doubled my efficiency because of the war," or to the manufacturer, who would rejoin that "I take special pains with my products because of the war." Man would be honest over...
...besides that, subscribers will profit by the loan, for the bonds will sell at a substantial premium. The 4 percent. bond of 1905 sold at 140 and the 3 1-2 per cent. bond at 110. The bonds may be sold at a moment's notice and people are therefore protected from any possible loss. The present issue provides "if the government makes a new issue of bonds, except those obliging payment in not more than 5 years, bearing a higher rate of interest, the holders of these 4 per cent bonds will have the advantage of this higher rate...
...Water 510.60 432.43 Electric Light 1,155.43 1,437.13 Laundry 271.71 242.90 Telephone 52.75 146.13 Interest Net 94.97 43.73 Total $26,840.64 $28,034.14 Loss $9,317 $8,224.87 Restaurant Department. Total income $34,746.00 $37 485.15 Less cost of sales 21,152.15 22,654.61 Gross Profit $13,593.85 $14,830.54 Total expenses $16,274.45 $17,103.91 Loss $2,680.60 $2,273.37 Other Departments. Pool and Billiards. Receipts $977.20 $1,292.14 Expenditures 474.87 545.40 Gain $502.33 $746.74 Cigars and Cigarettes. Receipts $2,004.25 $2,537.64 Expenditures 1,626.90 2,088.86 Gain $377.35 $528.78 News Stand. Gain $257.49 $311.94 Summary. House...
...include the home, college, juvenile court, courts, home for dependents, prisons, organizations for the study of social conditions and the improvement of these conditions. Our success in the great struggle in which we have entered calls for a mobilization of the brains of the nation. If civilization is to profit, and not be set back by this conflict, we must be prepared to secure an even more effective mobilization of brains in time of peace...
...prepared now. In the course of the address it was stated that of the 145,000 physicians in the United States very few were graduated with any education in military medicine, and that accordingly opportunity for such instruction should be given. This country will make every effort to profit by the experiences of England and France in this regard...