Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fool. They go at this God vs. the Devil narrative very seriously. The good man, who happens to be a minister, triumphs over the bad man. The poor profit by much charity in the course of things, and much morality is on parade. The play of the same name ran hundreds of performances in Manhattan and on the road. Therefore the theme must be of widespread interest. Though Edmund Lowe and his associates act intelligently, the pulse of the picture beats dully...
...Dodges were, however, anxious to build a higher-class car, in opposition to Ford's continual and exclusive interest in the cheap vehicle. Finally, in 1914, they retired from the Ford Motor Co., later cashing in their investment at a colossal profit, and set up for them- selves as the Dodge Brothers Automobile Co. In the higher-price car field, they at once encountered keen competition. Yet their experience, engineering skill and ability in marketing their product soon led to a second success even surpassing their part in the first...
Liabilities consist of $17,264,500 capital stock, $145,000 mortgages, $56,430,618 accounts payable, $28,307,853 reserves and a colossal profit and loss surplus of $542,476,497. Earnings on the 172,645 shares in the Company last year were $581.72 per share, as against...
...Profits for last year totaled $100,435,416?from the sale of 2,100,000 units, consisting of 1,950,000 cars, trucks and tractors in this country and 190,000 sold abroad. Thus, net profit per unit manufactured last year amounted to $47, as against $37 in ten months of the previous fiscal year, and $77 in the year ending Feb. 28, 1923. Thus even Henry Ford is feeling the diminishing profits generally complained of in the motor industry, although he has by no means reached the place where he has cause for complaint himself...
...reason for "chains"? Large-volume sales, therefore large-volume purchases, therefore low-priced purchases, therefore good profits; united management, therefore efficiency, therefore more profits; an advertisement for one of a chain is an advertisement for all, therefore cheap advertising, therefore still more profits; much profit, therefore prolificacy...