Word: profiting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...smaller roads: Pol. Sci. Quar. '87, p. 388.- (d) It tends to lessen the construction of parallel lines.- (1) New roads, obtaining only a fair share of traffic under pooling system, cannot compete with old established lines.- (2) Parallel lines are usually constructed on wild-cat schemes, with expected profit through rate-cutting, railway wars, etc.- (3) Parallel lines are detrimental to the public. (a) One line between two points can afford to give better service and more uniform rates.- (e) The majority of best known New York shippers endorsed pooling as beneficial to their interests: New York Senate...
...Pooling is beneficial to the railroads.- (a) Railroads profit more on a uniform rate than a fluctuating rate of even higher average.- (1) Fluctuating rates cause fluctuating volume of traffic.- (i) Fluctuating volume of traffic incurs greater operating expenses than a uniform volume.- (ii) Uniform traffic causes capital to be constantly employed; no idleness or loss by interest.- (b) Rate wars following prohibition of pooling caused enormous decline of railroad property: Quar. Jour. Econ. Jan. '89, p. 178.- (c) Railroads themselves favor pooling...
...special talents of the students may suggest new ways of serving the poor or unfortunate, in their own homes or in institutions, in connection with existing agencies. Always, however, the student is sent where, as he gives himself, he will receive the guidance and direction of experts, and profit by association with discreet and experienced people...
...would be a mistake to infer that it is at all lacking in vigor. Under the guidance of the societies which hold their meeting this evening; there were last year about five hundred students engaged in some form or other of philanthropic work. We hope that many will profit by the present opportunity to become acquainted with the purposes and methods of the United Religious Societies and the Student Volunteer Committee...
...back rows, especially when the room is full, it is often impossible to hear anything which is being said on the platform. It seems in this case particularly unfair to condemn the end of the alphabetical list to an attendance from which they can scarcely hope for much profit...