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...deflation of price had been prompt and rigid a year ago, and if the people had been warned, and had accepted the warning, that there would be a general decline of prizes, the present condition would not exist. Last year, whether intentionally or not, the farmers of the country were led to expect that the prices which were in effect at that time would continue through the present year, and as a result, they paid prices for their labor and material which would allow them a profit only if these pirces did continue. Now, however, the nations of Europe cannot...
That college chemistry isn't entirely a matter of bad smells and minor burns is shown by the nearly tragic occurrence which happened at Brown recently. A cylinder containing phosgene corroded and allowed this most dangerous gas to escape throughout the chemistry building. Prompt action on the part of members of the chemistry department saved many people from this menace. One of the professors entered the building equipped with a gas mask and placed the tank in a solution of sodium phenolate to neutralize...
...question is a knotty one. We want cheap labor without its accompanying conditions. We want to eat our cake and keep it, too. A prompt decision is imperative
...Peace Treaty. In Italy there have been several turnovers; Orlando was replaced by Nitti; the latter after resigning was reappointed, but was later succeeded by Giolitti. In the United States, President Wilson, hailed two years ago as the world's new savior, has been defeated in his plan for prompt acceptance of the League of Nations...
...League is the greatest moral issue with which the people of the United States has ever been confronted, the Cox-Roosevelt Club stands unequivocally for the ratification of the Treaty and Covenant with such clarifying or interpretative reservations as may be consistent with American tradition, and for the prompt participation of the United States in this greatest movement of modern civilization. Speaking of the obligations of the league covenant, Senator Harding said: "I do not want to clarify those obligations. I want to turn my back on them. It is not interpretation but rejection that I am seeking...