Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outstanding feature of the high surtax is their marked tendency to become unproductive. The high rates are defeating their purpose. Statistics of income for the years 1916-1920 prove this in the clearest fashion. There has been a remarkable decline in the larger taxable incomes, while taxable incomes generally have been increasing. The following statistics show this for taxable incomes in excess of $300,000 a year: Number of Returns Year All classes Incomes over...
...doubtful whether Monday morning coffee without sugar will prove attractive for more than one week. But, whatever may be the success of Mayor Hylan's scheme, his proclamation is very significant in one respect. It marks an appeal to the consumers rather than to the government. Twenty years ago a writ of injunction, under appeal to a superior court, would have quieted the public. Now the country has lost confidence in the effectiveness of governmental regulation of monopoly and is looking rather to the action of the consumer who controls the factor of Demand. It is futile to speculate...
...Certain artistic collectors already use postage stamps for wall paper: and the chance for the working out of large fancy designs seems unlimited. Stamp collectors even copy the example of a German couple, who used currency to make suits of clothes save that the perforations between the stamps might prove inconvenient...
This afternoon at 2.30 o'clock on Soldiers Field, the Freshman baseball team faces the strong Phillips Exeter Academy combination in a game which should prove to be one of the hardest on the Crimson's schedule. Although Captain Maher has dressed for practice this week, his finger still troubles him, and it will probably be another week before he gets back into the line...
Regardless of the opportunity of making a position on the editorial staff, the candidate, by soliciting advertising in Boston, and, its environs, can build up many friendships, which will prove of value in the future. The experience in meeting business men and seeing their methods is also of considerable value...