Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...putting through Administration measures-the World Court and the tax bill. There is Walsh; he is the Democrat's hanging prosecutor, only he hasn't found any Republican to gibbet for the public recently. That other man with the wavy, black hair is Pat Harrison, a first-rate denouncer. There was a time when Harrison poured Greek fire on the Republicans, and Walsh poured quick lime...
Meanwhile the British Trade Union Council announced plans for a "general strike," to take effect unless the owners "withdrew" their so-called "lockout" notices-the purport of the Council's manifesto being, of course, a threat to strike unless employment was offered to miners at a higher rate...
...based on hypothesis. If a bill of the Haugen type is passed, the President will have the alternative of vetoing it. If farm depression continues, Mr. Lowden (staunch Republican with eyes to the West) and whatever Democrats and Republicans stood for the Haugen bill, will have a first-rate issue in 1928. By contrary, if the President should approve such a bill, the Government would probably get into financial hot water before...
Doubtless Dr. Robert Norwood, rector of St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, knew most of these facts when he spoke before the Episcopal Church Congress in Richmond, Va., last week. At any rate he berated well such devotees, taking some of his words out of their very mouths. Said...
...dominant factor in the financial situation is the recent lowering of the New York Federal Bank's rediscount rate from 4% to 3½%. Although this made money easier for speculation, the stock market kept fairly level during the past week. The fact is, some Manhattan money is passing to the interior states, while considerable is going into foreign investments. The final settlement of the French debt (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) presages the floating of a large French loan here, the proceeds of which might be used to stabilize the franc and perhaps restore it to a gold basis...