Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Warren S. Stone is dead. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers must now find not only another great Labor leader, but also a first-rate financier...
...give away money freely? Because the last Congress passed a law increasing Congressmen's salaries from $7,500 to $10,000 a year and some Congressmen talked of refusing the increase. The Comptroller General ruled that they had to take their monthly pay checks at the $10,000 rate, but that they might return the difference to the Treasury if they chose. Of the 531 Congressmen and Senators, only one has sent back the difference. Every month after the pay checks are sent out, he returns a check for $208.33. It is a point of honor with...
...York World "on the general state of everything" in Europe: "Artificial sunlight aids the health of London's Zoo monkeys. Fatal accidents from unexploded shells still continue in the French war zone. Mountains of American autos, boxed, too vast to house, clutter the Thames banks; new tariff rate July 1. The top hat, bashed by the War, is dusted off and blocked again for wear. In one week in April, 313 died of smallpox in Bombay. Over $24,000,000 was taken to South Africa in four years by farmer immigrants attracted by advertising. Strolling between the acts...
Last week, Norway wanted $33,000,000. But, instead of borrowing simply on the terms of the leading banking groups which had previously handled Norse obligations, Norway obtained her funds through a smaller house on the basis of a lower coupon rate and current yield...
...since the League came to town, or to note in what proportions the tourist trade at nearby Chamonix has swelled. What we do know is that Geneva, for at least one month in the year, presumably September, has become the most important spot in the world, or at any rate important enough to warrant the strict attention of all civilized mankind, including both supporters and opponents of the League. To this ancient town every fall flock from all parts of the the globe statesmen, politicians who are not statesmen, journalists, authors, students, and sight-seers. As a spectacle alone this...