Word: sales
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...alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt, cereals and hops in drinkable water or by the natural fermentation of apple or other fruit, vegetable or herb juices containing not more than 2.75 per centum* of alcohol by volume may be manufactured, sold or transported for sale in original packages for consumption in homes and places other than the place of sale...
...American that the Old World intensive agriculture bears to the large-scale surface cultivation still typical of American farming. In the former case, a small area is carefully tilled, and studied, in order to raise the maximum produce which its natural fertility makes possible. In the latter, whole-sale methods are applied to vast territories, and a fair yield is ordinarily obtained, which rarely represents the full return of which the land is capable...
Other important amendments to the bill that were accepted: ¶ To tax profits from the sale of stock received as dividends under the regular income schedule instead of as capital gain, 162-112. ¶ To permit the Ways and Means Committee of the House and the Senate Finance Committee and special committees of Congress to examine individual and corporate tax returns...
...gives power to the Government to decree taxation laws instead of having to pass each bill through both Senate and Chamber. An improvement in the State finances of some 7,500,000,000 francs is anticipated. Some of the measures that will be taken to ensure this improvement are: sale of the match monopoly which has been run at a loss; general increase of 20% in taxation; reorganization of provincial government system, estimated to save 1,000,000,000 francs; penalization of persons falsifying income tax returns; increase in parcel post, postcard and telephone charges; 50% increase in railway fares...
...That Boss Murphy's influence with the Standard Oil subsidiary?the Corn Products Co.?was sufficient to stop the sale of glucose to Hartog when Hartog balked at demands for another 'financial arrangement...