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...whatever point in the commodity's progress from farmer to consumer the fee was levied, the commodity's price would rise automatically. Ultimate payment of the fee would thus be by the consumer, not by the producer. In other words, the "equalization fee" was not a self-help device for the farmers but a subtle sales tax upon the whole country. The "equalization fee" was to be levied on imports, also. It thus became, in simple fact, a tariff. President Coolidge objected to a sales tax or a tariff administered by a Federal farm board, for the reason...
...Inspiration and self-help in the Bible Belt, as reported by the Atlanta Constitution...
...Expense Pamphlet: For several years statistics have been gathered from the student body embodying the pertinent facts concerning the cost in cold cash of studying medicine. This information together with a classified list of available positions for self-help, has been worked up, tabulated and published in pamphlet form...
...Father Frederick H. Sill of the Order of the Holy Cross (Episcopal) procured an old farmhouse near Kent, Conn., enrolled 18 pupils and three masters, founded Kent School. The first night of school the headmaster cooked scrambled eggs which the boys served, the beginning of a regimen of self-help that has continued until today, when Kent is a flourishing school of 200 boys. Kent teaches self-reliance, directness of purpose and simplicity of life, in a quiet rural community...
...giving Indiscriminate financial aid to students, so often and so justly charged against theological seminaries, this School has greatly reduced its number of announced school airships, and with the cooperation of parishes in the vicinity has instituted a Compensated Church Work plan, by which students who need opportunities for self-help may receive from $500 to $600 for services rendered in the churches...