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...America," he said, "inequality of wealth stirs men to effort, emulation, ambition." He propounded the economic and eugenic advantages of a novel "moving annuity," whereby a father's property would pass to his son, not at death, but gradually, in middle life, as the father's necessities shrank and the son's grew...
Coffee was peculiar. Its value went up to $286,212,000 (15% increase), but the imported quantity shrank to 641,800 tons (9% decrease...
Another was the travesty of Anthony Comstock, famed moral crusader, published in The Masses for June, 1915. A naked man, in the flabby paunchiness of inactive middle-age, suddenly exposed by the parting of curtains, shrank shamefully away to cover his condition. The title of the picture was : "The Nude Is Repulsive to This...
...common shares. The surplus of the Company at the close of 1923 was $37,570,871, compared with $31,948,016 at the end of 1922. In addition, the debenture bonds of the Company, which totaled $10,233,000 in 1920, are gradually being retired; the amount outstanding shrank from $6,372,000 in 1922 to $5,494,000 in the 1923 statement. If earnings continue at the rate of the past two years, all these bonds may be bought up and retired before 1928, when the issue comes...
...CURE OF SOULS?May Sinclair?Macmillan ($2.50). The Reverend Canon Clement Purcell Chamberlain cared really for nothing but the easy comfort of his body and the comfortable ease of his soul. He shrank before the physical vigorousness of Cartwright, his junior curate, who was always suggesting something to do, such as founding a Men's Club or starting a Sunday afternoon service for men alone. He shrank from Jackman also, who came to him with the tortures of his soul. Finally he found a way out. He rid himself of an unpleasant sister by inviting her down when Queningford...