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...economic struggle which we are facing, and I believe it is equally inevitable that such an organization will win out. The power thus thrown into the hands of the workingman will necessarily create some difficulties, but none comparable to those we are now striving against. Prices would certainly not soar upwards as has been claimed--it is the middle man that controls that...
...Aviation gives us the swiftest mode of transportation ever known to mankind. No bird that flies can soar so high nor fly so fast. From the aviator the scientist has learned about the temperature above, about the gale that blows eastward at terrific speed seven or eight miles above the sea, about the pressure to human heart and tissues which high altitudes bring. From the aviator the world has learned that armies on land and navies at sea have met their master. The next great conflict between nations will be decided by their superiority...
...reaction from all this starts with the strained efforts to keep up with increased business and the consequent rise of the average cost of production. Interest rates soar and the efficiency of business management falls off on the top of the boom because the offices are too busy to pay attention to details and small wastes. Then there is an increase in long time borrowing, closely followed by a rise of interest and a complaint of tight capital. This in turn leads to a reluctance to make further investments and an increase of demands for short time loans. The last...
...never before at this time of year. Men who are satisfied with fish and eggs will undoubtedly vote against any change; others would do well to remember that at the present reasonable rates considerable meat may be had, well within the figure to which the weekly price might soar by a return to the old system...
...subject. "English Light Verse of the Nineteenth Century," by H. L. Warner, is the longest article in the number. The writer begins by defining "light verse" as verse "pitched in a tone the reverse of the grand or heroic, a tone which is shattered if passion rise, or ideas soar, or the somberness becomes oppressive." With this definition in view he traces the history of development of light verse from Elizbethan times to the present, reviewing the work of the men who have been most adept in this formof poetry. Intermingled with the writer's own comments are selection from...