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...detest those statistician hounds who put things end to end and stretch them across the country, so don't publish this if it's going to start the pack off in full...
With the passing of Labor Day, business rounds a definite turn in its seasonal orbit, enters upon the straightaway that usually is marked by its greatest speed. Last week economists, statisticians, chart readers anxiously awaited the first indication of what business will do after this year's turn. It will probably speed up. The question: Will its advance be as great as that of a normal year, or will it be a sluggish, short response which, in a weighted chart, would represent decline? Factors began to appear last week. The Market. As if in anticipation of the long-rumored...
Third Assistant Postmaster General Frederic A. Tilton, able statistician and business surveyor, explained that last year's postal deficit was $85,000,000, of which $35,000,000 was for the free han- dling of governmental mail (including matter franked by Congress), ocean and air subsidies. A ½¢ increase in the first-class rate, said he, would wipe out the "real deficit" of $50,000,000 and show a $10,000,000 profit. Declared Postman Tilton: "We have canvassed the whole situation and the revenue is not in the other classes.* In other classes there is competition. The railroads...
...marriage." Show how Milton justifies the ways of God to man." Give six devices by which Milton enhances his grand style." "Discuss Milton's cosmology or his conception of the Deity.'" These are a few of the questions, but they, seem to give the student a chance, rather than statistician or the man who has figured out a memory system for use during examinations...
...statistician of the Long Island Railroad, Penn-owned commuters' road into New York City, revealed a curious statistic: the Long Island, 404 miles long, last year actually carried more passengers than did its 10,511-mile parent. The score was 118,888,128 for the Long Island to 113,713.797 for the Pennsylvania. The average revenue per passenger on the Long Island, however, was only $.23 as against $1.18 on the Pennsylvania...