Word: sugars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most sensational development so far in the sugar scandal is the perpetual injunction petitioned for by the Government to restrain the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and the Sugar Clearing Association from carrying on any more speculative dealings in sugar. The injunction petition bears the signatures of Attorney General Daugherty, Solicitor General James M. Beck and five assistants representing the highest legal talent in the Government, and aims to " make the gamblers in sugar remove their roulette wheel from the American breakfast table...
...Department of Justice has started its examination of the sugar brokers. A demand has been made upon every member of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange to turn over to the United States Attorney's office complete and detailed accounts of all sales and purchases of sugar from Jan. 1 to April 1. " Please do not confine yourself to information regarding money balances," says the Department's letter to the brokers, " but state in detail each customer's account, the number of lots, the month of future delivery, and prices. The names and addresses of these...
President Harding discussed the sugar situation with his Cabinet and expressed the opinion that the tariff was not responsible for the rise in price, since sugar is now selling higher in Canada than in the United States, although the Canadian duties are lower...
...Tariff Commission's investigation is an extremely technical and complicated affair. Three classes of investigators are employed: commodity experts who know about manufacturing and selling sugar, cost accountants who have a highly specialized knowledge of the different costs of production in different mills, economists who organize the information for the digestion of the Commission. After the Commission has diagnosed the situation, President Harding may act to reduce the tariff on sugar, if the findings warrant it. But not in excess...
...grew progressively worse, was pronounced incurable by physicians, and last October, after a breakdown, lingered on a starvation diet, too weak to turn in bed. His wife had bought a cemetery plot for him. He began a regular dosage of insulin on February 2. The 9% sugar in his blood has now been reduced to normal, less than 1%, he has gained 50 pounds, is able to eat a generous diet, and takes vigorous exercise. Insulin was evolved by Drs. J. J. R. Macleod and F. G. Banting, of the physiological department, University of Toronto. It is extracted from...