Word: surplus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...they merely strive to eliminate the effects and not the causes of the difficulty. It is foolish to expect industry, however willing it may be, to create jobs arbitrarily out of pure patriotism. A few thousand can be taken care of in this way, but the majority of the surplus labor can only be absorbed through increased production founded upon the solid basis of increased demand for products. The real remedy to this pressing situation must come through the stop-page of the streams of labor which are constantly adding their volumes to the idle army already tramping the streets...
...skating rink, however, the river has one serious handicap. There is no safe place to leave shoes or surplus clothing. A skater must either be burdened by carrying these cumbersome things with him or trust them to the uncertain honesty of the small boys along the banks, who may or may not be present at the time of reckoning. To abolish this inconvenience the Locker Room of either the Weld or University Boat Club should be opened for use. Possible confusion of articles could be avoided by keeping an attendant there to check them for a small...
...inflate prices. To spend it then, when the Government reduces its expenditures, will tend to keep up the total rate of buying to a normal level and therefore prevent stagnation and depression. The money which is invested in Liberty Bonds will serve as a reservoir into which our surplus purchasing power may now be diverted and stored, to be released again when the war is over...
...across land boundaries which are purely artificial and water boundaries which are not barriers but highways should be furthered. Financially, we are rivalling England as Canada's largest creditor; the Dominion with its rich natural resources and universal prosperity will naturally receive a larger and larger share of our surplus capital. Politically, we can have nothing but good-will for Canada's free and democratic government, which is in many respects a model for our own. But without impugning Canada's splendid loyalty to the British Empire, we should support all agreements tending to unite more closely the great English...
...deciding to give this scholarship last year was influenced by the desire to have the gift of such a nature that it would form a worthy precedent of other classes to continue. The Sophomore Class this year is able to continue the custom by means of a surplus in the class treasury...