Word: surpluses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present day is to preserve its function as an educational institution to an extent that shall give its men the proper outlook on life and shall steel their wills and harden their minds against the tendencies toward materialism which are bred in a period of so great economic surplus as is the present period in America...
Through his associations, the farmer is supposed to learn how much to plant so that there will not be a price-shrinking surplus. But most farmers are individualists. Far better than an association do they like a free-for-all, where every man raises as much as he can. Aid in marketing a surplus continues to interest most farmers more than laws of supply & demand...
...each farmer would pay some of his profits into a pot, held by the Government, from which farmers with losses would draw compensation. How to compute such losses? By having the Government fix "a fair price" for all crops each year. Farmers forced (by the presence of a crop surplus) to sell below the U. S. price, would be considered losers...
...were "not what we desire. Immigration and unemployment are our two big problems. The young people are still leaving the country. We must help them gain self-confidence. Why, Ireland can produce its own food, clothes, and shelter; we're a self-producing people and we even export a surplus of agricultural products. To show the people all this an honest newspaper is essential...
Erie R.R. With a pang stockholders in the Erie railroad last week learned that the company had incurred a deficit of $201,683 on its November business. They recalled the previous November 1926, when the month's surplus had been $2,248,113 - 11 times the deficit...