Word: trade
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Junior Wranglers. Debate. Assembly Room of Union, 8.15 p.m. Question: "Resolved, That free trade be established between the United States and Cuba." Affirmative, Blaikie's camp; negative, Hale's camp...
...whole people believe in the unification of Germany. We believe in a great union of federated states, bound together by a common language, by common currency, courts of justice, and unrestricted mutual trade. Such is the venerable American Union; such the young German Empire...
These societies taken together form a social trilogy. First, professional societies, such as Waldeck Rousseau fostered. In each town, every separate trade formed a protective association against capitalists. In the country agricultural syndicates are formed so that machines may be bought which would be far beyond the means of a single peasant. The second group of the trilogy was those who combined themselves with the common interest of money. The last group consists of the societies for mutual help. These number 15,500 societies and claim 2,600,000 adherents...
Representatives from the cities of Cambridge and Newton, from the Metropolitan Park Commission, Associated Board of Trade, Boston Chamber of Commerce and from several private concerns spoke briefly at the hearing. They were united in the belief that the advisability of building the dam should depend first, upon its effect on the general health; second, upon its effect on the harbor and commerce of Boston; third, upon its effect on the park system...
...second characteristic is a peculiarly fortunate one. Trade-unions usually impose some limit to the amount of manual labor done by their members. Such a limitation may be a wise and necessary thing, because manual labor may be carried to excess. The limitation of intellectual labor, however, is not to be thought of. Given the necessary amount of sleep, food and exercise, a college man can work as long and as much as his mind will allow. The physical strength of a man increases until he reaches a certain age, then remains at a standstill and finally begins to decrease...