Word: trades
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American Booksellers' Association met in Chicago, determined to organize a system of telegraph delivery like that which has long been a prop of the florist trade. "Books telegraphed anywhere," is the slogan. Booksellers hope that this will stimulate those whom life has parted to use books for the expression of a thought, a sentiment, as they now use flowers...
...resolution-"War is the foe of trade...
...state of mind prevalent among business men, however, has recently changed. During the winter, a boom in trade was eagerly anticipated. When, by early spring, this common expectation was shown to be vain, an attitude of alarm spread to some extent. The collapse of stockmarket prices, the St. Paul receivership, the Hindenburg election and other untoward incidents were cited as indicative of calamities to come...
...Department of Commerce has been conducting a careful investigation of this country's total trade balances with the rest of the world. Last week it revealed an unexpectedly large balance in 1924 "against...
...trade had stopped there, the U.S. would have been an international creditor. But, respecting the movement of capital in loans and security purchases, the country took in only $387,000,000 and paid out $959,000,000, thus running a debit balance of $572,000,000. When this sum is balanced against the previous $360,000,000 credit, it is found that in 1924 this country was actually a debtor to the extent...