Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seems to bit strange at the present day to find such backward conditions prevailing in a large industrial center. Trade unionism has long established itself as the most satisfactory method of adjusting differences between capital and labor. In unusual periods of great production, to be sure, the unions may become too dominant. But under ordinary conditions, natural economic laws preserve the necessary balance. Yet disorganized labor is always at the mercy of capital. And the Passaic manufacturers, if historical precedent runs true, must eventually recognize the inherent right of their workers to a permanent union which can protect their interests...
Another character has stepped from the pages of history into the spotlight of publicity and that none other than the Cumaean Sybil, a lady old at her trade when the glory of Rome was undimmed by northern indiscretions and Aeneas was neither pious nor peregrinating. For she was among the first to practice what W. C. Fields might well describe as--the old army game...
...than any modern mystic has dared profess. And now that her records are to be made public--now that the famous leaves are to be gathered by the grammarians and what note of Italy, one wonders how well this early priestess of the occult did her duty by her trade...
Face powder comes in so many different shades and in so many different brands that many druggists have to stock with 25 varieties. Over 95% of the women used face powder, averaging 3 1/3 boxes yearly. Four brands sold 62% of the trade...
Hair pomade was used by 10.57% of the women and 14.57% of the men (65 brands; 5 firms did 82% of the trade...