Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...short time ago Mrs. Coffin, wife of the U. S. Consul General at Berlin, Miss Goldsmith, Assistant U. S. Trade Commissioner to Germany, Mrs. Conger, wife of the Berlin correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, were traveling in a Cologne-Berlin train. Into their compartment jumped Herr Kurt Korthaus, a member of the Reichstag. He objected to the number of bags on the rack. He told the ladies to remove them. They said they were too heavy, suggested that he call the conductor to remove them or do it himself...
Premier MacDonald's Government in Britain is declared to be the Reds' worst enemy. "Nothing is being done for the workers, but everything for the capitalists." His advocacy of an eight-hour day is "merely to help British trade," that of a disarmament conference is "because Britain has been hopelessly beaten by France in the armaments race...
With Winter almost over, and Spring not yet really here, the usual indecision of business has been emphasized in recent markets. Merchants resolutely refuse to make large commitments in advance, although the prospects for a good Spring trade seem encouraging at this time...
Amid the flood of annual corporate statements for 1923, here and there reports of industry and trade during 1924 are beginning to appear. In general they show a tendency toward increased sales competition and diminishing margin of profit that were predicted by some students of business at the beginning of the year...
Before reaching his discussion of business as we understand it today, Mr. Swope traced the growth of industry and trade. The first thing that prompted business was service. "Men", he said, "exchanged products to save time, and to save labor. Then as communities grew, matters became more complex. You first had the country stores, which were finally grouped together into larger unions. Then came the chain stores, and our large department stores. Now our cities have grown so rapidly that the status of economic conditions has not kept pace with them, for the waste in the distribution of food products...