Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the opening up of Africa by Stanley and Livingston, there came a sudden increase in foreign trade, particularly in wild beasts. Two enterprising young men, Messrs. Barnum and Balley engaged a stock company of particularly well-dispositioned wild animals, and took to the road. Later out of business courtesy or for advertising purposes. Barnum donated Jumbo to Tufts and the natural history course became overcrowded. By such means were lands terrestrial familiarized; going to Africa was thought no more of than going to get a milk-shake. Then within a few decades the South and North Poles were "exposed...
...Russian Trade Delegation in London announced the formation of a Russo-British grain-exporting Company, composed equally of Russian and British interests. The Board of Directors will consist of four Russian and four British members. The object of the company is to finance the exportation of grain from Russia and sell it in Britain, France, Italy and Southern European countries. The "Big Five" * British Banks were reported to be willing to extend credit up to ?1,000,000 (about $4,500,000) for the use of the company...
...best of friends, but underneath they are both using all their powers to win the approval of the world and particularly of the United States, and to get into the strategic position to enforce their point of view. France wants security; England wants peace and trade. It is the tragedy of Europe that up to the present these objects have been mutually exclusive...
...doing one good by lessening the numbers of the "Jack of all trades, master of non," this pressure of living has overreached itself in creating the vast number of the "master of one trade, Jack of none." Until a happy medium is struck between these two extremes in business requirements, the general education of the country will continue to have a commercial bent. And the blame for this must be put not on educators but on the hurry of life...
Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr., former amateur and open golf champion; who was accused in August by a Chicago Board of Trade man of giving him a bogus check for $7,500: "In Chicago I offered to file a voluntary petition of bankruptcy, putting my liabilities at $275,000, my assets at $50,000. In two years I have lost about $385,000 speculating in grain. Largest of my debts was $200,000 lost to Arthur W. Cutten, wealthy grain merchant, who did me many favors early in my career as a golfer. Mr. Cutten crossed this debt off my list...