Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unite into agreements regarding their common welfare on the basis of mutual understanding, conciliation, and cooperation". For the accomplishment of this, the speaker pointed out, the European countries must sink nationalism in internationalism, must demobilize not only their armies but also their jealousies and hatreds, "and tear down all trade restrictions, tariff walls, and passport regulations...
...unite into agreements regarding their common welfare on the basis of mutual understanding, conciliation, and cooperation". For the accomplishment of this, the speaker pointed out, the European countries must sink nationalism in internationalism, must demobilize not only their armies but also their jealousies and hatreds, "and tear down all trade restrictions, tariff walls, and passport regulations...
...moment of Admiral Sims' arrival in London was one of the most critical periods of the war, when destruction of trade by the U-boats was at its height. Upon reaching England, Admiral Sims, in conjunction with the foremost men in the British Navy, conceived and executed the plan of convoying all merchantmen through the submarine zones--an extremely difficult task, but one which successfully checked the submarine menace...
...such a plan, is an adjustment of the rate difficulty. As long as Boston's port is stagnant, a large source of business for New England's railroads remains unproductive. It has been pointed out especially that Boston is the natural outlet for a large share of the Canadian trade. But this trade, as well as most of that from other sources, is being diverted from Boston on account of the differential. Until that ini uitous discrimination is removed, Boston cannot resume its rank of a great seaport, and the New England railroads cannot muster the strength they need...
...With a view to determining the best method of developing the ship scrapping industry in the United States," so runs a dispatch from Washington, "the Paymaster General of the Navy has invited representative groups of financiers, steel operators, shipbuilders, scrap dealers, chambers of commerce, and editors of trade papers to meet this week at the Philadelphia Navy Yard." It is not too big a meeting when the tonnage involved runs into the millions. Part of it will be actual scrapping, we presume, as when Mr. Ford offers to wave the magic acetylene torch and turn gun-turrets into livers. Part...