Word: wages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...follows: "1919 has been a very peculiar year, and in many ways it has been a very prosperous year. Following, as it did, directly on the great war, there were conditions to be met and problems to be solved which had never been confronted before. Prices and wages both soared-to the advantage of some; to the detriment of others. Those who were most prosperous during the past year were the producing class, the heads of great industries. These men reaped enormous profits, charging practically any price for their goods that they close, in spite of the fact that they...