The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 59American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1915 - Political science |
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... cent increase in output in vast industrial fields by merely taking thought ( see page 96 ) . The wonders of scientific management in doubling and tripling out- put are too well known to need rehearsing here but it is a fact that it is ...
... cent increase in output in vast industrial fields by merely taking thought ( see page 96 ) . The wonders of scientific management in doubling and tripling out- put are too well known to need rehearsing here but it is a fact that it is ...
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... cent increase in national wealth but we are now not even fully using our equipment at the low efficiencies that we at present tolerate . The article by Mr. Reitzel on page 125 reveals the shocking unem- ployment of a normal year like ...
... cent increase in national wealth but we are now not even fully using our equipment at the low efficiencies that we at present tolerate . The article by Mr. Reitzel on page 125 reveals the shocking unem- ployment of a normal year like ...
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... cent of the entire land mass of United States is in farms . As population increases an inventive people may contrive novel ways of sustaining life , but it usually occurs that the new methods of livelihood make a demand upon land in the ...
... cent of the entire land mass of United States is in farms . As population increases an inventive people may contrive novel ways of sustaining life , but it usually occurs that the new methods of livelihood make a demand upon land in the ...
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... cent of our wheat crop goes abroad , only 1 per cent of the corn leaves our shores . Since foreign nations do not bid for corn its vicissitudes do not make reading matter for newspapers , so the extent to which it influences our ...
... cent of our wheat crop goes abroad , only 1 per cent of the corn leaves our shores . Since foreign nations do not bid for corn its vicissitudes do not make reading matter for newspapers , so the extent to which it influences our ...
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... cent of the available wood supply east of the great plains . In our early history forest resources were so abundant as to be a menace . Trees occupied the ground needed for farms . Instead of being regarded as a thing of value a tree ...
... cent of the available wood supply east of the great plains . In our early history forest resources were so abundant as to be a menace . Trees occupied the ground needed for farms . Instead of being regarded as a thing of value a tree ...
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Page 224 - Such proceedings in the circuit court of appeals shall be given precedence over other cases pending therein, and shall be in every way expedited. No order of the commission or board or the judgment of the court to enforce the same shall in any wise relieve or absolve any person from any liability under the antitrust Acts.
Page 228 - Federal reserve bank may discount notes, drafts and bills of exchange arising out of actual commercial transactions; that is, notes, drafts and bills of exchange issued or drawn for agricultural, industrial or commercial purposes, or the proceeds of which have been used, or are to be used, for such purposes, the Federal Reserve Board to have the right to determine or define the character of the paper thus eligible for discount, within the meaning of this Act.
Page 224 - Nothing contained in this section shall be held to affect or impair any right heretofore legally acquired: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be held or construed to authorize or make lawful anything heretofore prohibited or made illegal by the antitrust laws, nor to exempt any person from the penal provisions thereof or the civil remedies therein provided.
Page 228 - Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prohibit such notes, drafts, and bills of exchange, secured by staple agricultural products, or other goods, wares, or merchandise from being eligible for such discount...
Page 119 - On the other hand, an income of $900 or over probably permits the maintenance of a normal standard, at least so far as the physical man is concerned.
Page 229 - ... per centum of the unimpaired capital and surplus of said bank; but this restriction shall not apply to the discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values.
Page 143 - Could we suddenly double the productive powers of the country, we should double the supply of commodities in every market ; but we should, by the same stroke, double the purchasing power. Everybody would bring a double demand as well as supply: everybody would be able to buy twice as much, because every one would have twice as much to offer in exchange.
Page 98 - There is no waste of any kind in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed, and ineffective motions.
Page 229 - Any Federal reserve bank may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board, purchase and sell in the open market, at home or abroad, either from or to domestic or foreign banks, firms, corporations, or individuals, cable transfers and bankers...
Page 93 - ... experimentation by contributing the net earnings of the corporation, over and above such sum or sums as may be reserved or retained and held as an endowment fund or working capital, and also such other moneys and property belonging to the corporation as the Board of Directors shall from time to time deem proper, to the Smithsonian Institution and such other scientific and educational institutions and societies as the Board of Directors may from time to time select in order to enable such institutions...