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... sell it unless there is a profit . The steer is bought on the hoof at so much per pound and shipped to the abattoir in Chicago . The price of this steer is now what he was worth in Texas plus the cost of transportation to Chicago . We ...
... sell it unless there is a profit . The steer is bought on the hoof at so much per pound and shipped to the abattoir in Chicago . The price of this steer is now what he was worth in Texas plus the cost of transportation to Chicago . We ...
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... selling " will depress the price of a stock when fundamental conditions would point to a rise . Sudden large offerings of stock will always de- press prices . For example , at the outbreak of the war in 1914 , the enormous quantities of ...
... selling " will depress the price of a stock when fundamental conditions would point to a rise . Sudden large offerings of stock will always de- press prices . For example , at the outbreak of the war in 1914 , the enormous quantities of ...
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... sell at or below the cost of produc- tion . When such conditions exist , it is no longer profitable to produce the article ; and production ceases . The supply thus becomes reduced and the demand becomes relatively greater , which auto ...
... sell at or below the cost of produc- tion . When such conditions exist , it is no longer profitable to produce the article ; and production ceases . The supply thus becomes reduced and the demand becomes relatively greater , which auto ...
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... sell holdings of stock . Women , children , old men , institutions , anybody may own the stocks or bonds of a cor- poration . Another great advantage in the cor- porate form is that it has limited liability . A partner may lose not only ...
... sell holdings of stock . Women , children , old men , institutions , anybody may own the stocks or bonds of a cor- poration . Another great advantage in the cor- porate form is that it has limited liability . A partner may lose not only ...
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... sell it back to the railroad at ten times what they had paid for it . It is alleged that this was done on an unprecedented scale in the case of the New York , New Haven and Hartford Railroad . It was also shown that weak competing ...
... sell it back to the railroad at ten times what they had paid for it . It is alleged that this was done on an unprecedented scale in the case of the New York , New Haven and Hartford Railroad . It was also shown that weak competing ...
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Page 18 - All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights, among which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.
Page 48 - The Fordney-McCumber Tariff act is the most unjust, unscientific and dishonest tariff tax measure ever enacted in our history. It is class legislation, which defrauds all the people for the benefit of a few; it heavily increases the cost of living, penalizes agriculture, corrupts the Government, fosters paternalism, and, in the long run, does not benefit the very interests for which it was enacted. We denounce the Republican tariff laws, which are written in great part in aid of monopolies, and thus...
Page 68 - In my own house I rigged up a laboratory, and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know. Although I had received no technical education, I made myself master of chemistry, and of the laboratory, which proved of lasting value.
Page 185 - Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
Page 186 - ... and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity. The obligation which we all owe to those devoted men and women who have given of...
Page 3 - But the average man must earn his own livelihood. He should be trained to do so, and he should be trained to feel that he occupies a contemptible position if he does not do so...
Page 63 - Bible, (the law spoken of in the text,) declared that, if he had his life to live over again, he would spend it in the study of the Word of God.
Page 48 - ... commodities which would enable foreign countries to buy our surplus agricultural and manufactured products with resultant benefit to the toilers and producers of America. Trade interchange, on the basis of reciprocal advantages to the countries participating, is a time-honored doctrine of Democratic faith. We declare our party's position to be in favor of a tax on commodities entering the customs...
Page 14 - Now that you've got it, what are you going to do with it?
Page 4 - ... would have him every day take stock of things vocational in terms of world values. I would have him devote a full fourth of his time to what will bring him earning power, to be used for that purpose if he needs it, and to give him an independent spirit if he does not need it. Every man is a better man if he feels the power to earn his way, whether he needs to do it or not.