Word: middlemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which had ruled out private traders as buyers and shippers of grain for Europe (TIME, Nov. 29), took another detour around middlemen last week. From now on, it will bypass many commercial bankers, who have been the agents for the distribution of over $1 billion in ECA funds...
...back seat to coffee. Through poor storage, as much as 80% of the wheat crop has been lost to rats and rot. Lacking storage space, farmers often sell at panic prices. By renting space in the new company's elevators, farmers can hold off for better prices from middlemen, and Brazil will have to import less wheat. Another joint company has set up four model hog farms in São Paulo State, where farmers can get the word on scientific breeding and feeding. Local packers on the lookout for better meat have been persuaded to invest heavily...
...fingered and compared price tags on hats, sweaters, kitchenware and many other items. In its hunt for the cause of the latest upsurge in prices, it listened to scores of witnesses. After two weeks of hearings, the committee came to one conclusion: the blame could not be placed on middlemen or retailers...
Marine Rescue. The suite was in the name of Kerschbaumer, a Pittsburgh supplier, who had been lured there himself by a promise of 300,000 tons of steel. Also present were middlemen, lawyers, and "company representatives" who assured the buyers that they would have confirmation of the orders from the mills in the morning...
...down would find their own living costs raised just as tangibly as those of the students who find themselves in no position to take advantage of higher wages or profits. That publishers, too, have raised the ante only reflects the don't-care attitude which is most popular among middlemen...