Word: rich
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...forced to wander about with nothing to do but envy the elaborate hospitality of their richer class-mates; and the inevitable result would be that they would cease to entertain at all. Class Day would thus become a mere fashionable show, full of extravagance; a festival which the rich man would naturally enjoy, but which the poor man would have no share in. Any change which could lead to such a state of affairs can be regarded only as the worst evil which could possibly befall...
...Coleman, Rich Hill...
Walter Sears Rich...
...following officers of the Sheffield senior class have been elected: President, J. W. Best; vice-president, B. C. Chamberlin; secretary and treasurer, G. B. Rich...
...present distress, Major McKinley's election could bring no remedy. (A) The true causes of this distress are (1) monopolies; (a) they have crushed competion; (b) injured markets; (x) raised prices of farmers' needs; (y) lowered prices of farmers' products. (2) Class legislation; (a) it has unduly exempted rich from taxation; (b) it has protected certain manufacturers; (c) it has given bonnties to sugar trust (Lloyd's Wealth vs. Commonweath, 9-30). (3) Single gold standard; (a) it has caused fall of prices of commodities; (x) caused contraction of currency; (m) thrown silver out of use (n) though per capita...