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...noted at the beginning, this is merely a series or superficial observations, too slight to afford a basis for any deductions or conclusions. We saw nothing that would lead us to question the validity of the various thoughtful accounts of economic and social conditions of which appropriate periodicals have recently carried a full share
...vessels, involving expert adjustment of the classification of seamen in regard to wages is essential. The present Shipping Board, under a new Administration, has an old task, but must attack it with every energy and real ability. A nation with the power and command of the United States cannot afford to remain a hundred years behind the times in anything so vital as shipping facilities...
...large university, in general, can secure for its faculty "bigger" men than the smaller institutions can afford to maintain. The youth in quest of higher education is supposed to have outgrown his preparatory-school days; in entering the large university he finds himself in a man's college. He finds large classes there because the professor of high intellectual capacity is in great demand. He gains from the instruction offered him just so much as he thinks worth while. The large university has never claimed to train scholars as schoolboys are taught. It makes no pretensions now to teach...
...inadequacy of the excess profits tax as means of raising revenue has led to the widespread advocation of the sales tax as a substitute. Its exponents point out that it is the only form of indirect taxation available for further extension; that it would easily afford a large income at a low rate: and that because of its wide distribution it would fall upon no single group. They point out further that the plan has worked well in other countries, notably in Canada and the Philippines. Their discussion of the subject is not a little complicated by the fact that...
...bill at Keith's this week is exceptionally good. Although the acts are not startling in their newness they are all well executed and taken as a whole afford a very delightful evening of entertainment...