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...Agriculture," he said, "is the basic industry of the State. It is not only fundamental to all other industries, but it is a big and important industry in itself." He called attention to the fact that New York, though twentieth among the states in farming area, stands eight in total farm production. In potatoes, hay and sweet corn it leads; in dairy products, apples, grapes and total value of vegetables it stands second...
Since Lewis E. Waterman pioneered, and notably since his basic patent rights expired about 15 years ago, other makers of good fountain pens have come into the U. S. market? Sheaffer, Conklin, Parker, Wahl, Ingersoll and a dozen others. Most of them, make in addition to pens, mechanical pencils. And so well have they presented reasons for owning pen & pencil that now to carry both in purse or pocket is almost as general as to carry a clean handkerchief...
...strike-settlement conference (see THE CABINET), Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin, lone Socialist in the House, offered a resolution to have the U. S. take over the coal mines if the operators sought to "continue to rule or ruin, as they see fit, one of the Nation's basic industries." In 1902, when under similar conditions President Roosevelt issued a similar ultimatum, the coal operators surrendered. Last week, the House referred Mr. Berger's resolution to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce...
...most common method of presenting material in government to undergraduates is by lectures and text-books. This plan has decided advantages. It is the most effective and economical system for presenting basic facts, principles, and descriptive material to large classes. It also makes possible the covering of a large amount of ground in the minimum of time. For many institutions without research bureaus or special libraries containing a wide variety of source-material it is the only practical plan. The lecture text-book method, however, if used exclusively in government has certain advantages, especially for advanced students...
Industry. Although a vast amount of capital has been expended on Russian industry by the government, it remains the most serious problem that the Soviet is facing. The basic reason for this is that, with its bureaucratic control, its restricted markets, and its general inefficiency, Russian industry is not able to turn out goods cheap enough to appeal to the peasantry, its logical customer...