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...when Benjamin Disraeli became Chancellor of the Exchequer, the principle of Free Trade had become so popular in Britain that he had to curb his will to revive protection. Successive Gladstone ministries made Free Trade the battle cry of the great Liberty Party. By 1879 a Liberal economist could crow: "The British tariff no longer contains within it one solitary shred of protection...
...Edison was sued for half his fortune by an early business associate have just been received by the Business Historical Society. They were compiled and thoroughly annotated by R. W. Hale '92, son of the lawyer who defended Edison against his former benefactor and the latter's colorful attorney. Benjamin F. Butler...
Photostatic copies of the original papers reveal that Edison, as a struggling young inventor, signed over half rights in all his future inventions in return for $40 each. Years later the holder of this contract entered suit against Edison for $30.000. After a short time the plaintiff retained Benjamin F. Butler, Civil War general and one-time presidential candidate, who made a dramatic entrance into the case by immediately raising the amount of the suit to $230,000. The case was finally settled out of court at the figure...
...director of the Atlanta Constitution and son of Uncle Remus' creator; President William Joseph McGlothlin of Furman University; Dr. Howard Washington Odum of the University of North Carolina. Noted Negroes on the Commission were President John Hope of Atlanta University, Principal Robert Russa Moton of Tuskegee Institute, President Benjamin...
...Benjamin Gr., H.L. Brooks Gr., E.C. Carter Gr., R.R. Covell '35, C.A. Currier '32, B.F. Erianger '32, E.H. Haig '33, C.C. Johnson '32, E.B. Lee '34, D.W. Light '32, T.I. Moran '32, D.H. Popper '32, Lawrence Rasmussen Gr., W.D. Richmond Gr., H.A. Rigg Gr., A.L. Schade '34, H.B. Soloman '33, C.S. Spalding '33, W.P. Taub '32, R.W. Vilter '33, J.S.P. Walker '33, B.A. Young '32, R.W. Saudek '32, R.P. Stebbins '33, E.F. Wahlstrom Gr., C.W. Welsh...