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...that 68th Congress have been forgotten? It fought three mighty fights. It passed a soldier bonus bill over Mr. Coolidge's veto. It passed the Mellon tax plan, much retailored to the Democratic figure. It stirred up the greatest hornet nest of a political generation, the Harding scandals -Oil, Veterans' Bureau, Department of Justice, Prohibition Enforcement-which, inch by inch, forced Denby, then Daugherty out of the Coolidge Cabinet...
Charles W. Nash (Nash) with his vice president, Milton H. Pettit, personally handed out $807,000 in Christmas bonus checks to his 12,000 employes...
...system, as developed last week, is to give Union Tobacco stock shares to jobbers and retailers in proportion to their purchases. For every $1,000 of Union Tobacco goods a jobber buys he is to get one certificate of Union Tobacco stock worth nominally $30. That is a 3% bonus. For every $300 that a retailer buys he gets one share, or 10% bonus. This is in addition to trade discounts, such as all tobacco companies give. Thus President Whelan ingratiates himself with tobacco distributors who have been vexed with the price reductions so widely made by chain store organizations...
...amendment to the Bonus Bill of 1924, permitting belated collection of War bonuses...
Smart Selling. In April President Colby Mitchell Chester made a smart change in methods of selling the many Postum food products. He told all customers who bought directly from Postum's agencies that if they bought 10% more goods this year than last they would get a 1% "bonus" (rebate) on their total purchases. For 15% increase the "bonus" is 1.5%; for 20% increase, 2%. The company's net sales the first three months of this year were $21,139,535; last year $12,704,761. Net income those months this year $3,910,160; last year...