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...than there is land. Hard times hurt. But others came with hard times that will last long after these hard times are forgotten. One was a remarkable system of credit facilities for agricultural regions. Another was a great impulse towards diversified farming and more scientific methods. Another was a boost for cooperative marketing. Another was a farm bloc, then an insurgent bloc, and finally a third ticket in politics. Another was the cry that the railways are overcapitalized and freight rates need reducing...
...this is contained in the auto-advertising slogan of: "Don't Knock, Boost"; but to boost successfully something apparently has to be knocked, which, while amusing the gum-chewers also serves to maintain the world's greatest newspaper...
Several important elements in the theatrical world have already announced that they will not boost their seat prices sky-high in order to pluck the political lamb come to the slaughter. The newly-formed Managers' Protective Association, formed by Lee Shubert as a rival to the old Producing Managers' Association, has made known that seats to 75% of the current attractions, controlled by them, will not be sold for a small ransom...
...mock national convention recently held here, the Harvard Democratic Club is planning to take a hand in the real Democratic National Convention in New York this month. All of the executive committee and many members of the club will be in New York during the convention, some to boost particular candidates and some as "unofficial observers...
...Booster" is an auxiliary steam engine which, place under the cab, drives the trailer wheels and gives the locomotive a boost. It is especially useful in starting heavy trains and in climbing grades at low speed when the boiler is generating more steam than the main cylinders...