Word: cheapness
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...Coolidge used to charge a fee, plus expenses, for such speeches. In May 1923, he asked and received $250 for a Memorial Day address to the United Patriotic Societies, Inc., at Bridgeport, Conn. This fee rose to plague him in the 1924 presidential campaign when Democrats denounced it as "cheap stuff," when Republicans insisted it was a "customary charge...
Trends. Three 1930 boating trends were discerned: 1) Hearty price-cutting all down the line. 2) The entry of cheap inboard runabouts into the outboard class. 3) Increased power and better accommodations in the fast express and commuting cruisers. Many of the 39 large boats shown have adopted twin-screws...
Runabouts. Interest among the 62 runabouts centered on cheap inboards. A Dodge 16-ft. "Watercar" selling for $945, capable of 25 m. p. h. attracted much attention...
...seemed object No. 2, for from California's wells have oozed troubles which have spread over the entire industry. In an attempt to eliminate overproduction by forcing independent operators to limit their output, Standard of California began cutting crude oil prices, sent great quantities of gasoline east as cheap as 6 cents a gallon in shipload lots. To meet this new level in the price of petroleum products, Standard of New Jersey through two subsidiaries* cut crude prices from 19? to 41? a barrel...
...became as cheap last week to travel across the U. S. by air as by rail. Transcontinental Air Transport cut its fare to $159.92.** Best railroad transportation costs...