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...immigration restriction in this country, he brief stated as in the interest of acquiring homogeneity, like-mindedness in political affairs. In considering the economic aspects of the immigration restriction, he pointed out that altho ten years ago, employers and labor potentates were crying out for unrestricted immigration and cheap labor, now the situation is reversed and the employer, realizing that cheap labor is a liability rather than an asset, particularly in view of the increased efficiency of production of machinery, now demands excessive restriction of immigration...
...gratitude Disraeli forgot her social gaucheries, forgave her boast that Greek sculpture paled before "my Dizzy in his bath." Meanwhile Mrs. Gladstone was relieving her lord that he might deal with Ireland and Egypt and the Liberal Party while she answered lesser demands: "Could you order some toothbrushes cheap for the Orphanage . . . grapes for Mrs. Bagshawe . . . Bible prints . . . schoolroom easels...
Again paraphrasing President Coolidge, though in more vigorous language, Dr. Stresemann added: "It is cheap to sneer at the Kellogg Pact renouncing war. The Kellogg pact is what the governments and peoples themselves will make of it. I do not doubt that history will see in it an important advance toward better international relations...
...routes. Today the Scadta ("Colombian-German Air Transport Corporation") headed by smart, efficient Herr P. P. Bauer, is probably the only unsubsidized passenger and freight air service in the world which is showing a really handsome profit. All the great European air lines are state-subsidized and relatively cheap (Paris to Berlin-eight hours-$50). Colombians are glad to pay relatively dear ($200) to be flown from the Atlantic to Bogota in eight hours, when the boat trip ($80) takes from eight to sixteen days, according to the state of the river. Only by air could Mr. & Mrs. Hoover drop...
Sport planes on the other hand are cheap, safe and handy, and so are popular. They sell well and have rapidly become a main support of the aviation industry. The limit of their sale (their saturation point...