Word: consumerization
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Beaming, bald Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan rode back to Washington from the tall corn country last week, basking in pleasant visions of the future. For two days an all-star cast of Democratic brass had hobnobbed in Des Moines with 3,000 farmers, labor leaders and party bosses...
Profit-Takers. The indictment made no attempt to set forth the complex schemes by which Tucker had raised-and spent -$28 million collected from the sale of stock and dealer franchises for his Torpedo 8. The grand jury merely totted up Tucker's statements and labeled each one "false...
On non-storable goods, however, prices to the consumer under the new plan would be allowed to vary, according to supply and demand. If this market price falls below the government support price, the government will send the farmer a cheek for the difference.
One objection to this formula is that it will not respond to any major agricultural trend until five years have passed. The last ten years have been amazingly plush for agriculture, and market prices are likely to drop considerably in the future. Since the Brannan plan shifts the financial burden...
Victor and Columbia developed their systems simultaneously. Each offered its process to the other, but neither would give in, preferring to carry the battle to the field of sales. Now, as the companies maneuver with new prices and improving quality, most consumrs stand by and watch, refusing to buy what...