Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President, not in any organization. ... No longer shall public offices be regarded as mere political patronage. . . . The success of the Republican party rests upon good government, not upon patronage, and Florida will have good government so far as it is within my power to give it. ... I note your demand that the organization shall dictate appointments in Florida, irrespective of merit or my responsibility. I enclose herewith copy of a statement I issued last March [expressing a willingness to cooperate only with reputable Republicans in South]. That statement was no idle gesture...
...against the sentimental appeals of the defense. Lawyer Hogan and Oilman Doheny were infuriated by this charge, vehemently contending that it had robbed Defendant Fall of a fair trial by jury. The exceptions to the Hitz charge and the introduction of the Sinclair evidence formed the basis for a demand for a new trial or, if denied, for appeal...
...Selected Industries, Inc., whose holdings include a substantial interest in Kraft-Phenix Cheese Co., last week's purchase was consistent with a policy of investment in standard commodities. The demand for orchids is constantly increasing, and the price has been stable. Only companies with large capital, long experience, and adequate plant facilities can supply the increasing demand. All these conditions are met by the Thomas Young Nurseries, largest orchid growers in the world. The 28 Young greenhouses are spread over 55 acres. Inside these greenhouses, where the native climate of each species of orchid is reproduced, are some...
...Asia sends us another third. But Europe is always easily first as buyer of our products. She is not only our best customer, but our principal rival in the markets of the world. Moreover, every step toward stability and general betterment on her part strengthens the demand of her peoples for the raw materials and the luxury products of the "newer" lands (newer economically) of Latin America and the Far East. This demand is steadily making the Latin Americans and the Asiatics richer and more avid of the good things of life, of the comforts so many of which...
...realm derived therefrom. This polygonal fortune had come to her from her father, old Sir David Yule, who had built it up from four mills which devolved upon him from his father-in-law, Andrew Yule, who first made Indian jute world-famed. It was the War's demand for sandbags which caused jute prices to soar and the Yule wealth to become fabulous. Much, however, of Miss Yule's $100,000,000 was in cash; for the jute part of the fortune had been acquired by J. P. Morgan & Co., now most potent factor in world jute...