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The mission of the early Agriculture Department, untroubled by overproduction, was beautifully clear: to apply science to the task of increasing the output and efficiency of U.S. farms. And if output and efficiency were the only measure, the result would be spectacular. A century ago, the average U.S. farmer produced...
The leather industry that supplies the shoemen cannot afford to be unconcerned; 15 years ago they lost practically all of their leather sole business to synthetic Neolite. "If Du Pont succeeds in getting a few high-priced distributors to market synthetic shoes," says Boston Tanner Emery Huvos, "then we'...
$3 a Day. In all other areas, the story is the same. Washington reports more cases of gonorrhea than any city its size in the U.S.; its rate of illegitimate births is over three times the national average; welfare payments have nearly doubled since 1958. In 1961 a Senate subcommittee...
Tackling the mess headon, Dantas, Goulart and Economic Planner Celso Furtado (architect of the ambitious development plan for Brazil's blighted northeast elbow) ended costly subsidies on imports of wheat and petroleum, even though high-test gasoline prices immediately doubled. They raised the fare on Rio commuter trains from...
Though Cohn claims to have become a millionaire from all his ventures, he may well be squeezed for cash. He stands to collect a windfall soon from the Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, which the City of New York seized after Cohn and his friends gained control. A court fight over...