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Thomas Franklyn Manville Sr., father of young Thomas F. and Lorraine, chairman of the company's board, died in 1925. His brother, Hiram E. Manville, continued as president but looked forward to retirement. J. P. Morgan & Co., seeing a big earner with no funded debt, bought a large (many say a controlling) interest and last week it was announced that two Morgan partners (Francis D. Bartow, George Whitney) would become Manville directors, that Hiram E. Manville would be replaced as president by the man whom J. P. Morgan & Co. found to rebuild Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago mail order house...
Said Bull-slayer Villalta, earner of $50,000 per annum for plying his trade: "I find that my audiences now expect me to completely despatch the bull in a maximum of 20 minutes. . . . Never, during my American tour, did I disappoint them...
...every pocketbook-Cadillac, Buick, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet; of specialties and accessories- Yellow Cab and Coach, G. M. C. Truck, Delco Light, Fisher Body, Jackson Wheel, A. C. Spark Plug, Harrison Radiator; and of the huge sideline, Frigidaire, which ranked only after Buick and Chevrolet as an earner this year...
Wage Policy. In adopting a report on wages the Federation for the first time in its history adopted a productivity theory of wages. It has had "a living wage" and other wage war cries, but its declaration last week would seem to place the wage earner side by side with the employer in the effort to increase production-provided labor can get the benefit of the increase...
Twelve thousand million is twelve billion. Or, assuming there are 30 million people earning a living in the U. S., it is about $400 per wage earner...