Word: excess
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...further manufacture is now permitted, it will be late fall or nearly Jan. 1, 1930 before actual production commences. . . . Extensive examinations have been made of the bonded whiskey stocks and I can state that they are in sound condition. Of the 300,000 barrels in bonded storage not in excess of 1,000 barrels are of questionable quality. . . . The withdrawal and consumption of whiskey for medicinal purposes [last year] was 1,616,924 gallons. . . . There will be on hand Jan. 1, 1930, five years' supply. ... To meet the non-beverage needs, it is proposed to authorize the manufacture...
...Hoover approved the Boyden report which read: "The man [Bishop Cannon] is clearly a hoarder . . . because he held flour in a quantity in excess of his reasonable requirements. . . . Even if we assume that he really bought the flour for the benefit of the college, he is still a hoarder, for he held enough for three years' supply. ... He is, by so doing, depriving some portion of the community of its fair share of a scarce food product. The better educated a man is the more clearly he ought to see this moral principle...
...Speed-reasonable and proper. An excess of 20 miles per hour in built-up districts and 35 elsewhere, presumptive evidence of a rate of speed unreasonable or improper." In fact should the wife of the passing motorist drive at this rate the State Police would more than likely require her presence before a judge...
...Walter L. Fisher, Taft-time Secretary of the Interior, to fight its legal battle. Before a Federal Court at St. Louis, the O'Fallon contended that it and the Manufacturers' R. R. were one, and should be so valued. The O'Fallon's excess profits on this basis would have been equalized by the Manufacturers' lack of profits. The lower court sustained the Commission, ducked the question of valuation by claiming that regardless of what method the commission used, the O'Fallon still had profited by more than 6 per cent, so must contribute...
...modest 25-million-dollar initial capital. But in view of current criticisms, its structure attracted attention. It begins life with a management contract entered into with Samuel Ungerleider & Co., which provides that the brokerage house will receive no compensation except standard commissions unless the investment trust has earned in excess of 8% on its capital. When more than 8% has been earned, Samuel Unger leider & Co. will receive 20% of net profits, but only if the payment of such 20% does not reduce the corporation's profit below the 8% figure. Furthermore, Mr. Unger leider himself is the only...