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...gayety of nations. What purpose you can serve by such silly observations passes the understanding of one who is, happily free from the pernicious influences of a vapid university atmosphere Fortunately, no one taxes Harvard seriously these days, and as the old saying goes. "You can always fell a Harvard man but you can not fell him much." F. L. Hoffman Dean of Advanced Department Babson Institute
...chats with his family, had asked for the experts' (reparations) reports and was said to have been gratified "as he professed to see his own ideas among their recommendations." At nine o'clock in the evening he expired: next day Stinnes stocks on the Börse fell 25% and the name of Hugo Stinnes was on the tongue of every Deutschlander...
Ever since Dec. 1, 1923, according to Bradstreet's index, prices for commodities have been falling. Starting with 146.0 on that date, the index fell to 143.8 on Jan. 1, 1924; to 143.3 on Feb. 1; and to 139.9 on March 1. The figure of 137.1 for April 1 shows that the downward movement has continued...
During March, breadstuffs fell from 120 to 116, provisions from 135 to 132, fruits from 118 to 116, hides and leather from 101 to 99, textiles from 156 to 154, metals from 126 to 118, coal and coke from 192 to 184, naval stores from 217 to 214, miscellaneous from 175 to 168. Groups which showed advances were: Livestock from 102 to 103, oils from 149 to 154, building materials from 178 to 179. Chemicals and drugs remained unchanged...
Compared with 1922, the Company's profits fell off about $8,000,000, while $22,106,839 was paid out in dividends last year, compared with $17,453,994 the previous year. In consequence, the balance added to surplus last year amounted to $19,431,000, or about $12,500,000 less than...