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Political Revolt. The insurgent-farmer move in politics will undoubtedly be affected by the uptrend which wheat and corn prices have taken in recent weeks. September wheat went up to about $1.25 a bushel. The Department of Agriculture reports from 11 countries which last year produced 64% of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: A New Kettle of Fish | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

Cause of Decline. Using the military phraseology so appealing to Frenchmen, Premier Poincare, backed by diplomatic despatches and official documents, declared that the cause of the fall of the franc was a German "offensive," operating from Amsterdam. Poincare asserted that German business houses, using 13 billions of French notes held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Battle of the Franc | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

A dog invests in a buried bone. A peasant invests in a silver filled stocking. A fool invests in wildcat stock. But a Manchurian War Lord invests in munitions. Chang Tso-Lin, sitting at Mukden, took inventory of his assets. He decided to diversify and strengthen his holdings by new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Spring Maneuvers | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

Sweeping out of Cristobal Harbor, the U. S. Fleet started on a dash for Culebra, one of the Virgin Islands. Having completed its joint war games with the Army, which determined the weakness of the Panama Canal defense, the Navy is now intent on its own maneuvers. The object of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Well Done | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

The commander had remained in touch with a naval station until 15 minutes before the disaster, when he signaled that he was drawing up his wireless aerial. Presumably the ship was struck before the completion of the maneuver. With its huge metal structure, a rigid dirigible is like a giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Lightning | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

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