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...opposition parties are only too glad to hang their hats on the Carplist peg in order to oust Prime Minister Bratiano and what they call his corrupt regime. The Carolist movement in Rumania may be seen, therefore, in the light of an anti-Bratiano rather than a pro-Carol move. If this be true, anything may happen, and not the least possible is the recall of the onetime Crown Prince...
...manufacturers cease cut-throat competition. To gain ,that end he persuaded Judge Gary to create the U.S., Steel Corp. The judge fashioned an industrial juggernaut. But the wheels lacked a few spokes. All iron & steel men would not go into the assembly. In 1901 the great machine began to move. Then the whiffletree flew off. "Charlie" Schwab, long the Corporation's first president, resigned in 1903. He, shrewd, hard and forthright, would not swing with the shrewd, hard and subtle Judge Gary. Mr. Schwab bought the broken down Bethlehem Steel Corp., and made it U. S. Steel...
...significance of the strike, however, was seen rather in its probable effects on other wage-earners than in the walk-out itself. Many workers are admittedly underpaid and a general move for increases is now envisaged, as was sometime ago predicted by John Maynard Keynes, British economist. This move has already received a fillip by the Federal Government which recently raised the salaries of its employes. In this connection other able economists pointed out that Germany is short-sighted in that she does not grasp that raising the standard of wages also raises the standard of living and promotes internal...
Manufacturers in Switzerland, Italy and in Chile (chief sources of nitrates) are "friendly to the move and expected soon to join...
Reason. European (and especially German) chemical exports have dwindled to an almost negligible figure since the War. In recent years they have recovered some of their old prestige. However, U. S. producers last year exported chemicals worth $171,000,000. The combine move is a vigorous effort by Europe to strengthen its position in the chemical industry...