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...speculator is a risk-bearer. Millers and grain buyers in the country "hedge" by short sales on the exchanges when they buy to grind or to ship. If the wheat the miller buys to grind goes down, and with it the price of flour, his loss is offset by a profit on the short sale, and vice versa. When "futures" at Winnipeg were forbidden recently, grain ceased to come in from the farms, as buyers were afraid to buy from the farmers unless they could "hedge" by a "future" at Winnipeg. The prohibition had to be removed. (4) By collecting...
...dispatch from Washington and the date set for the testimony of the delegates sent by the various colleges. Obviously, then, there was no time for wide debating on the subject. The CRIMSON'S stand was determined at a meeting of the board on Monday evening and in order to offset our opinions and give free rein to both sides of the question we printed on the two remaining days, communications frankly antagonistic to our policy...
...evidence presented by the University and Yale delegations has apparently gone far to offset the testimony of the college pracifists. Yale's representatives testified yesterday and those from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania had a hearing this afternoon...
...English, headlines seem too elaborate, however. The new features speak well for the ingenuity and enterprise of the 1917 board. The inconvenience caused by the late publication is easily offset by the absence of some of the more distressing errors. The scope of the book has been enlarged to include articles about several of the Graduate Schools; a map of the University showing the location of the clubs and the homes of undergraduate activities; and a calendar of the year's events made particularly up-to-date by the incorporation of the baseball schedule, hitherto unpublished. The feature...
...price of the Register has been raised from one dollar to $1.25 this year on account of the more expensive paper used and the present rise in printing materials, but the added features, general improvements and increased usefulness of the volume will easily offset this slight additional cost. Copies of the Register may be obtained at the above price at the Co-operative Branch on the date of publication