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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...nearing stability on a basis that allowed for an annual increase of 10%. The 1930 increase will be abnormal and the difference upsets all plans for stability. Too much competition seems to have been at the root of many cases of overproduction. Small competitors cannot afford to restrict output, prefer to sell by price-cutting. International competition has also been a major difficulty. And mechanical improvements have upset many an industry. Chadbourne. That smart Lawyer Chadbourne realizes sugar is in the same bowl with many another industry was shown in a speech he delivered at last week's Brussels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Over-Production | 12/29/1930 | See Source »

...insist on interpreting news. My judgment is that your subscribers belong to a class of fairly intelligent people, as competent to interpret facts as you. Personally, I wish you might stay what you claimed to be when I first received your advertising matter: a newsmagazine.∙ I should prefer that you omit the colorings of your own prejudices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 22, 1930 | 12/22/1930 | See Source »

SOME SENATORS PREFER NOTED FINANCIER TO ROOSEVELT AS 1932 POSSIBILITY

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Lotos Man | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

...fancy free. Their makers say 16 cylinders afford more power per pound than any other engine, make running smoother, more flexible. Cadillac has sold 2,010 of its big cars in nine months at a minimum of $5,350 each. Minerva keeps the old hand-horn for those who prefer it. Fierce-Arrow and Cord seem to favor broadcloth for interiors. Many cars have wide, single-bar bumpers. . . . Radiator shields are prominent. . . . Hubcaps are larger. . . . Black predominates for formal cars. . . . Many cars have radios. Le Baron's radio controls are placed in the vanity-box so they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Body Salon | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

Methinks that many students who are interested in entering a House unit will prefer to enjoy quarters with the townspeople residing in the environs of the Yard,--and walk less, climb less, and--most of all--pay less...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Boycott | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

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