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...time Mr. Wrigley had had his idea. In 1914 when cotton dropped to 5? he stepped in as a cotton purchaser with his Southern sales receipts. The War started cotton on its historic climb to 40? per Ib. Mr. Wrigley sold without loss (he has never admitted making a profit). Again last December he announced the same barter plan for wheat in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. His company promised to buy out of its sales receipts 1,000,000 bu. at not more than 65? per bu. By last week 500,000 bu. had been thus...
...company will be able to purchase its 200,000 bale quota. If gum sales slump, less cotton will be taken off the market. If during the plan's operation cotton goes above 12? per Ib. the Wrigley company will withdraw as a buyer and sell at a profit. If the market falls below current prices, it will use its cotton for packing instead of excelsior...
...Under Capitalism they are doomed to exploitation and oppression. The door to better things is closed to the American worker by his wage scale. In Russia, where private profit is being progressively abolished, there will be no limit to the benefits the worker may receive.* When the Negro realizes the superiority of that system he is bound to accept its tenets...
...Brotherhood will attempt to sell Jordans. In return for this, the Brotherhood has been granted an option on 30,000 shares of Jordan at $10 during the next five years.* Hence, if enough Jordans are sold and if Jordan shares go up, the Brotherhood will stand to make a profit and recoup its losses of former years...
...much of Thomas' general criticism of the U. S. scene even tycoons may agree. Says Thomas: "The whole [economic] system is planless and extremely chaotic. . . . Employers have not even been able to forecast the market for their own products or prevent recurring depression. ... In sum total this planless, wasteful profit system gives us a new type of misery: poverty and unemployment in the midst of potential plenty...