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...profit papers (now 1¼c. a lb.) ?no change...
...selling at a premium, 3) interest on the Third 4¼'s exchanged is reduced ¼% for the next three years nine months. One of the biggest buyers of Government Bonds, the First National Bank of New York, nevertheless considered it the better part of profit to exchange $50,000,000 of the Third 4¼'s (for its own account), in order to be sure of having a large block of government bonds for the next 30 years...
...that at any time the Government may take over the plant on five days' notice for the manufacture of nitrates for war purposes; 3) that the operators of the plant are to produce 40,000 tons of fertilizer annually after the fourth year and sell it at a profit of not over 8%; 4) that the Secretary of War is to lease the plant for 50 years to a private enterprise, on these conditions and on others concerning the disposal of surplus power, etc.; 5) that if the plant has not been leased by July 1, 1925, a Government corporation...
...such a sinking? Is it impossible? The grizzled mariner would shake his head. Nothing is impossible. In two ways may a ship be sunk?by being crushed, by being capsized. Naval architects are not hired to design ships that a storm could crush. Such a feat would yield neither profit nor honor. But capsize ? Everything that floats, or nearly everything, can be capsized. A ship that rolls easily is best, for she knows how to right herself. Of course, she is less comfortable for passengers than one who keeps an even keel in ordinary weathers; but by and large...
...should be executed only when the quality of the food is such as to make the meals pleasant. I really cannot see why the University Dining Halls should have to serve worse food than the Harvard Square restaurants which charge but little more and must make a profit. Nevertheless, the quality of the food in the Freshman Halls two years ago, and at Memorial last year was decidedly below the level of the better restaurants on the Square...