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...Mail made a profit of over $500 on the first night mail trip from San Francisco to New York. $2,308.48 was paid for more than 8,000 pieces of mail and at 66? a mile, which is the average figure for cost of flying operation, the Government realized $539.68 profit. There is no doubt the service can pay for itself-if the first great burst of business due to curiosity and sentiment does not fall...
...Coolidge and badly for Mr. La Follette. The increased cheerfulness produced in the "wheat belt" by rising prices is now beginning to be rivaled by the optimism of the even longer "corn belt." Moreover, the rise comes at just the time of year when the farmer can most easily profit by it himself...
...mutual agreement-at the disposal of the members of the Society. The money resulting from sales is used to pay back the amount obtained by the artists, as far as it is not covered 'by the works that have passed into the hands of the creditors. If a profit is realized the artist gets a certain percentage of it, while the rest is set aside to form a fund covering inevitable losses. It takes from the artist the care of daily existence, giving him the opportunity of selling his works at reasonable prices to a circle of amateurs...
Incidentally, the Colonel's famed "indicator-chart" tells him that rarely before have chances for profit in buying bonds been so completely favorable...
...certain point, pumping oil out of old oil wells ceases to be profitable; the wells are in consequence usually abandoned. The State Geological Department of New York, however, claims to have perfected a new method of extracting the oil remaining in almost exhausted wells. The new system consists of drilling new wells and flooding the oil sands with water. After about a year of this treatment, it is said, the petroleum left in the pockets is forced toward the old well-shafts, and can be pumped out in considerable quantities. New York State owns extensive though run-down oil fields...