Word: raw
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...doubt that Harvard has the material for winning teams. The experience of last year's eleven showed that. All that is needed is for every man to go into some branch of athletics, and master the first principles, so that captains will not be obliged to drill absolutely raw recruits. When teams can be selected from experienced men, Harvard may look with confidence for victory. The united efforts of graduates, undergraduates and faculty are needed to inspire this general interest to bring it to a practical benefit. Such encouragement and advice as are offered in Mr. Goodwin...
...catching him in the cage considerably, and the other batteries have been Downer and Howland, Luce and Mason, Young and Rabbitt '91. Howe, '93, has also done considerable pitching and is about the most promising candidate among the freshmen for the pitcher's position. Yesterday afternoon the air was raw and the work of the men was not up to the average. Captain Linn batted to the men, first with Trafford '93, on first base, Dean, '91, on second, Bates '90, on third, and Soule '93, at short-stop. Bowman, '91, Cummings '91, and Neff, '92, were in the field...
...Such a subsidy cannot be justified on the ground of restoring by temporary encouragement the prosperity of American shipping; (a) With our tariff on raw materials, our high rate of wages' and our present shipping laws a subsidy for such a purpose would be useless. (b) With the repeal of our shipping laws it would be unnecessary-David A. Wells' in Our Merchant Marine, pp. 136-142; Captain John Codman's Free Ships; Lieut. J. D. J. Kelley, The Question of Ships; the Nation...
...Increased trade would greatly benefit the United States because foreign trade takes place only when there is an advantage gained. (a) Our markets are glutted with surplus products Durrell's Relation of Tariff to Wages; Bradstreet's Journal, passim. (b) Cheaper raw materials would greatly benefit our manufacturers...
...Williams, '91, then closed the debate for the negative. He said that if the consumer paid a high price, it would not be to the detriment of the manufacturer, but to his benefit. For even if the manufacturer pays a high duty on raw wool, he adds this sum to the price of the goods and thus sustains no loss. Wool-producing, too, has increased more rapidly than the manufacturing of woolen goods and in time the wool produced in this country will satisfy the demands of the manufacturers. Then, too, it is a benefit to the manufacturer to have...