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Said Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov: "England, Italy, Germany, who all have recognized Soviet Russia de jure, are capable of absorbing all our raw materials and providing all the manufactured goods we need. We didn't buy recognition. Some countries are still trying to bargain with us; others still are muttering about old debts, etc. We refuse any such negotiations or any preliminary conditions. We demand, first of all, de jure recognition. That...
...half-way mark. England his impoverished the Indian people. Suppose some foreign country controlled all your resources, manipulated your tariffs, made your budgets, and levied your taxes! That is what England is doing in India. She has appropriated all movable wealth, and now uses India as a source of raw materials, and a market for manufactured goods...
...divided the country into 14 districts over each of which will be placed a head to survey economic resources, the capacity of manufacturers to turn out war supplies, the quantity of necessary raw materials obtainable, etc. At the Capital specifications for 700,000 articles needed by our military forces have been prepared. Standard forms of contracts, and an efficient cost accounting system for handling war work are under preparation...
...field of imports, it is significant that American factories are becoming dependent upon imported raw materials like rubber or hemp. Foreign foodstuffs like sugar or coffee are also notable items of import...
...recent marked rise of sugar stocks has led investors to look into the sugar situation with more than usual interest. During 1922 the price of raw sugar rose fairly steadily; last Spring it shot up rapidly, but fell again, accompanied by considerable political oratory. After a dip early in January, 1924, another marked rise in raw sugar has occurred. European purchases have been large, and the high labor costs seem to indicate good consumption at home...