Word: repeals
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...repeal is favored not only by railroad experts, but also by the business men of the country.- Bradstreet...
...Athletic committee at its meeting last night voted to repeal section 2 of the regulations governing athletic sports, which forbids any college athletic organization to play or compete with professionals...
...generally understood by the repeal of the old regulation that no objection will be made to a contest with any team on the mere ground that it is professional, so that the nine is now practically free to play with professional teams...
...This tax ought not to be repealed. (a) It is the most equitable tax that we have; (b) it falls directly on the consumer and therefore is not local; (c) it is easy to collect; (d) produces no hardship; and (c) its repeal is not demanded by the consumer...
...agitation for the repeal of the tax is a political expedient adopted by protectionists to divert public attention from the real issue presented by the large surplus. Their chief arguments are: (a) Appeals to the popular prejudices supposed to exist in the U. S. against excise duties, and (b) the fact that this is a "war tax" -considerations that do not call for the repeal...