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...liable to get his ears chopped off. Modern monopolies are forestallers incorporated, and are punished, within a particular nation, through anti-trust laws. But no laws yet exist against monopolies (forestallings) in international trade. Brazil controls coffee, Russia platinum, Chile saltpetre, Germany and France potash, Great Britain tin and rubber...
...Hamlen sagged the Tech cage on a rebound shot after Chase's long dash down the ice. The Crimson forward found the Engineer's net shortly after when he took a pass from Chase and passed Richards with an angle snot. Howard had carried the rubber down the rink. With only a minute to play Ellison and Crendall collided and the tech defense man was forced to take time before continuing play. The following is the summary...
...Colonel Thompson will probably urge the U. S. to demand: 1) That the Filipinos postpone their independence dreams indefinitely; 2) That they withdraw their government in Manila from private business enterprises; 3) That they amend their land laws so as to aid in the large scale development of the rubber industry (in such event, the U. S. Congress will not interfere with these laws); 4) That stronger U. S. control be exercised in the Moro districts to prevent Filipino high-handed rule...
...knife from Casey. Some had it that Casey, not Hallisey, had first said "funny fellow" and other words. "But the stabber," gasped one student, "how about calling the cops?" At this point Casey opened his eyes and laughed. So did Hallisey. The blood was red ink, the dagger rubber, the fight a charade planned by Professor Wheaton for the purpose of illustrating that the tesimony of eyewitnesses can differ. On Dec. 7, in Professor Wheaton's fully equipped courtroom at the law school, Hallisey will be tried for "assault with intent to kill." Senior law students will prepare...
...area of the islands is under cultivation. Agricultural methods are very primitive. Little has been done to improve them. The soil and climate of the Islands, however, is as good as the best in the fabulously rich Indies. All manner of tropical products can be grown there--rubber, camphor, coffee, tea, cocoa, gutta-percha, cocoanuts. Of these we import each year enormous quantities, but only a very small percentage comes from the Philippines. If, therefore, Americans would help the Filipinos to develop their great resources, the benefit would be mutual. We need their products. The need our financing and technical...