Word: stating
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...does labor strike? Figures published by the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration in New York show that of the 240 industrial disputes in that state for one year, 139 were for higher wages, 21 for shorter hours and 37 were on the question of trade unionism. The most noticeable, feature of these statistics is that the number of demands for higher wages was 52 percent greater than in the previous report. It indicates clearly the attitude of labor to force its demands without reasoning matters out. For the idea of settling higher wages in proportion to greater production never appeared...
...explaining to workmen that value given in wages must equal value received. If we doubt the importance of our efforts in this line we should note that the 139 strikes for higher wages caused the loss of almost four million working days--no small loss for a single state...
With his wife and two assistants, Baron De Geer has traveled through Canada, New York State and New England during the past months studying these regions to determine the number of years since the glacial period in the country, using the same methods as he employed in Europe...
...decided to allow the track team to take a Southern trip during the spring vacation, meets will probably be held with Annapolis, Georgetown, John Hopkins, Penn State or the University of Virginia...
...schedule for this season, although not yet completed, will include the customary meets with Yale and Princeton and probably a meet with last year's Intercollegiate Champions, Penn State...