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...important because in his work there is felt for the first time in the literatures of the world the spiritual awakening of mankind. Each cries, in the anguish of a tortured soul against the injustice of fate and of God, and that cry is symbolic of the first upward step in the sipitham progress...
...combinations, he claims, was commonly overestimated. He does not look for any general or sweeping reduction of European tariff in the near future. He said he thought there would be reduction in central and Eastern Europe and that the general trend of European tariffs would be downward instead of upward...
...Manhattan the diamond buying public instantly reacted to last week's news, causing a slump of two-thirds in the usual pre-Christmas diamond trade. Alarmed, the great Fifth Avenue jewelers issued a joint statement: "The price of diamonds will continue upward, as it has for 30 years. . . . The interview quoted from South Africa was obviously inspired for political purposes. . . . The London Diamond Trust has itself bought up most of the independently mined diamonds, and will undoubtedly continue to keep prices...
Prices. "Very little change has taken place in the general level of wholesale prices during the past four fiscal years. The absence of any sharp upward movement has shown the healthy character of our business activity and its freedom from the dangerous boom psychology. On the other hand, no sharp declines have reflected business depression or a general change in the relation between the volume of currency and credit and the volume of business...
This plea from a man in the position of President Gray is a healthy sign in the upward growth of the country. It will not destroy all the bonds imposed by censorship, but it does show that intelligent thought and influence are being directed in the right channels toward enlightening the people, for after all, there can be no dark and dangerous sides to any questions for a truly enlightened populace...