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...aration for that damage and nothing more. Quite rightly they insist that if anyone is to suffer as a result of the barbaric war, it must be Germany-not France. To those who have not seen the awful horror of war this may sound shortsighted; but when the steel wall of need intercepts the vision, no one can tell what is on the other side. Resistance. The effect of increasing the military forces in the Ruhr by 20,000 men and tightening their control in the occupied area is leading the Germans from passive to desperate resistance. Last week...
...pointing out that at about 30? industrial alcohol could successfully compete as automotive fuel. Hard on the heels of this exchange, Chairman Bedford, of the same company, issued an even more thought provoking and pessimistic statement concerning oil production in Mexico. Thus do the many and much criticized Wall Street rumors of last year concerning "salt water" finally find official confirmation...
...stock market last fall is now quite clear to every one. The problem now before the securities markets consists of similarly forecasting what the situation will be next autumn. The present rate of industrial production has accelerated so swiftly that doubts are now beginning to be entertained in Wall Street as to the ability of this movement to endure. As a result, prices of shares on the Stock Exchange have proved irregular at high levels, with speculative reactions and rallies of only day to day significance. Meanwhile, gilt-edged bonds have proved sluggish, and have shown an unmistakable tendency...
...egregious stride." The plot of the novel is the story of Galt's triumphs. Incident by incident they may be substantially paralleled in Mr. Harriman's career. First, a spectacular rise; second, reverses, foes, almost defeat; finally, triumph and death. Mr. Garrett has written many articles about Wall Street. What private sources of information he may have had access to is not known. But the book in general follows the broad lines of the great railroader's generally known career...
...book of sound and fascinating reading is "The Great Wall of China", by William Edgar Geil, F.R.G.S. What do you know about it? Brought out at $2.50 it may now be purchased...